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
2025 Results are in!
Racer Favorite
Mill Rats
Road Warrior
ShopRag Motorsports
Rookie of the Year
Brick Blasters
Lame Duck
Fore Wheel Drive
Best Paint
Cloud Cats
Best Engineering:
Soap Rockets
1st Place Art Car
Mill Rats
Best Helmet
Holy Rollers
2nd Place Art Car
Infinity Images
Shit Talker
TTM Traveling Band
3rd Place Art Car
Down 2 Clown
Crowd Favorite
MORE Derby
First Place
Soap Rockets
Best Pusher
Federation Gravity
Second Place
Team Kykla-Vucic
Wholesome Award
Fore Wheel Drive
Third Place
KISS
Lifetime Achievement Award
Bill Dash
Below are the results of the 2024 Portland Adult Soapbox Derby! Thank you again to the volunteers, racers and supporters for such a great event! 🏆: ⭐️ Racer Favorite: 8-Bit Oregon Trail by Axiom 👏 Rookie of the Year: Fully Loaded Baked Tot Rod Racers 🎨 Best Paint: Nausicaar by AWKSOME 🦆 Lame Duck #1: Turner Concrete by Turner Construction 👪 Family Favorite: Appa by Team Avacar 🛠️ Best Engineering: The Sider Hers by Tabor Touge Masters 🧑🎨 1st Place Art Car: Trippy the Snail by Sticky Business 🧑🎨 2nd Place Art Car: The Physical Impossibility aka Trimet by Motoza 🧑🎨 3rd Place Art Car: Fungalore Garden by Satis&fy 🎩 Best Helmet: Gandalf’s Cart by Portland Peaches 💩 Shit Talker: Cruel Car by Team Stickle 🥇 First Place: K-V-Kart by We’re Back 🥈 Second Place: GC2.1 by Downhill Gravity 🥉 Third Place: Cruel Car by Team Stickle ❤️ Crowd Favorite: Cheeseburger in Paradise by Matchless 🏆 Lifetime Achievement Award: Dawn Adams 🫸 Best Pusher: USS Tabor Flyer by Fereration Gravity Sciences 🎗️ Best in Show: Mario Cart by Mario Party
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
