Demolition Derby
Demolition Derby: Who doesn’t love a demolition derby? It is good to see the cars ram each other from the front and the back. One by one they drop out of the competition. It is nearly at the end. There are only two cars moving. Then suddenly a third car, at the side of the track, that earlier had been rendered helpless, bursts to life and tries to ram the surprised car. The crowd erupts into cheers for the resurrected underdog that seems to be poised to win the battle. Such was the demolition derby.
There were a number of demolition derbies in the 80’s. Apparently the last demolition derby was 30 years ago, around 1992. (According to Roland Becker’s post). He wrote, “ Smook’s company always did a lot for the stock car club, back in the day. And that’s why when I would build demo derby cars, I gave the one in the photo to Smooks. It was the second last car moving, and then the transmission packed it in
“THOMPSON SPEEDWAY track was originally opened as a 3/8 mile dirt track that was a fairly flat track. Racing consisted at the start of street stocks and hobby stocks that ran regularly on a Sunday afternoon. The racing was organized by the Thompson Stock Car Club. In the early 90s, the track was reconfigured to a slightly smaller track with high banking which saw racing run wide open. Whilst continuing with stock car racing, they also added late model racing to the schedule as well. Unfortunately, the track was closed down and taken down to build a motocross track.”
Lost Tracks: https://www.facebook.com/1798898647093064/posts/thompson-speedwaythe-track-was-originally-opened-as-a-38-mile-dirt-track-that-wa/2620130471636540/
“Stock car club fizzled out mid-nineties. Great memories though!! Spent a lot of summers with my parents out there. watering the track the day before race day with my dad, hanging out with my mom in the tower counting laps for each car and working the concession stand getting paid in pop and all the junk food.” – Stephanie Ripley
“That was so much fun going to the races each weekend. Our hair was like straw by the end of the day , haha” – Angie Korman Hebert
There as a demolition derby this month. The first one in 30 years.
“We are trying to have one again this year. It’ll probably be out at the mud bogs during the September long weekend. Is anyone interested in competing? …..(By the way, we haven’t had a demolition derby in 30 years, but we had one yesterday. My son drove #00)”- Roland Becker
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