Austintown teen wins Super Stock division in Soap Box run-off


June 22, 2008 at 2:13p.m.

2008 Youngstown Soap Box Race.

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Saturday June 21, 2008.

YOUNGSTOWN — A 14-year-old Austintown boy won the Super Stock Division today in the Greater Youngstown Area Soap Box Derby.

Joey Puntel outdistanced runner-up Haleigh Kuebler of Berlin Center in the final heat of the race this morning on Fifth Avenue.

That heat was postponed from Saturday night because of rain and storms.

Forty-five racers participated in this year’s local derby.

Winner of the Stock Division on Saturday was Zachary Krohn of Canfield, and the Masters Division was won by Johanna Kuebler of Berlin Center.

An awards banquet for this year’s winners will be 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at The Saxon Club on Meridian Road.

The winners in each division advance to the All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron on July 26.