A Demolition Derby is 80% luck, 20% car and driver. It is an event where cars prepare to slam into one another, careening around the derby pit, and smashing into every vehicle in sight. The roar of gunning engines, spray of mud and clash of twisted metal on wheels punctuate every Tuesday and Saturday night at the Hemlock Fair. As fenders are ripped off, tires shredded and chassis violently rearranged, spectators in the packed grandstands howl with approval. Our drivers think they build a pretty good car, but if something stupid happens and you get hung up right away, you're done. It's a chance every driver takes.
Competitors slam into one another during our Fair's Demolition Derby, cars can lose a wheel, take a hard hit and still limp on and make it through the heat. A loose fender, stuck in a corner, a car that's dying, that is what makes a perfect hitting opportunity for the other driver! A full-speed assault by a car can send another into the concrete barrier, disabling it and ending it's chance to advance! The crowd whoops and hollers as the tow trucks are sent in to retrieve the cars that can't make it out of the pit on their own. A demolition derby is not a tidy affair. At the height of a heat, the air is pungent with exhaust fumes and mud clods are flying into the crowd.
Our competitors are not playing! That's what we call a demolition derby! It's a thrilling sight to watch these cars plow into each other. Several spectacular collisions can bring the capacity crowd in the grandstands to their feet every time! The Demolition Derby feature heat at the end of the night brings together the winning drivers whose cars remain operational after the qualifying heats.
If you are a veteran or a newbie, it's time to get your application for this seasons Demolition Derby in! Follow this
link to the rules and application.
For a list of all events at the Fair,
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