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Racers, Are You Ready?! Traditional Geocache

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GeoCrater: I am regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no response from nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in the last reviewer note.

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Hidden : 10/13/2017
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

>Many people see the track here at the park and remember days gone by when they may have raced their home built soap box car, skateboarded, bicycled, or maybe even sledded down this hill. Have you ever wondered about it's history?

Soap Box Derby originally started in 1934, the sport came to in Salem in 1952. The hill was designed as a track modeled after the national track in Akron, Ohio. In the beginning, friends, families and neighbors alike filled Bush park to cheer on their favorite racer. Families still come from all over the west to race on this track, building friendships that last a lifetime. Seven world champions have come from the Salem area!

You can even still catch a Soap Box Derby race every once in a while between spring and fall.

The cache is not directly on the track so as not to disturb any of the mechanisms, but it is in the place where the derby cars park to start their race.

PLEASE MESSAGE US IF YOU NEED ANOTHER HINT *SPOILERS WILL BE DELETED

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Bapr lbh fgneg enpvat... lbh ernyyl fgvpx gb vg! (Zntargvp) Genpx fvqr bs gur erfgebbzf. Fbzrgvzrf lbh unir gb hfr zber guna whfg lbhe rlrf.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)