Belknap Boxcar Derby

Belknap Boxcar Derby Downhill Race in Grand Rapids Create your derby car then ride it down the hill next to Coit Park on September 10.

Kids gravity start down a 1000 ft straight away. Adults push start (bob-sled style) and turn a 90 degree corner; 1500 feet long.

05/07/2011

Now its happening again with a kids race and an adult race both being held on September 10th, 2011.

05/07/2011

Then on a Saturday morning, dozens of children in the neighborhood built carts and ran them down Clancy St in organized heats. After awards were given out, everyone moved to Coit Park for an afternoon of activities. Everyone had fun and it was a successful community building event.

05/07/2011

NOBL first ran a downhill race in the summer of 1986 with the help of Butterworth Good Neighbors Program. "Derby Days" took 2 years of organizing to work through all the permits and insurance.

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