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Page 264 2017 LOGAN COUNTY FAIR LINCOLN DAILY NEWS July 30 - August 6, 2017
Sunday evening the annual Demolition Derby
marked the close of the 81st Logan County Fair.
To say the fair ended with a “bang” would be a gross
understatement!
This year the demo derby brought in more cars and
contestants than it has in the past few years. A total of
54 entries sometimes clogged the field like a New York
traffic jam, but the audience was excited and showed
their support of the bigger and better derby by making
almost as much noise as the cars did.
Early in the show, which began at 4 p.m. again this
year, the little ones were out on the track in the
Powerwheels Derby. There are no winners or losers in
this contest, just several minutes of miniature crash and
bang fun that was enjoyed by the contestants and the
crowd in the grandstand and along the track.
When the big boys and girls came on the track, the
action kicked up a notch with five class competitions
this year as opposed to three last year.
New this year at the derby, drivers were allowed to
have a passenger with them during the competition.
For some of those drivers the passenger was a ride-
along, and for others he or she was a second set of eyes
on the competition.
Before the derby began, Logan County Fair Queen Meg
Meeker was interviewed by the Emcee for the night.
He asked if she would be willing to do a ride-along
with one of the drivers and she instantly said, “Yes!”
However, her chaperone/guardian Bethany Rademaker
quickly vetoed the idea, for the safety of our queen, in
spite of the emcee offering to find a helmet and duct
tape the queen’s crown to the top of it.
Sunday, August 6, 2017
Demo Derby marks close of
the 81st Logan County Fair
By Nila Smith
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