At Portland’s annual soapbox derby, motorless cars race downhill pulled by nothing more than gravity. It’s part race, part parade, with cars built to look like sharks, guitars and slices of cake.
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Gravity is an inescapable force. It gives us our atmosphere and our orbit, and it can bring us to our knees. It also makes possible the Soap Box Derby. This gravity-powered American tradition is usually a speed race for kids – not in Portland, Oregon, as Deena
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