Valley City (CSi) The 28th Annual Soap Box Derby in Valley City is Sat June 1 on Central Avenue.

Race week 2024 will be held  May 28th thru June 1st . The youth sports complex in valley city serves as our staging area and is open all week to bring your cars in to be worked on a race official will usually be on hand to answer questions and spare parts are available for purchases. Thursday and Friday are inspection nights with Friday being our racer’s meeting and picnic.  

Saturday is race day and we start early. Meeting at the Youth sports complex around 7am for the Group photo then its load up and out to the track for practice runs. After opening ceremonies it’s a fun filled day of racing and making new friends.

In 1995 with the help of local business and the valley city chamber of congress the first annual valley city  Soap Box Derby was held. The 1st place winners from the stock and supper stock divisions will be qualified to represent our region at the All-American Soap Box Derby national championship race in Akron, OH in July.  In 2012 the Sheyenne Valley Soap Box Derby Club was formed to continue the tradition of soap box derby racing in valley city.