{
  "id": 1682124,
  "title": "In Portland, this soap box derby combines downhill speed with extreme pageantry",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/in-portland-this-soap-box-derby-combines-downhill-speed-with-extreme",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-18T09:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NPR",
    "slug": "npr",
    "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/08/18/nx-s1-5935518/portland-oregon-soap-box-derby-race-pdx"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Soap box derbies send motorless cars down a steep incline. At one event, contestants make their cars look like cartoon characters, subway cars, food, and giant animals (among other outlandish shapes).",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}