The attendants carried the flag while the queen sang the national anthem
The Sanpete Messenger ran this image as part of their July 24 festivities report. Maybe next year I can get them to get me a press pass to the derby. Toughest ticket to get in this state; I don’t know why. There are plenty of other demolition derbies around, but this one folks camp out overnight for tickets. I waited 6 hours and got nearly the last ones in the arena.
A spectacularly steamy collision
The last seats in the house are the ones facing the sun. We got lucky with lots of cloud cover, and the backlighting made for some dramatic photos in the early heats. I shot through the finals, but the earlier ones are the best.
The finals
The final round was hotly contested, as in one of the other competitor’s car was spewing flames from the bottom. The standby firefighters put it out, and amazingly, number 57 kept rolling. But number 208, who apparently invested all his time in engine work and nothing in paint, ultimately won the battle of the rusting American steel. Will we see Hummers vs Escalades twenty years from now?
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Totally Stumbled this!!