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Abingdon Soap Box Derby Challenge
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Abingdon Soap Box Derby Challenge

Abingdon, Virginia, United States View on map
Sep 05, 2026 (America/New_York local time)
Wheelchair

About this race

10:00 am - 3:00 pm. The Abingdon Soap Box Derby Challenge invites a wide range of participants, including local businesses, individuals, and educational groups, to showcase their creativity, engineering skills, and community spirit by building and racing their own soap box cars. This event will blend competitive racing with family-friendly entertainment and community engagement, while fostering valuable partnerships with local businesses and organizations.

Pick your distance

Wheelchair

Youth Division

Ages 8-15

Sep 05, 2026 0.2K 12:00 PM
Closed

Grand Prix Open

Ages 16 over.

Sep 05, 2026 0.2K 1:00 PM
Closed

Big Wheel Race

Ages 3-7

Sep 05, 2026 0.2K 12:00 PM
Closed

Typical race-day weather

Based on 1 year of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Abingdon, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 19.0° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 29.1°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 19.0° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 33.8°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
10.8
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
1.2mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
77.6%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on September 5, 2026 (EDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on September 5, 2026 (EDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
12h 48m

The sun rises at 7:02 AM and sets at 7:50 PM local time (EDT) in Abingdon on September 5, 2026 — 12h 48m of daylight.

Course

No course map published yet.

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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.

  • Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
  • Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
  • Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
  • Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 11 Abingdon events

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