The following post is not about nascar. Ever since Buckshot Jones left the Sprint Cup there are nolonger demo derby's in nascar!
The demolition derby is a pure american establishment. Cars are first and foremost one of the most American things, the cars used in derbies are not exclusively American made but most of them came from Detroit or Flint in the 80's. Besides cars whats more American than destroying things. They give these Junkyard destined cars one last life in some great entertainment. For those of you who think that this is a waste of good cars and Americans being wasteful, Stop! Because this is a sort of recycling, if you think that these cars could be used by civilians go to a derby. These cars are made "running" thanks to spot-welds, pop-rivets, duct tape, chickenwire, and a lot of WD40. Cars are often "borrowed" from junk yards and returned there after the derby. The now dented and wreaked cars are then scrap metal.
So the reason this has come up is because I want to become a derby driver of sorts. Joliet holds four derbies a summer and they host a figure 8 race during them. My goal is by next summer to field a car in the race. My plan is to find a junker that is still kind of running for ideally around $400 and make the necessarily safer modifications and enter the thing in the race. Convincing my mother that this is a good idea is going to be harder (luckily she doesn't read my blog), So i will do the reasponsible thing and not tell her until afterwards. Luckily I have what every good demo derby driver needs, Friends who will support him and help him build a death trap, that coincidentally they would never drive.
