Speeding crashes make trailer races a favorite; upcoming demo derbies a slower alternative
August 3rd, 2009 at 04:25pm Georgette Braun
Twenty-three speeding cars and trucks pulling cars, truck and boats, all crashing into each other on the banked sides and center of the oval track until only one was left moving.
What could be cooler than that on a Saturday night? Not much, according to many of the more than 5,000 fans (including me and my family) who packed the Rockford Speedway in Loves Park for the annual Figure 8 Trailer Races. Only 20 tickets were left to sell, said owner Jody Deery.
You’ll have to wait until the first Saturday in August next year for the next Figure 8 race, but you can get similar crash-’em-up jollies without the speed at demolition derbies at upcoming fairs: 1 and 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 16, at the Boone County Fair, gate admission is $5, plus $6 or $10 for grandstand seating for the derby; 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23, Winnebago County Fair, $5 gate admission, free for 8 and younger, plus $5 grandstand admission, free for 8 and younger.
(Eddy Montville, Register Star 2008 photo of demolition derby at Boone County Fair.)
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