Demolition Derby, Falls City, NE
Okay, last Saturday I went to my first demolition derby. It was AWESOME! It was hot, noisy, kind of smelly. I love the philosophy behind it: take a car that's good for nothing else, paint it up, give it a silly name and let it have one more shot at glory before it's drive shaft falls off. I wish I could do that with my body after I die. This is a shot of the beginning of the final round. There were several rounds, though-- one for cars from the sixties and seventies, one for eighties and newer, and one for compacts before the final round. They really thought it through. This car actually caught fire. It was pretty contained by the time we got the camera out to take a picture. This one was my favorite. He got 3rd place overall. The $25 car. This was how it all ended up. That's the $25 car in the front, hanging tough. You also get to see all kinds of crazy people at these things. There was this fat dude in a plastic Viking helmet who was being escorted out by a