John Peter (JP) Fedele

John Peter (JP) Fedele became race director of the Madison Soap Box Derby in 1981, and continued as director or assistant director until 2016. During many of those years, he also volunteered with the Racine race and he has been involved with the All-American Soap Box Derby since 1982.For several years, he coordinated sending the Madison local champs and their winning cars to compete in Australia.JP has been a member of the All-American’s A-Team since 1986, assisting in many technical activities such as inspecting and weighing race cars, testing cars’ brake systems and working in the run-out area and returning cars to Topside. He is a retired plumber.