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Teen wins in late sister’s car at Soap Box Derby

The Columbian
Published: July 24, 2010, 12:00am

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Actor-director Corbin Bernsen is in Ohio filming the movie “Hill 25,” based on the Soap Box Derby, hoping to raise interest and preserve this wheeled slice of Americana.

He may have to tear up the script to match the real-life performance of 14-year-old Sean Brown at the 73rd annual race at Derby Downs in Akron.

The Spotsylvania, Va., boy won the Rally Super Stock Division on Saturday, racing in a car that had been driven by his late sister Carol Anne. She was 18 when she committed suicide last year on Easter Sunday.

Twelve-year-old Megan Gongaware won the Stock title — giving Akron its record 16th national champion.

A field of 556 racers from around the United States and representing countries as far away as New Zealand competed in hot, humid, windy conditions.

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