Roaring cars smash and crash in Demolition Derby

Whether five or 45, age was not a limiting factor for participants in Tuesday’s annual Addison County Fair and Field Days Demolition Derby. Nevertheless, five-year-olds who took part in the action at the fairgrounds’ tractor pad were not smashing gas guzzling machines into each other. This year “drivers” ages three through eight were able to participate in the “Power Wheels” competition that kicked off the Demo Derby. Driving in kid-sized, battery powered cars, the children’s mission was to pop the balloons … (read more)

Some sounds are quintessential to Addison County Fair and Field Days — cows mooing, children laughing and, of course, cars crashing into each other again and again and again.

The piloting prowess at display by drivers in the G. Stone Motors Demolition Derby at the Addison County Fair and Field Days on Tuesday night sent the crowd into electrifying cries as they cheered on the brave men and women navigating their rigs around th … (read more)

I relate today, loyal readers, the story of the Demolition Derby on the campus of Middlebury College in the spring of 1972, at a time in the life of the country when college students were mostly out of their minds. 

VERMONT — Demolition derby organizers say fresh enforcement of a state regulation could halt the popular fairground events from proceeding next summer. Under Vermont Racing Commission rules, which apply to demolition derby events, spectators cannot be wit … (read more)