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14–15 AUGUST 1960 · AKRON, OHIO — THE CHAMPION SOUTH BEND'S (BOUNDARY)
The Derby's peak for this valley is named, with its year: Fredric Lake of South Bend won the All-American Soap Box Derby at Akron in 1960 — the official past-champions roll reads "1960 – Fredric Lake, South Bend, IN." The Tribune's account, preserved in its Headlines in History series, dates the homecoming: on 15 August 1960 "a still-surprised but delighted South Bend boy arrived in New York City … as a result of his story-book victory Sunday in the All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron, O. Frederick Lake, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark L. Lake, 924 N. Twyckenham Dr., said he was 'thrilled to death with my victory.'" The champion's address is a South Bend address; no Osceola boy stands on the All-American champions roll in any year the roll was checked, and no Osceola local Derby race is documented in the open record reached — the town's Derby share is the county champion's reflected glory, printed at that size and no larger. The spelling stands as the sources split it: Fredric on the Derby's own roll, Frederick in the Tribune's telling.
Sources: International Soap Box Derby, Past Champions roll (1960 – Fredric Lake, South Bend, IN), read November 2026. South Bend Tribune, Headlines in History, excerpt of 15 August 1960 (Frederick Lake; 924 N. Twyckenham Dr.; the Akron victory), read November 2026.