RubberBuzz || Akron Unleashed: Up on my Soap Box

6.16.2005

Up on my Soap Box

Akron's getting celebrity endorsment for the Akron Soap Box Derby. Maybe we can get some cool C-Llist celebrity like Joan Rivers or MC Hammer to endorse our little race. That would be about the coolest thing ever.

Akron's All-American Soap Box Derby is getting some Hollywood-style exposure this year, thanks to a highly polished television commercial that is now airing nationwide.[...]

The new commercial features a group of kids constructing a derby car in a wind tunnel under the guidance of telegenic NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson.

NASCAR became the derby's promotional partner in 2002 and made the competition a key element of the association's Youth Initiative Program.

I guess we got a resident of the D-list to support our cause. I'll call Kathy Griffin; she loves those D-listers.

The BJ :: Derby goes glam for TV ad

(joe :: Up on my Soap Box)

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