There’s a method to Phil Gordon’s madness. Over the past three years, the Carbondale resident has competed in more than 15 lawnmower demolition derbies, a variation on the more traditional ...

HAMILTON — Hundreds of people filled the grandstands at the Butler County Fair on Monday, July 26, for the 7 p.m. demolition derby. The derby had about 40 cars and 57 lawn mowers, said Darrel ...

Demolition derbies are a tradition at the Franklin County Fair, but this year, the fair is showcasing a first-of-its-kind, last-driver-standing competition. John Deere and International Harvester ...

WAPAKONETA — More than 60 demolition derby enthusiasts gathered at the Auglaize County Fairgrounds on Saturday to see whose lawn mower could cause the most destruction, all while raising money for ...

Dustin Hayes revs his engine and slowly moves onto the track. His brother, Dalton Hayes, enters the track, and they follow each other in a circle until – smack. Dustin Hayes hits another machine ...

John Labeots' 25-year-old Gilson riding lawn mower has sat untouched, collecting dust in a barn for the last 10 years. On July 11, the relic of 1980s landscaping will roll into a muddy pit before a ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --What better way to spend a summer night than riding a lawnmower? How about smashing your lawn mowers in an intense demolition derby? That's what was happened Tuesday night at the ...

Ah, the county fair: bastion of Midwestern Americana, staple of summer, the place for decadent fried doughy things-to-eat. County fairs are great, and the St. Charles County Fair opened this week and ...

Cooper Lawrence, 7, of Becker, participates in the Power Wheels Derby on Tuesday, August 10, 2021, at the Goodhue County Fair in Zumbrota. Traci Westcott / Post Bulletin The crowd reacts as a rider ...