The last couple of weeks I have started wondering if we are turning into Rednecks, I would like to think not. But we have gone to some pretty funny "redneck" activities. This past Saturday was the demolition derby in Riverton. It was very entertaining. I was laughing the entire time.
To give you a picture of what happens there, you sit in bleachers surrounding a dirt pit. (The same dirt pit, in fact, that the rodeo was in). Five or six cars drive out into the dirt pit that have obviously already been through some abuse. They have their bumpers chained on, the bodies are all dented up and not in place, and they're all spray-painted paint jobs with other sayings and stuff painted onto the sides of the cars.
The rules. #1) Don't smash somebody's driver's side door.
That's it.
I guess they're trying to reduce some possibility of injury, but not all.
Then it turns into a free-for-all and everybody is smashing everybody, trying to be the last car still running and not stuck in the dirt. It was so funny when they got up close to you, you could see straight into their engines because there was no hood, and there would be hoses flying around with smoke pouring out of them. One car got hit and instantly antifreeze was just gushing out. Pillars of smoke come from the cars constantly, things fly off, tires fall off or get turned the wrong way. One car lost all steering capability so it just went forward and reverse trying to hit something. One car ended up sideways on the concrete barrier on the side.
After the round is over they tow all the cars out of the arena and give them some time to try and fix them up enough to get them running again for the next round. In the meantime we watch contests and stuff. One I thought was good was the frozen t-shirt contest. They have dipped these rolled up t-shirts in water and frozen them solid. The contestants have to get that t-shirt open somehow (banging it on the concrete) and put it on. The first person to do so wins some money.
Unfortunately for you I forgot my camera, so you don't get to see funny pictures of demolished cars.
To give you a picture of what happens there, you sit in bleachers surrounding a dirt pit. (The same dirt pit, in fact, that the rodeo was in). Five or six cars drive out into the dirt pit that have obviously already been through some abuse. They have their bumpers chained on, the bodies are all dented up and not in place, and they're all spray-painted paint jobs with other sayings and stuff painted onto the sides of the cars.
The rules. #1) Don't smash somebody's driver's side door.
That's it.
I guess they're trying to reduce some possibility of injury, but not all.
Then it turns into a free-for-all and everybody is smashing everybody, trying to be the last car still running and not stuck in the dirt. It was so funny when they got up close to you, you could see straight into their engines because there was no hood, and there would be hoses flying around with smoke pouring out of them. One car got hit and instantly antifreeze was just gushing out. Pillars of smoke come from the cars constantly, things fly off, tires fall off or get turned the wrong way. One car lost all steering capability so it just went forward and reverse trying to hit something. One car ended up sideways on the concrete barrier on the side.
After the round is over they tow all the cars out of the arena and give them some time to try and fix them up enough to get them running again for the next round. In the meantime we watch contests and stuff. One I thought was good was the frozen t-shirt contest. They have dipped these rolled up t-shirts in water and frozen them solid. The contestants have to get that t-shirt open somehow (banging it on the concrete) and put it on. The first person to do so wins some money.
Unfortunately for you I forgot my camera, so you don't get to see funny pictures of demolished cars.
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