Jamestown Area Soap Box Derby

06/08/2026

Last but certainly not least we’d like to thank all of our committee members and volunteers who helped make our race so smooth and allowed us to complete our race safely, fairly and efficiently.

Scott Vincent
Kelly Vincent
Al Roller
Renee Williams
David Williams
Damen Vincent
John Williams
Debbie Williams
Krista Vincent
Jim Wright
Kevin VanDette
Kaylee Vanderheiden
Wes Vanderheiden
Chelsey Young
Jarrett Vincent
Gabby Haines
Randy Beckerink
Carla Williams
Jordan Williams
Kevin Nickerson
Tessa Brooks
Jamestown High School Football Players

We hope we didn’t miss anyone as there were likely others who jumped in to help but thank you so much! We couldn’t do this without you!!

06/08/2026

We would also like to thank our sponsors who generously provided financial support, product and/or other resources without which we could not provide the racing experience we do to our racers.

Shults Auto Group - Title Sponsor
Dr Charles Sinatra
Warren Hometown Markets
KeyBank Charitable Foundation
Gametime Sports Bar and Grill
Farm Fresh Foods
Wegmans
Blackstone Advanced Technologies
Fessenden Laumer & DeAngelo Attorneys
Jamestown Parks and Recreation Department
Jamestown High School Football Team
Jamestown Awning
JMI Supply and Equipment Rental
Lakeshore Paving
Dream It Do It WNY
Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame
Ruffbaggers Co****le Club
Land Pro Equipment
Dominos

A special thank you to friends and family of George Balcom who so generously made donations to the derby in his memory as he thoroughly enjoyed the derby through his grandson.

If you know of a business that might be interested in sponsoring our organization please reach out to [email protected]

06/08/2026

We also gave out some special awards at our local race yesterday:

Doug Hert Memorial Sportsmanship Award - Anthony Nichols

Best Decoration Stock - Phinias Hasson
Best Decoration Super Stock - Brynley Walker
Best Decoration Masters - Skylar Sweatman

Congratulation All!!

06/08/2026

After a bit of worry about the weather and a bit of rain in the early morning we ended up having a beautiful day for our All American local races and our STEM races. Such great racing and we had a great time!

Congratulations to our champs heading to Akron in July, we are so excited for them to represent our great race! Our overall results:

Stock All American Race
1st Parker Ristau
2nd Austin Kelwaski
3rd Raegan Sweatman
4th Gwendolyn McQuiggan
5th Michael Chamberlin
6th Getty Krakat

Super Stock All American Race
1st Adriana Hasson
2nd Shayne Caldwell
3rd Liam Hasson
4th Bridget McQuiggan
5th Brantley Steinbar
6th Brynley Walker

Masters All American Race
1st Skylar Waid
2nd Vinny DeLaCroix
3rd Skylar Sweatman
4th Lokesh Anumalasetty
5th Sadie Usatch

Stock STEM
1st Ethan Gibson
2nd Louie Wind
3rd Getty Krakat

Super Stock STEM
1st Garry Studley
2nd Henry Wind
3rd Ella Moses

Masters STEM
1st Lokesh Anumalasetty
2nd Sadie Usatch
3rd Skylar Waid

06/05/2026

We are almost ready!! Feeling Excited!!! Weigh Ins, Inspection and Practice tonight. The big race is tomorrow!!!

06/04/2026

Just a couple more days and we will be crowning our champs who will be representing the Jamestown Area Soap Box Derby at the All American SBD world championships in July.

Just a couple of reminders that tomorrow June 5th is weigh in, inspections and practice runs. Drivers can begin to arrive anytime after 3 o’clock. We will be looking to wrap up by around 7.

For Saturday, all drivers and car handlers should arrive by 7 am to be reweighed. Driver meeting and pre race presentations are expected to start around 8:30 with racing to begin by 9. Hoping for a great day of racing and that the weather will hold out for us!!! 🤞

05/25/2026

Hello All!

We hope everyone has enjoyed their holiday weekend while remembering those service members who have sacrificed so much!! We are less than two weeks away from our local race and have a great roster of racers already signed up but there is still time if you would like to join us. Just reach out and let us know!!

Here is our list of rules for our race weekend and schedule. Let us know if you have any questions. This has also been sent to all of the emails that we have. We look forward to our 41st race with a lot of exciting racing!!

05/14/2026

Not sure what the back story is on how this happened but the car in this picture is the stock car that belonged to our 1993 local race champion, Kris Kozak. If the information posted with the picture is correct the car was spotted at a flea market in PARIS FRANCE! Would love to know how that happened!

05/10/2026

02/23/2026

Hello All! We are looking for some help. We lost use of a storage space for our track and concession equipment and are looking to possibly purchase a used 8x20 enclosed trailer to store our equipment in. If you know someone who might be looking to sell one in good condition at a reasonable price please reach out. Drop us a message or email us at [email protected]. Thanks!