20170610 - Soap Box Derby (hrb)

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Daryl Quitalig - For Shaw Media No. 16 Gabe Winkelman, sponsored by McHenry Firefighters Assocation, travels down the hill in a heat at the 15th Annual McHenry Kiwanis All-American 2017 Soap Box Derby, Saturday, June 10, 2017.

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Daryl Quitalig - For Shaw Media Kiwanis member Verne Jobst begins a heat consisting of McHenry Firefighters Association-sponsored No. 16 Gabe Winkelman against McHenry Police Association-sponsored No. 2 Sophia O'Brien at the 15th Annual McHenry Kiwanis All-American 2017 Soap Box Derby, Saturday, June 10, 2017. O'Brien would go on to win the heat.

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Daryl Quitalig - For Shaw Media Chris Meyer (center), of Harvard, directs Nolan Wiese, 16, volunteering on behalf as junior on the McHenry football team, and Doug Martin on mounting wheels on No. 20 Patrick Martin's Kiwanis-sponsored car at the 15th Annual McHenry Kiwanis All-American 2017 Soap Box Derby, Saturday, June 10, 2017.

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Daryl Quitalig - For Shaw Media No. 62 Logan Young, 11, sponsored by Players Bench, assists his father Shawn, both of Algonquin, in lining up his car prior to a heat at the 15th Annual McHenry Kiwanis All-American 2017 Soap Box Derby, Saturday, June 10, 2017.

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Daryl Quitalig - For Shaw Media No. 45 Reagan Beyer, sponsored by Wayne Beyer, prepares for a heat at the 15th Annual McHenry Kiwanis All-American 2017 Soap Box Derby, Saturday, June 10, 2017.

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Daryl Quitalig - For Shaw Media Kiwanis member, volunteer and retired superintendent of McHenry Community High School District 156 Dr. Mike Roberts secures a car onto a trailer at the 15th Annual McHenry Kiwanis All-American 2017 Soap Box Derby, Saturday, June 10, 2017.

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Daryl Quitalig - For Shaw Media Competitors await a ride to the top of the hill as volunteers load up their cars onto a trailer during the 15th Annual McHenry Kiwanis All-American 2017 Soap Box Derby, Saturday, June 10, 2017.

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Daryl Quitalig - For Shaw Media McHenry Sgt. Eric Sexton directs traffic between heats at the 15th Annual McHenry Kiwanis All-American 2017 Soap Box Derby, Saturday, June 10, 2017.