SF’s “Soapbox Derby” at McLaren Park (First Time Since 1978)

Submitted by the Event Organizer

SFMOMA’s Soapbox Derby descends on McLaren Park on April 10, 2022. Artist-designed soapbox cars will once again race down the hill at McLaren Park in San Francisco as SFMOMA’s Soapbox Derby returns for the first time since 1978.

The 56 teams of local artists, educators, students and community groups designing custom-made, gravity-powered vehicles include Windy Chien, Christopher Martin, Avila Rose Signs, City College of San Francisco, Girls Garage, John O’Connell High School, Lindsey White and eleven winners of the museum’s open call. View a complete list of participating artists and builders.

Each racer will get their star turn as they coast down John F. Shelley Drive, with the action emceed by KQED’s Pendarvis Harshaw and ABC7’s Kumasi Aaron. Enjoy music, food and family-friendly activities in the park, including musical performances by Science Band and Chulita Vinyl Club and karaoke with the TNT Traysikel. Judges Amanda Pope, Dorcas Moulton, Per Sia and La Doña will award 30 artist-designed trophies, made by Bay Area artists including Liz Hernández, Muzae Sesay and Wanxin Zhang.

SFMOMA Soabox Derby
Sunday, April 10, 2022 | 10am to 5pm
Jerry Garcia Amphitheater, 40 John F. Shelley Drive, McLaren Park, SF
Free and open to the public. RSVP is encouraged.

• Race starts at 11 a.m.
• Derby hat parade at 1:15 p.m.
• Trophy ceremony begins 15 minutes after the final racer goes down the hill.

Event Map | Getting There (Muni + Parking)

Performances

11 a.m.–4 p.m. Chulita Vinyl Club at the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater
11 a.m.–4 p.m. Science Band! at the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater
Noon–3 p.m. TNT Traysikel karaoke at The Pit

Racing Schedule

11 a.m. Heat 1

#1 Justin Marshall, Agana + Vogue TDK

#2 John Casey

#3 Urban Ed Academy

#4 Terry Berlier’s “Resisting Monuments at the End of the World” class (Stanford students)

#5 Keith Mueller + City College of San Francisco Engineering Club

#6 Catherine Theilen Burke + San Francisco Unified School District students

 

11:35 a.m. Heat 2

#7 Hans von Clemm

#8 Cruise

#9 Nathan Homchick + Sonny Smith

#10 Macro Waves

#11 Joey Enos

#12 Mark Baugh-Sasaki + Masako Miyazaki

 

12:10 p.m. Heat 3

#13 Mission Science Workshop

#14 Girls Garage

#15 Lindsey White + San Francisco Art Institute Photography students

#16 Bradley Gottesman

#17 Jonathan Spring

#18 Alina Martinez

#19 Lisa Rybovich Crallé + Clarke Selman

 

12:45 p.m. Heat 4

#20 Reniel Del Rosario

#21 Oliver Hawk Holden + Andrew Sungtaek Ingersoll

#22 Tight Quarters (Jeffrey Larrimore + Michelle Nguyen)

#23 Book & Wheel (Kate Connell + Oscar Melara)

#24 joan5000 (Kate Rhoades + Carrie Hott)

#25 The Wide Awakes (represented by Hank Willis Thomas, Helen Banach + Smilee Barnacle)

#26 Rock Paper Scissors Collective (led by Kristi Holohan + Lionel McNeely)

 

1:15 p.m. Derby Hat Parade

 

1:30 p.m. Heat 5

#27 Masako Miki + Trevor Sherard

#28 David Andre + The Robot Wolves

#29 David Huebner

#30 Bella Donna Artiste (Addendum24 + LE BohemianMuse)

#31 Max Chen

#32 Oscar Grande

#33 Kevin Convertito

 

2:05 p.m. Heat 6

#34 SCRAP

#35 Aerostation (San Francisco Art Institute MFA students)

#36 Shawn HibmaCronan

#37 Alex Morris + Noah Pilchen

#38 Shaw Weiss (Richard Shaw, Martha Shaw + Gregor Weiss)

#39 Shawborg (Whitney Shaw-Brandborg, Torin Brandborg + Alice Shaw)

#40 Katherine Ward

#41 Team Pineapple (Robert van de Walle)

 

2:40 p.m. Heat 7

#42 The North Face

#43 Michael Arcega + San Francisco State students

#44 Ron Covell

#45 Liz Hui

#46 Binta Ayofemi

#47 Stink Studios

#48 Chris Wood + John O’Connell High School students

#49 Windy Chien

 

3:15 p.m. Heat 8

#50 Avila Rose Signs (Lauren Rose D’Amato + Isaac Vazquez Avila)

#51 Christopher Martin

#52 Aaron Gach

#53 Jason “Jay” Broemmel

#54 Nasim Moghadam

#55 Taro Hattori + California College of the Arts students

#56 Muni Toons (Janet Delaney, Sam Haynor + Crystal Vielula)

#57 The LAST Car (Stephen Gulau, Lukas Kuczynski, Ava Morton + tamara suarez porras)

 

4 p.m. Awards Ceremony at the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater

The awards ceremony begins 15 minutes after the final car descends and will last approximately one hour.

 

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