Arlington's 12th Soap Box Derby Winners

Arlington MA

24 June, 2021

11:56 AM

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Your Arlington Last Updated: 22 June 2021 Written by Wendy Barr, communications director Twenty-five children from two states raced gravity-powered cars down Eastern Avenue in Arlington as part of the 2021 Arlington Soap Box Derby Local Race. Cars competed in three divisions -- stock, super stock and masters -- and the winners will compete in July in Akron, Ohio as part of the 83rd FirstEnergy All-American Soap Box Derby World Championship Race. Children ages 7 to 20 are eligible to compete in the program, after building a gravity-powered race car from special kits (with the help of their parents). The Arlington Soap Box Derby organization assists local families by renting car kits to families and conducting car building and driving clinics to help kids be as competitive as possible. The results of the the 2021 Arlington Soap Box Derby championships, which took place June 12, are below. The top finishers are: Stock Division: 1st Place - Juliana Nocera, 9, Meridian, CT (Pulaski School) 2nd Place - Noelie Chiappa-Blanco, 11, Arlington (Gibbs School) 3rd Place - Westley Roehl, 10, Arlington (Brackett School) 4th Place - Toby Fernandez, 10, Arlington (Thompson School) 5th Place - Tanner Roof, 11, Arlington (Dallin School) 6th Place - Max Jacobs, 7, Brookline (Runkle School) 7th Place - Ben Hampe, 7, Arlington (Brackett School) 8th Place - Oliver Chiappa-Blanco, 8, Arlington (Brackett School) Super Stock Division: 1st Place - Joey Dionizio, 17, New Britain, CT (New Britain High School) 2nd Place - Conrad Feldhaus, 13, Belmont (Chenery School) 3rd Place - Jack Townsend, 14, Belmont (Chenery School) 4th Place - Josh Hartley, 14, Belmont (Chenery School) 5th Place - Fergie Williams, 12, Belmont (Chenery School) 6th Place - Arjun Pai, 14, Belmont (Chenery School) 7th Place - Jack Hale, 12, Arlington (Gibbs School) 8th Place - Henry Moriarty, 14, Belmont (Chenery School) Masters Division: 1st Place - Chris Kovach, 16, Middlebury, CT (Pomperang High School) 2nd Place - Meadow Wells, 16, Bristol, CT (Bristol Central High School) 3rd Place - John Barr, 14, Arlington (Acera School) 4th Place - Ryan Bauer, 16, Belmont (Belmont High School) In addition to our local champions, several local racers will represent our region as Rally Racing Champions at the World Championships in Akron, Ohio: John Barr (age 14, Arlington, Acera School) in Super Stock Maxwell Jacobs (age 7, Brookline, Runkle School) and Olivia Shirley (age 19, Cambridge, Georgetown University) in Masters Braedon Quinlan (age 19, Arlington, Skidmore College) in the new Legacy Car Race June 10, 2019: Arlington's 11th Soap Box Derby winners This news announcement was published in March 2021 and updated a number of times, including Tuesday, June 22, to announce winners. YourArlington.com has provided news and opinion about Arlington, Mass., since 2006. Publisher Bob Sprague is a former editor at The Boston Globe, Boston Herald and Arlington Advocate. Read more at https://www.yourarlington.com/about.