Glory, Guts, and Gravity...
Welcome to the archive of speed, spectacle, and spectacular spills! This gallery is a time capsule of soapbox greatness, featuring the bold, the brilliant, and the barely held together. Whether you’re here to relive the glory or study past failures for research purposes (we see you, future racers), enjoy this journey through Derby history!
- to the victor - goes the spoils
2024 Results are in!
Racer Favorite
8-Bit Oregon Trail by Axiom
Family Favorite
Appa by Team Avacar
Rookie of the Year
Fully Loaded Baked Tot Rod Racers
Lame Duck
Turner Concrete by Turner Construction
Best Paint
Nausicaar by AWKSOME
Best Engineering:
Punk-Rock-It by Tabor Tongue Masters
1st Place Art Car
Trippy the Snail by Sticky Business
Best Helmet
Gandalf’s Cart by Portland Peaches
2nd Place Art Car
The Physical Impossibility aka Trimet by Motoza
Shit Talker
Cruel Car by Team Stickle
3rd Place Art Car
Fungalore Garden by Satis&fy
Crowd Favorite
Cheeseburger in Paradise by Matchless
First Place
K-V-Kart by We’re Back
Best Pusher
USS Tabor Flyer by Fereration Gravity Sciences
Second Place
GC2.1 by Downhill Gravity
Best in Show
Mario Cart by Mario Party
Third Place
Cruel Car by Team Stickle
Lifetime Achievement Award
Dawn Adams
Below are the results of the 2023 Portland Adult Soapbox Derby! Thank you again to the volunteers, racers and supporters for such a great event! 🏆: ⭐️ Racer Favorite: Macho Man by Matchless 👏 Rookie of the Year: Fishin Impossible by The River Cruise-aders 🎨 Best Paint: Zippy the Snail by Sticky Business 🦆 Lame Duck #1: The Mighty MK III by Moto2a 🦆 Lame Duck #2: Bell of the Ball by Eastside Kettlebell 🛠️ Best Engineering: The Sider Hers by Tabor Touge Masters 🧑🎨 1st Place Art Car: There Goes The Taborhood by Gravity Depravity 🧑🎨 2nd Place Art Car: Dumpsterfire by Axiom 🧑🎨 3rd Place Art Car: Mator by Mater 2023 🎩 Best Helmet: Furry Road by Choad Warriors 💩 Shit Talker: Macho Man by Matchless 🥇 First Place: Seuderia MK VIII 🥈 Second Place: Phantom Eagle by Decent Fellows 🥉 Third Place: Federation Gravity Science Division ❤️ Crowd Favorite: And Over The Moon by Mutts Cuts 🏆 Lifetime Achievement Award: Darcie Emmerson
Below are the results of the 2022 Portland Adult Soapbox Derby! Thank you again to the volunteers, racers and supporters for such a great event! 🏆: Best Art Car = #22/ Matchless / Pee Wee 1st Runner Up Art =#7/ Tow Tabor / Mater 2d Runner Up Art = #6 / Gravity Depravity / The Family Truckster 1st Place = #1 / Scuderia Kouba / Mk VIII (71 secs) 2d Place = # 35/Team Kukla / Kulka Kart (77 secs) 3rd Place = #14 / F.A.N.G. / Growlers (80 secs) Crowd Favorite = #22/ Matchless / Pee Wee Best Engineering = #24 / Tabor Togue Masters / El Camino Racer Favorite = #29 / Knights of the Routertable / Holy Roller Best Helmet = #2 / Science Bless You! / The Shart Kart Best Team Costume = #17/ Choad Warrior / The Bluesmobile Lame Duck = #20/ Periscope Up / Yellow Submarine Shit Talker = #4 / Toe Dead / Bootsy Rothie Rookie of the Year (Dedicated to Dennis Roth) = #42/ Wicker Wood Works / Bahhh Cah Lifetime Achievement = Dennis Roth / Organizer 12 Years Derby Lifetime Achievement = Chip Jelsema / Racer 11 Years Derby Lifetime Achievement = Billy Dash / Racer 17 Years Derby
Portland Adult Soapbox Derby 2019 Winners Trophy- Car# - Team - Name - Car Name - Final Time 1st - #1 - Scuderia Kouba - Mk VII - 71.91 2nd - #39 - ABUKOTOO STABLE - ABUKO 2 - 76.63 3rd - #39 - Lader-Hosers - The German-ator MK V - 79.05 4th - #24 - fiocks flock - poison - 76.23 5th - #25 - Waste Wagon - The Kukla Kart - 77.89 6th - #0 - Gravityslave - Gravitymaster - 78.47 Best Art Car - #38 - Mutt Cutts - Too Fairy Engineering - #11 - Tabor Toge Masters - Coronation Scot Racer Favorite - #44 - Space Force! - The Millennium Fail-Con Crowd Favorite - #15 - p:earHogarts Express Best Helmet - #29 - Yellow Brick Roadies - Three Chumps and a Gum Lame Duck - #20 - Drinking Buddies - The Tipsy Table
