KRQE reporter Francesca Washington visited Socorro to film the races and interview the participants. Here is an excerpt from the online article. For the full report and video, click the link at the bottom of this page.  

SOCORRO, N.M. (KRQE) - It's an American tradition that's been around for 85 years: the soapbox derby. One New Mexico middle schooler wanted to start a race in his town, so he did.

One by one, four teams of elementary and middle school students from Cottonwood Valley Charter School in Socorro raced homemade soapboxes down New Mexico Tech's back 9. 

"I'm kind of feeling good about the fastest," said Isaiah Ocampo. 

The kids designed and built the cars with the help of New Mexico tech engineering students. 

For the full article, click here