"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 ...

The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. Luke Taylor, The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. Just about anywhere you can find a cheap old car, according to Derby Icons owner Taylor Feldkamp.

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 ...

Joe Nash is a familiar name at the Monroe County Fair Demolition Derby. The Maybee resident has been competing in the event since he was 14, taking part in the action a total of 18 times over the ...

MARSHFIELD − There have been multiple car accidents at the Marshfield Fair, but it's OK. The fair just wouldn't be the same without them. The wreckage is part of the annual demolition derby at 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 ...

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 ...

Seventeen days before the demolition derby, Rick Fields was in the shop welding and grinding a make-shift gear shifter. He spent weeks working on his car, a 1988 Ford station wagon, all in preparation ...

Cars crash and kick up mud Monday, Sept. 5th 2022 during the Annual J&J Demolition Derby at the Great Allentown Fair. The Derby is a Labor Day tradition on the final night of the fair. Trophies set on ...

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 ...

For the event’s roughly 3,000 spectators Friday night, Woodland’s Demolition Derby – held at the Yolo County Fairground at 1250 E. Gum Ave. – was an opportunity for people to get together and enjoy ...