"The rule is that you never quit,” said Kim Potocki, mother of two. — -- The muddy, rumbling arena in Pecatonica, Illinois, looked like a scene from “Mad Max.” Helmeted gladiators, strapped into ...

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There are lots of things we’ve all done to pass the time during quarantine. That doesn’t mean we’ll ever do them again when things (hopefully) return to normal. Sure, making sourdough was okay when we ...

IMLAY CITY, MI -- Demolition derby cars typically have a few things in common: they are usually beat up, windowless, with one seat and a gutted interior. At the Eastern Michigan State Fair in Imlay ...

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 ...

#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 ...

May 24—If Shawn, Ryan, Devon or Brady Allen say they ran into someone over the weekend they might not be talking about a social interaction. The Allens are demolition derby car owners, builders and ...

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 ...

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Brady Allen, Devon Allen, Shawn Allen and Ryan Allen are shown with their car at a demolition derby in Cumberland, Md., in 2021. Photo provided If Shawn, Ryan, Devon or Brady Allen say they ran into ...