Sixty-five years ago Billy Blair, a 15-year-old schoolboy from Ruxton, won the Sunpapers Soap Box Derby, a heralded event that mirrored America’s passion for kids’ racing back then.
Source: The Baltimore Sun County News
Retro Baltimore: Not even polio could stop young Billy Blair from winning the Sunpapers Soap Box Derby
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