Roaring good time
A rider wheelies onto the field at the beginning of the dirt bike barrel racing event, which made its debut at the Agri-Service Demo Derby Tuesday night.
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Demo cars driven by Edgar Martinez, left, and Lyle Wayne Jr. kick up a spray of dirt at the Agri-Service Demo Derby Tuesday.
The Agri-Service Demo Derby started Tuesday with a salute to the five branches of the U.S. military, as well as a remembrance of those who served and were never heard from again.
A dirt bike barrel racer rounds a barrel at the Agri-Service Demo Derby Tuesday, just a split second before laying his steel steed down in the dirt.
Driver Alex Mullikin found himself making the acquaintance of the concrete barrier during the heat races at the Agri-Service Demo Derby Tuesday, far from the only driver to do so.
An Agri-Service Demo Derby official extinguishes a small fire that ignited in Andrew Gonzalez’s engine compartment Tuesday.
Jake Sligar, No. 11, is in hot pursuit of Winston Roberts, No. 9, at the Agri-Service Demo Derby Tuesday.
Agri-Service Demo Derby personnel tip Zack Moore’s car back onto its wheels after Moore rode up the concrete barrier and his car landed on its driver’s side.
MOSES LAKE — There’s something very American about a demolition derby: Only a country as obsessed with cars as ours would make a sport out of destroying them. It’s a game of high-speed bumper cars played with tons of metal, roaring engines and flying dirt making the air — and sometimes the audience — as gritty as a spaghetti western.
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