Getting your player ready...
Sarah Whitaker, right, overcame rain and wind to make her family proud by racing to victory at the 72nd All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron, Ohio. The 10-year-old, the 15th member of her family to race in the national finals, was one of four girls to claim championships in the six divisions Saturday. “It’s beyond words, but I can say I just love it,” Whit- aker said. Earlier, 89-year-old Mike Politz finally found the thrill of victory 75 years after he first competed in the event. Politz, who never made it out of his local heats in the 1934 race, won the the ceremonial Oil Can Derby. “It was worth the wait,” he said. The Associated Press; Associated Press photo
