Oct. 8-For two decades, William "Larry" Erwin organized the annual Soap Box Derby in Clovis, in which kids coast home-built racers down a hill in hopes of winning a trip to Akron, Ohio, for a shot at a national championship. Erwin, who died on Sept. 6 at the age of 76, introduced the Soap Box Derby to Clovis based on his memories of rumbling his own Soap Box Derby racer, the pieces of which were secured together
