CNN Somebodys Gotta Do It With Mike Rowe October 12, 2015 02:03:00
>> maybe. >> yeah. >> and in this world, a top speed could be -- >> some of the guys we race with, 88 miles an hour is common. >> 88? >> yes. >> you can bet those weren't the kind of speeds they were reaching back in 1933 when a dayton, ohio, news photographer named myron scott came across a group of kids with ricketky race cars cobbled together from what appeared to be old soap crates. almost immediately scott started promoting soap box races and in no time major sponsors were signing on and a brand new sport was born. with the nation in the grips of the great depression, these races were a w...
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