Owensboro Lions Club

2017 Soap Box Derby

Jacob Leonard, a 13-year-old eighth grader at College View Middle School, placed third in the World Championship Local Masters Division Race marking the fourth consecutive year an Owensboro car has had a chance to win it all. Read more...

Derby Race Schedule

May 6: Registrations due.
May 6-7: Spring Rally Race
May 13: Soap Box Derby registration, 8-11 AM
May 27-28: Spring Rally Race #2
June 3: Trial runs and impound
June 8: Soap Box Derby banquet, immaculate Parrish.
June 10: Local Soap Box Derby Race
June 11: Local Soap Box Derby rain date
August 12-13: Summer Rally Race
September 16-17: Fall Rally Race
November 4-5: Fall Rally Race #2.

Note: Open track/practice dates first Saturday of the month (March 4 through November 4)

MEETINGS

1st & 3rd
Tuesday's
Noon
Owensboro Country Club
400 Byers Ave.

Upcoming Activities
September 5 - Speaker: David McBride, Messenger-Inquirer Columnist (regular time at Old Hickory)
September 19 - Speaker: Kevin Humphrey, CEO, Hollison Corporation
September 25 - Lions Club Board meeting at Briar Patch, 6 PM
October 3 - SPEAKER: Open
October 6 - Third annual Drive 4 Sight Golf Scramble (for Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation), 11 AM EDT, Bardstown Country Club, 130 Maywood Avenue, Bardstown, KY. Information/registration: Call 800-232-5308 or 502-583-0564 or visit www.kylionseye.org/drive-4-sight-golf-scramble.
October 17 - SPEAKER: Dr. Chris Compton, U of L School of Medicine, Ophthalmology
October 21-22: - Reid's Apple Festival
December 12 - Owensboro Lions Club Christmas Party, Owensboro Country Club