"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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DEMO founder and owner Dustin Woods is optimistic about the upcoming DEMO3 event at Bristol Motor Speedway, scheduled for Oct. 1-4. After last year's event was ...

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 ...

Allen Parks of Auburn waits to turn over the Ponitac Grand Prix demolition derby car he helps work on while friend Tim LeBeau, not pictured, works on the engine. "We just had a junk car around so we ...

#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 ...

Frank Gonzales likens the chaos of bouncing up and down through a bumpy dirt track, crashing into dozens of cars, to a game of bumper cars at an amusement park. “You realize after the first hit it don ...

There's something deep down inside us that wants to smash cars into each other. While you might scratch that itch by driving into your friends in Grand Theft Auto Online or a racing game like Forza ...

SANDY CREEK, N.Y. -- The dust cleared and the cheers faded after the second heat of the Oswego County Fair demolition derby, and a battered vehicle revved its engine in celebration. It was a PT ...

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She’s sitting pretty and riding dirty — but men are too intimated to ask her out on a date. Banging refurbished junked cars into each other in a dirt field is a cherished pastime of demolition derby ...