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The
action was fast and furious Saturday night as the Great Darke
County Fair closed out the
nine day festival with it's annual
demolition derby. CNO Photo by Dylan Knoop
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Fair ends in usual fashion
Annual derby
closes the curtain
By Dylan Knoop
GREENVILLE-Another year of the Great Darke County Fair has gone by
ending with its regular closing event, the demolition derby. This
years derby was ran by Smash It! Demolition Derby Inc., and like any
other year, it was a sold out crowd. From mud being flung into
the infield seats to the fair board giving kids stuffed animals,
everyone was having a good time.
There was a new addition to the event this year, the power wheel
derby. A power wheel derby is a derby that's explicitly for the
younger crowd.
Young children and their parents would bring out their power wheels and
let the kids crash into each other so they could have something to do
and make them feel like part of the event.
Along with that there were 7 other classes that ran Saturday night
bringing in a total of 91 entries that included stock lawnmowers,
modified lawnmowers, street car minis, Smash It! minis, mini modifieds,
mild weld big cars, and full modified big cars.
Every class gave it their all and had everyone on their feet sometime
throught the class' derby.
Every winner gave it their all and fought hard to earn their trophy and
glory, but there was one who fought harder than anyone else, and that
was Tommy Dillman of Greenville.
Tommy was in the mild weld big car class. Despite having a few
troubles at the beginning he managed to get going on a roll. He
seemed unstoppable and proved he was. From putting cars on top of
the wall to smashing front ends of cars, he was a force to be reckoned
with.
As he came out onto the derby pit, his back end seemed to have taken on
some damage before hand, at his own shop.
"It was a fresh car that we pre dented so it tucked nice." said
Dillman.
He was having a great night with his victory along with his family as
well.
"My wife got two 3rd places and I got two 1st and one of my good
friends got 1st in the minis so we cleaned house all out of the same
shop. My nephew won the other class (full modified big cars)," said
Dillman.
Dillman was very pleased with the night, "Great night. Couldn't
ask for any better."
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