Four local racers made the trip to Akron, Ohio at the end of July to participate in the Soap Box Derby World Championships along with our two Super Kids racers who participated in the National Super Kids Classic race.

Mackenzie Cadman of DePere earned her trip to Akron as a Stock division Rally Champion for Region 5.  In 2010, she won the Local Championship in her first official race event.  In the 2010-2011 Rally season she took 3 first places and a second place in the Green Bay Fall Rally to create a great start at a Rally Championship.  She followed that up with some great driving in the Green Bay Spring Rally to be seventh in Region 5 to earn the opportunity to race in the World Championships.  Mackenzie also piloted for our Super Kid program and helped John McDonald become our first official Local Super Kid Champion.  Great job Mackenzie!

Joseph LeSage of Sobieski also raced hard all Rally season and had earned a spot in the Stock division as a Rally Champion for Region 5.  However, he took even higher honors by winning the Local Championship for the Green Bay area in June to represent the area as our Local Champion.

Both Mackenzie and Joseph tuned up their cars and enjoyed a wonderful time down in Akron.  Each were eliminated in the first round of competition.  Three drivers go down the hill and only one moves on.

Andre Sanchez has been racing for several years now and has participated in the World Championships in Akron as a Stock Local and Rally Champion.  He took 5th place in the World Championships in the Stock division.  This year he raced year round in the Super Stock division and had earned enough points to represent Region 5 as a Rally Champion.  He too, however, was blessed with a fantastic Local Championship victory and represented the Green Bay area as our Local Champion.  Andre was also able to win his first heat in the championships.  He was then taken out of the competition in the second round preventing him from making the trophy rounds this time.  I’m sure he will be back again for another attempt.

Matthew Miszewski raced year round in his Super Stock car and was able to accumulate 192 points to finish in the top position within Region 5 for his division which also placed him 7th in the nation for Rally points.  Matthew had already participated in the World Championships in 2007 and 2008 in the Stock division where he managed to take a 9th place in the Stock Rally Championships in 2008.  He returned in 2010 as the Super Stock Local Champion and was eliminated in the first round.  This year, in his second visit with the same car, he managed to surpass his Stock car finish and take a 6th place at the World Championships.  What a wonderful accomplishment to place in the trophy rounds 2 out of 4 attempts.  Matthew has now moved to the Masters division for his final two years of eligibility to see if he can improve on his championship titles.  We wish Matthew the best in quickly learning how to tune and drive in the Masters division.