Barnyard brawl

From left: Branden Aby sits on his disabled combine Blacked Out and watches as Grady Gfeller of Pullman, driving Last Ditch Effort, and Cody Bennett of LaCrosse, driving Fubär, do battle with Cornfed Cadillac, driven by Jeff Cobb of Ephrata.

Caleb Hannas of Hooper waves in triumph as his combine Orange Crush rolls out of the arena after the first heat. Two other combines weren’t able to leave under their own power.

From left: Dan Sims, Dustin Wilson and Cody Kulm sit on the front of The Bandit and talk with Travis Punchello before the Lind Combine Derby Saturday.

Between combine battles, there were more conventional – but no less impactful – races for pickups, cars and grain trucks.

Destroying a tire proved to be a good strategy for combine drivers battling it out at the Lind Combine Derby Saturday.

Ryan Kulm lifts two of The Bandit’s wheels off the ground as he rams Lock Jaw, driven by Jeff Solbrack.

The spray-painted threat on the back of Jaws, driven by Chris Geier, appears to have been in vain as the combine’s battered remains sit outside the Lind Lions Club Arena.