The area’s popular soap box derby returns this weekend after COVID-19 put the brakes on last year’s event.
Nearly 80 drivers will zoom down the two-lane track at speeds around 25 mph all day Saturday at Arrowhead Ranch on Camano Island.
“I think everyone is excited to get back in action after a year away,” said Randy Heagle, who with wife Marla owns the local Windermere offices. They are the derby’s lead sponsor.
In 2019, the Stanwood-Camano race featured a record 93 racers on a dedicated soap box track at Arrowhead Ranch on Camano, one of 23 dedicated tracks in the U.S., which has about 110 race sites each year.
Winners of the two race divisions at the 14th annual Windermere Stanwood-Camano Soap Box Derby — the only soap box derby in Washington…
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