"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 ...

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 ...

#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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A mechanic who made his living building paddle boats before the war in Ukraine began has shifted gears to help soldiers on the front lines. Volunteers in Zaporizhzhia, in eastern Ukraine, are ...

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 ...