Demolition derbies are a national pastime and date back as early as 1947, with the first known event taking place at the Carrell Speedway in Gardena, California. The audience was wowed by the ...

#78 Hunter Wilhelm and #48 Ray Randall during the 8-cylinder derby. Car Demolition Derby at the 125th Carroll County 4-H & FFA Fair grounds, Saturday, August 6, 2022. #106 Brandon Small examines an ...

He fixes cars all day. He races stock cars every weekend. Yet, there’s something different about demolition derbies. “It gets you jazzed up,” he said. “It’s a feeling like nothing else. You just get ...

When flames erupted from the engine compartment of Car No. 45 C, I grabbed Mel Crane's arm and squeezed it tight. We were standing in the pits at this year's Monroe County Fair Demolition Derby when ...

The La Plata County Fair’s 25th Demolition Derby at the fairgrounds drew a sold-out crowd Saturday with 1,496 tickets purchased before the event began. Spectators watched 27 drivers across three ...

2017Champaign County Fair Demolition Derby, Saturday, July 22, 2017 at the Champaign County Fair Grounds in Urbana. 2017Champaign County Fair Demolition Derby, Saturday, July 22, 2017 at the Champaign ...

Jeff Riddle grimaced a little as he reached down to pick up his 4-year-old daughter, Lily. It was Tuesday afternoon, and he had bested the field of 33 compact cars to win the demolition derby Sunday ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During the day, the Portage County Randolph Fair is a pastoral scene. Livestock judging, rides, and fair food preoccupy its ...

When the boys of Manos House built their first demolition derby car in 2019, they had to wait until Memorial Day 2021 to see it in action. After all those hours of work, completely tearing apart the ...

SAUK RAPIDS ― Walking through a Sauk Rapids salvage yard Thursday, Calvin Saldana pointed out several vehicles he's spending hours outfitting to compete in the annual demolition derby at the Benton ...