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Demolition derby is a type of motorsport, usually presented at county fairs and national events. While rules vary from event to event, the typical demolition derby event consists of five or more drivers competing by deliberately ramming their vehicles into one another. [1] The last driver whose vehicle is still operational is awarded the ...
Islip Speedway is credited with hosting the first demolition derby, [7] which took place in 1958. [5] According to Larry Mendelsohn, he originated the idea after realizing that spectators enjoyed watching the cars crash more than the races. [6] However, there are alternative accounts to the origins of demolition derby.
In demolition derby, a driver may hit other cars weakly or avoid contact with other cars to lessen the damage to their cars to ensure better odds of surviving to win the derby as the last car running. [4] Events often require a car to hit another car within a certain time limit, usually every 120 seconds or less, or be disqualified. [4] [5]
Destruction Derby is an arcade video game released by Exidy in 1975 [2] as the company's first driving game. [3] Exidy licensed it to Chicago Coin , who sold the game as Demolition Derby (not to be confused with Demolition Derby , a 1984 game by Bally Midway).
Destruction Derby is a 1995 vehicular combat racing video game developed by Reflections Interactive and published by Psygnosis for MS-DOS, PlayStation and Sega Saturn. Based on the sport of demolition derby , the game tasks the player with racing and destroying cars to score points.
It is the world's largest indoor demolition derby, with over 250 drivers from all over the U.S. and Canada competing in 12 different events. [1] The main event is a four-person team, sixteen team bracket-style tournament team derby, in which the winner is crowned team National Champions. The event occurs over a four-day period in mid-November.
GSA was initially responsible for emergency preparedness and stockpiling strategic materials to be used in wartime until those functions were transferred to the newly created Federal Emergency Management Agency in 1979. [9] In 1984, GSA introduced the federal government to the use of charge cards, known as the GSA SmartPay system. [10]
A contestant in a combine demolition derby. A combine demolition derby is a demolition derby in which combine harvesters are used. [1] [2] Three combines about to begin a heat at the Columbiana County Fair. Derbies sometimes last for up to three hours.