Miranda Murphy didn’t get to see her finished soap box car until the night before Saturday’s big race.
While she worked on the vehicle with her mother for eight months, the finishing touches were a surprise.
Miranda, 17, was thrilled with the results, a pink fairy tale on wheels.
Miranda was among 31 participants in the 56th Annual Bucks County Soap Box Derby on Woodbourne Road in Levittown on Saturday.
The sun shone down on the racers as they made their way down the hill to the finish line in cars so narrow, they resembled kayaks on wheels.
The racers, boys and girls aged 7 to 17, competed in three divisions — stock, super stock and masters — based on experience, age and height.
The winner of each division now heads to the 75th Annual World Race in Akron, Ohio, on July 21. The first-place finishers also won gold wheels and gold helmets, according to Suzanne Murphy, Miranda’s mom.
Saturday’s race was Miranda’s last, because she’s aging out. While sad she won’t be competing again, she was especially happy to go out in such a stylish set of wheels.
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