"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 ...

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 ...

Like all organized motorsports, demolition derby has rules and not just any vehicle can enter the track. In general, modified ...

The demolition derby, long an entertainment staple of county fairs, is still going strong despite the increasing scarcity of the durable, hulking old tanks that populated U.S. roads and highways in ...

Every year since 1953, Cub Scouts across the country have participated in the Pinewood Derby with the goal of building and racing small, driverless wooden cars down a sloped track, powered only by ...

This might be the most wonderful time of year at Price Automotive on Ferry Street – the stretch before the Marshfield Fair’s first demolition derby, when a job well done means every car is pulled ...

Inside the charming and intense competition to represent New York City at the international soapbox derby championship this summer. In the northeast Bronx, elementary and middle school students build ...

#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 ...

Ken Cline, a 1967 Soap Box Derby champion, is framed by a 1941 derby car that will be on display during this year’s Soap Box Derby Vintage Car Show, Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in Akron, Ohio. The 2025 ...