MONROE - The only injury suffered at Sunday's Demolition Derby came from an inanimate object -a piece of concrete dislodged itself from the wall at the Green County Fairgrounds.
After being hit from behind, a gnarled gray car slammed into the concrete wall opposite the grandstand and knocked off a piece of concrete. Otherwise everyone was fine, especially the winners in the compact car derby, the bone stock derby and the feature finale. Kenneth Ring, Madison, came away with $750 for his win in the compact derby; Mike Mowery, Freeport, won $750 in the bone stock derby and Eric Goeble, South Wayne, took $2,000 for his win in the feature derby.
The most exciting hit came in the first heat for the feature show when one man's car was launched over the concrete pile-ons and into the dirt. There were a few more crunching good hits but the derby gave up its best hit early on.
An almost-filled grandstand showed for Sunday's derby to close out the Green County Fair and witness all the dirt, noise and twisted metal that come with a good derby.
During the bone stock round, one car started on fire but was quickly put out by the Monroe Fire Department. Moments later a second car let out a belching plume of smoke, but continued with the derby.
Jake Trickel took second place in the bone stock round and Ron Ring took third.
Long-time derby participant Jason Hartwig said he got started at the urging of his friends. Hartwig, Argyle, has been in demo derbies for six years and made it out as far as Boone County, Ill., to compete. He didn't win any prizes Sunday but he showed real aggression in the dirt. His red and black car gave evidence to the ferocity of his ramming with the tail end curling and almost touching the hood by the end of the night.
Mike Dietzman, Stoughton, came back for the first time in 25 years to compete but his car, a Buick modified with a Chevrolet engine, never started. His sons bought him the car outright when he made a passing reference that he wanted to compete in demo derbies again.
"Well, this is definitely my last year," Dietzman said.
His son competed today as well. Dietzman said his other son competes, and his daughter used to. He said cars rarely make it through the first round of battery.
The compact derby runner ups were Josh Goebel, Monroe, in second and Eric Rackow, Monroe, for third.
After being hit from behind, a gnarled gray car slammed into the concrete wall opposite the grandstand and knocked off a piece of concrete. Otherwise everyone was fine, especially the winners in the compact car derby, the bone stock derby and the feature finale. Kenneth Ring, Madison, came away with $750 for his win in the compact derby; Mike Mowery, Freeport, won $750 in the bone stock derby and Eric Goeble, South Wayne, took $2,000 for his win in the feature derby.
The most exciting hit came in the first heat for the feature show when one man's car was launched over the concrete pile-ons and into the dirt. There were a few more crunching good hits but the derby gave up its best hit early on.
An almost-filled grandstand showed for Sunday's derby to close out the Green County Fair and witness all the dirt, noise and twisted metal that come with a good derby.
During the bone stock round, one car started on fire but was quickly put out by the Monroe Fire Department. Moments later a second car let out a belching plume of smoke, but continued with the derby.
Jake Trickel took second place in the bone stock round and Ron Ring took third.
Long-time derby participant Jason Hartwig said he got started at the urging of his friends. Hartwig, Argyle, has been in demo derbies for six years and made it out as far as Boone County, Ill., to compete. He didn't win any prizes Sunday but he showed real aggression in the dirt. His red and black car gave evidence to the ferocity of his ramming with the tail end curling and almost touching the hood by the end of the night.
Mike Dietzman, Stoughton, came back for the first time in 25 years to compete but his car, a Buick modified with a Chevrolet engine, never started. His sons bought him the car outright when he made a passing reference that he wanted to compete in demo derbies again.
"Well, this is definitely my last year," Dietzman said.
His son competed today as well. Dietzman said his other son competes, and his daughter used to. He said cars rarely make it through the first round of battery.
The compact derby runner ups were Josh Goebel, Monroe, in second and Eric Rackow, Monroe, for third.
