 A demolition derby under way at the Greenwich, Ohio Firemen's Festival, 2005 Demolition derby is a motorsport usually presented at county fairs and festivals. They originated in North America and quickly spread to other western nations. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 834 KB) Evening slow-shutter shot of a demolition derby in progress. ...
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While rules vary from event to event, the typical demolition derby event consists of 10 or more drivers competing by deliberately ramming their vehicles into one another. The last driver whose vehicle is still operational is awarded the victory.
Demolition derbies can be very dangerous but are very fun. Serious injuries are rare but they do happen. To make the event safer, all glass is removed from the vehicle, and deliberately ramming the driver's-side door area is usually forbidden. The driver's door is often required to be painted white, with black numbers, or with contrasting colors, for visibility. Most demolition derbies are held on dirt tracks or open fields that are usually soaked to become muddy to further slow the vehicles. Drivers use the back end of the vehicle to ram to protect the engine compartment from damage. Glass can be made transparent and flat, or into other shapes and colors as shown in this sphere from the Verrerie of Brehat in Brittany. ...
Most demolition derby competitors are amateurs, though some professional teams tour events. Competitors have traditionally used junked full-size American sedans, especially those from the 1960s and 70s, which were larger, heavier, and had more robust frames than later full-size vehicles. (The mid-1960s Chrysler Imperial achieved near-legendary status for its crashworthiness, and is still banned from most derby events.) Vehicles are purchased from junkyards and private owners, usually for less than $500, though some rust-free 1974-76 Chevrolet Impala Sedans and station wagons may go for more than $1000. A vehicle may be patched up and re-used for several derbies. Look up amateur in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
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 A demolition derby in the early 1970's. With the dwindling availability of these older vehicles, smaller full-sized vehicles of the 1980s are more frequently encountered today. A separate class of demolition derby for compact cars is increasing in popularity. Compact car events have the advantages of an abundant supply of usable vehicles, which also tend to be more mobile and thus, more entertaining to fans. Being largely front-wheel drive, their back ends can sustain considerable amounts of damage before the vehicle is immobilized. However, this increased speed, coupled with the fact that compact cars tend to be less crashworthy, makes injuries more frequent. Vehicles from the 1990s and later are thusfar rarely used as their more complex engine emissions controls are difficult or impossible to re-tune for derbying. Image File history File links Demo72. ...
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Bizarre versions of the sport using combine harvesters (seen yearly in the Lind, Washington and Lorain, Ohio derbies) and lawn mowers have been practiced in various parts of the world. Larger vehicles, such as pickup trucks and SUV's were rarely used in derbying (though school bus demolitions have long been a popular exception) but have recently begun becoming popular in demolition events. Recently a new class for minivans has been added to some derbys because of the abundance of older vehicles. A postage stamp of a combine honors Russian agriculture. ...
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The vehicles are stripped of interior fixtures, trim, plastic, lights, and glass, and repainted, usually in loud, garish designs. Additional modifications include trimming sheet metal from around the wheel wells, removing parts of bumpers, welding the doors shut, relocating the battery, and occasionally cutting an escape hatch in the roof. To make the cars last longer, they are occasionally pre-bent, frames notched, rear bumpers removed, trunk lids notched, and rear coil springs are replaced with leaf springs. In many instances, roll bars, fire extinguishers, and other safety equipment is installed. Lead-acid car battery A car battery is a type of electric battery that supplies electric energy to the starter motor and the ignition system of a vehicle’s engine. ...
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Demolition derbies were first held at various fairs and race tracks by independent promoters in the 1950s. There are unconfirmed reports of events occurring as far back as the 1930s utilizing the abundant supply of worn out Ford Model T's. The 1950s was the decade spanning from the 1st of January, 1950 to the 31st December, 1959. ...
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The sport's popularity grew throughout the 1960s, becoming a standard of county fairs in rural areas, and becoming a quirky subculture nationwide. ABC's Wide World of Sports, featured demolition derbies on several broadcasts in the 1970s. The popular ABC sitcom Happy Days included the character Pinky Tuscadero, a professional demolition derby driver and occasional love interest to the show's most popular character, Arthur Fonzarelli. Demolition Derbies are found by many to be very amusing. In sociology, anthropology and cultural studies, a subculture is a set of people with distinct sets of behavior and beliefs that differentiate them from a larger culture of which they are a part. ...
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By the 1980s, the sport's popularity began to level off, and then possibly decline throughout the 1990s. With the demise of Wide World of Sports, television exposure became virtually non-existent. In addition to safety concerns and the shortage of full-size vehicles, some felt that the sport has shown little change or innovation beyond its original premise of giant lumbering cars sloshing through mud.
In 1987, cable channel ESPN did broadcast The Demolition Derby World Championship from New York. That was the last time that ESPN or any other national network featured Demolition Derby on TV for almost a decade. ESPN (an acronym for the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ...
In 1997, The Nashville Network (later part of CBS) returned demolition derby to national television in its "TNN's Motor Madness" series of various motorsport events. However, as part of MTV Networks' takeover of CBS Cable operations in 2000, demolitition derbies, as well as the rest of the CBS motorsports operations, were removed from programming as part of MTV's move to shut down the CBS Charlotte operation based at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Pay per view was demolition derby's only national television outlet in the new millennium. Two $50,000-to-win derbies were held in Widewater, Canada from 2000-2001. This article does not cite its references or sources. ...
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Later in the 2000s, a proliferation of cable television shows about vehicle customizing occasionally showcased junked vehicles in bizarre competitions. Spike TV's "Carpocalypse" [1] was a reality documentary series on variations of demolition derby filmed in Orlando, Florida. The Speed Channel also has aired Team demolition derbies in 2005. Cable TV's exposure has led to renewed interest in demolition derbying. This article does not cite its references or sources. ...
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Demolition derbies in Europe
The large amounts of motor oil, gasoline, and other chemicals spilled into the ground, and unfiltered vehicle exhaust released into the air at derbies prompted several European countries to enact environmental legislation that effectively banned the events, just as the sport was beginning to establish itself there. Motor oil is a type of liquid oil used for lubrication by various kinds internal combustion engines. ...
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Great Britain has been an exception to this trend. British "banger races" (known as Full Contact Demolition Racing, Bump to pass, Thunder cars, and as Enduro races in the USA) differ from American derbies in that drivers actually attempt to turn laps on a race track, while also trying to knock the other competitors off the track. The events often climax with an American style derby, with the last driver whose car is still functional awarded the victory. Banger racing's American fanbase is strongest at tracks in the Pacific Northwest. Banger racing is a type of motorsport event popularised in Europe and especially Great Britain, in which drivers of old vehicles race against one another around a race track and the race is won in terms of the first car to the chequered flag, all the while attempting to deliberately...
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Rollover competitions Also included at many demolition derbies in the US and UK are rollover competitions, where the object is to drive a car so that only the wheels on one side hit a ramp, causing the vehicle to roll over repeatedly. Drivers take multiple runs at the ramp until their vehicle dies. The driver who completes the most rollovers before their vehicle ceases to function is declared the winner. Compact cars, especially hatchbacks, are used in rollover competitions. Their lighter weight enables them to roll more easily than larger vehicles. Peugeot 306 hatchback, with the hatch lifted and the parcel shelf tilted for access Not a hatchback: a fastback like this Ford Mustang can be confused with a true hatchback Hatchback is term describing an automobile design, consisting of a passenger cabin with an integrated cargo space, accessed from behind...
Figure 8 racing -
Various classes of vehicles have competitions staged on figure 8 shaped tracks. While many figure 8 racers are serious competitors who try to avoid crashing. Bump To Pass Figure eights are also quite popular as they involve less prep work from the usual figure eight racer which usually can also race as an oval track street stock. Demolition derby vehicles - especially school buses - often compete on figure 8 tracks. The best known figure 8 track in the US is Riverhead Raceway in Riverhead, New York. Figure 8 racing is a form of racing that also combines elements of demolition derby. ...
Figure 8 racing is a form of racing that also combines elements of demolition derby. ...
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Monster truck racing -
Junked vehicles are also destroyed for entertainment at monster truck competitions, so demolition derbies are often staged there as a preliminary event. The rise in popularity of monster truck competitions, beginning in the 1980s is sometimes cited as coming at the expense of demolition derby popularity. While derbies featured mostly local amateur talent, monster trucks popularized a new set of competitors and vehicles recognized nationwide by fans. 2005 Bigfoot monster truck racing in Arizona A monster truck is an automobile, typically a pickup truck, which has been modified or purpose built with extremely large wheels and suspension. ...
2005 Bigfoot monster truck racing in Arizona A monster truck is an automobile, typically a pickup truck, which has been modified or purpose built with extremely large wheels and suspension. ...
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Auxiliary Powers Demolition Derby and Figure 8 Race (Also called DD&F8R, and DD&F8) is a PC demolition derby and figure 8 racing game. ...
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