There is a peculiar satisfaction that often follows a chaotic display, and no other sport captures that feeling better than the demolition derby. The simple act of smashing two big hunks of metal ...

For most people, a minor fender bender is enough to ruin a day. For demolition derby drivers, it’s usually the start to a great day. Dents and dings are just the beginning of the good times for racers ...

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 ...

IMLAY CITY, MI – As the summer sun set on a Michigan night, fairgoers with hands sticky from fair food and foreheads dried, or still wet, with sweat packed a set of grandstands on Saturday, July 29.

In 12 years of writing about sports video games, I’ve recreated all kinds of great moments and childhood dreams, but until I got my hands on Wreckfest this summer, there was one missing. A big one. In ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — The sounds of cars ramming into each other is quite a tradition for Hallie McDonald and her boyfriend. McDonald's been part of the fair's derby demolition event at the Spokane County ...

Edward Jefferis (#7) inspects what is left of his car after absorbing an impact hard enough to breech the concrete barricade during the Demolition Derby at the Cumberland County Fair, Saturday, July 9 ...

It’s not your typical demolition derby. When the dust settled on Sunday evening, two mighty combine harvesters stood in all their glory as axles and tires from their defeated opponents laid strewn ...

A school bus is totaled and out of the running at the Washington County Fair’s annual demolition derby last year. The popular event returns this year. After taking a hard hit, California Area School ...