Demolition Derby Crash Injures 13 Fans, Puts Sport in Negative Spotlight

The fourth event of 2003 was a special attraction dubbed the Team Demolition Derby “World Finals.” The top four finishing teams in the first three events (Junkyard Dogs, Stranglehold, Havoc, Road Rage) competed against four international teams (Border Patrol, Full Mounties, Outback Attack, Dirty Rottens) in the normal Tournament of Destruction bracket. Throw in a jet truck meltdown and monster truck freestyle, the event set the Team Demo attendance record to that point. Many of the drivers on th

Part 1 of 2! A countdown within a countdown? Sure, why not?? We threw away the rules a long time ago and this is one sequence we’ve been eager to share. Too large to be contained to just one post! "Large" for if no other reason than the original large (see: huge) track layout at Route 66 Raceway, all the way back to the second year of Team Demo’s existence in Joliet. No walls on the left & right sides and drainage area smack in the middle surrounded by concrete barriers. Very Santa Fe-esque, for