Fair Demo Derby’s A Smash

Drivers Not Afraid To Go Bust — And Repeat

Posted: August 18, 2012

As smoke billows from under his hood, Wayne Good (front left) of Stanley pilots his 1976 Cadillac, keeping to the outside of the pack, during the first heat of the demolition derby at the Rockingham County Fairgrounds on Friday. (Photos by Justin Falls)
Sue Dover (left) of Hinton gets her 1977 Chevy under the nose of a 1994 Ford driven by Jake May of Shenandoah in the second heat of the demolition derby at the Rockingham County Fair on Friday.
Cars slip and slide in the mud as they target each other during the first heat of the demolition derby at the Rockingham County Fairgrounds on Friday.
When it’s all over, the Grim Reaper in the form of a Bobcat hauls off the victims of the first heat’s carnage.
HARRISONBURG— Only at a demolition derby does it seem as if people can smash to pieces something that they pour countless hours of work into making their own.

That’s why, in the end, you just...


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