Allen Lund's Big Al to Appear at the 76th Annual All-American Soap Box Derby


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Mon. July 22nd, 2013 - by Eric Anderson

<p>Big Al, the Allen Lund Company's iconic International CXT pickup truck will appear at the 76th Annual All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron, OH this week.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>In 2003, Allen Lund Company committed to transporting the soap box derby car to various competitions for the Youth Activities League's sponsorship of their Youth Racing Program, after being contacted by the City of Industry's Sheriff's Station. </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>In a demonstration of gratitude the soap box car's owner, retired police officer John Wargo, has been placing the Allen Lund Company logo on the soap box for several years. This year the car will be fully wrapped to look exactly like Big Al to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Allen Lund's support.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>The derby will begin its week long festivities on Sunday, July 21st. Big Al will make its first appearance on Parent's Night (July 25th) and will also be there on the actual Race Day (July 27th) to support the lookalike derby car.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href=" http://www.allenlund.com/ " target="_new">Allen Lund</a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">