It was her last chance. After seven years of attempts, Courtney Rayle won the soap box derby world championship in the masters division in July. Next year, the 17-year-old from Mechanicsville, Md., would be too old for soap box racing.

“Not many kids get to go more than once,” Rayle told The Examiner. “I didn’t want to get my hopes up, because I didn’t win before, but as I raced I got a better feeling.”

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