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Photos: Soap box derby invitational event in Chattanooga

Staff Photo by Matt Hamilton / Aubree Gresko, 9, of Las Vegas, Nevada begins a run at the Redoubt Soccer Complex in Chattanooga on Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. The soap box derby invitational event began Friday with open practice and will commence with the main event Saturday at 8:30 a.m. Staff Photo by Matt Hamilton / Aubree Gresko, 9, of Las Vegas, Nevada begins a run at the Redoubt Soccer Complex in Chattanooga on Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. The soap box derby invitational event began Friday with open practice and will commence with the main event Saturday at 8:30 a.m.

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Staff Photo by Matt Hamilton / Tucker Alford, 9, of Bowling Green, Ky. looks down the track at the start of his run at the Redoubt Soccer Complex in Chattanooga on Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. The soap box derby invitational event began Friday with open practice and will commence with the main event Saturday at 8:30 a.m.

Staff Photo by Matt Hamilton / Brandon Webb talks to Logan Webb, 12, of Viera, Fla. about the track before his run at the Redoubt Soccer Complex in Chattanooga on Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. The soap box derby invitational event began Friday with open practice and will commence with the main event Saturday at 8:30 a.m.

Staff Photo by Matt Hamilton / Keith Nelman of Ohio talks to Raegan Nelman, 7, before the start of her run at the Redoubt Soccer Complex in Chattanooga on Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. The soap box derby invitational event began Friday with open practice and will commence with the main event Saturday at 8:30 a.m.

Staff Photo by Matt Hamilton / Two racers fly down the track at about thirty miles per hour at the Redoubt Soccer Complex in Chattanooga on Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. The soap box derby invitational event began Friday with open practice and will commence with the main event Saturday at 8:30 a.m.

Staff Photo by Matt Hamilton / Chattanooga resident Chase Stewart, 11, watches a race after finishing his run at the Redoubt Soccer Complex in Chattanooga on Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. The soap box derby invitational event began Friday with open practice and will commence with the main event Saturday at 8:30 a.m.

Staff Photo by Matt Hamilton / Parker Stewart, 13, of Chattanooga, sits in her soap box racer with the help of her dad Michael at the Redoubt Soccer Complex in Chattanooga on Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. The soap box derby invitational event began Friday with open practice and will commence with the main event Saturday at 8:30 a.m.

Staff Photo by Matt Hamilton / Chattanooga resident Parker Stewart, 13, looks down the track at the start of her run at the Redoubt Soccer Complex in Chattanooga on Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. The soap box derby invitational event began Friday with open practice and will commence with the main event Saturday at 8:30 a.m.

Staff Photo by Matt Hamilton / Two racers begin their run at the Redoubt Soccer Complex in Chattanooga on Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. The soap box derby invitational event began Friday with open practice and will commence with the main event Saturday at 8:30 a.m.

Staff Photo by Matt Hamilton / California resident Cody Ojeda, 17, looks down on the track and waits for his run with his dad Deene Ojeda at the Redoubt Soccer Complex in Chattanooga on Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. The soap box derby invitational event began Friday with open practice and will commence with the main event Saturday at 8:30 a.m.

Staff Photo by Matt Hamilton / Chase Schlafke, 17, of Glasgow, Ky. pushes his car into place at the Redoubt Soccer Complex in Chattanooga on Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. The soap box derby invitational event began Friday with open practice and will commence with the main event Saturday at 8:30 a.m.

Staff Photo by Matt Hamilton / Two racers cross the finish line at the Redoubt Soccer Complex in Chattanooga on Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. The soap box derby invitational event began Friday with open practice and will commence with the main event Saturday at 8:30 a.m.

Staff Photo by Matt Hamilton / Driver Emma Fox, 15, of Augusta, Ga. moves her car onto a transport with the help of Andy Laramore of Signal Mountain at the Redoubt Soccer Complex in Chattanooga on Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. The soap box derby invitational event began Friday with open practice and will commence with the main event Saturday at 8:30 a.m.

Staff Photo by Matt Hamilton / Michael Stewart of Chattanooga helps his son Chase, 11, get into his soap box racer at the Redoubt Soccer Complex in Chattanooga on Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. The soap box derby invitational event began Friday with open practice and will commence with the main event Saturday at 8:30 a.m.

Staff Photo by Matt Hamilton / Mike Johnson talks to Davie Edds of Owensboro, Ky. as he looks at another driver at the Redoubt Soccer Complex in Chattanooga on Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. The soap box derby invitational event began Friday with open practice and will commence with the main event Saturday at 8:30 a.m.

A soap box derby invitational event began Friday at Chattanooga’s Redoubt Soccer Complex with open practice and will commence with the main event on Saturday at 8:30 a.m.