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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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Roaring good time
August 16, 2024 3:15 a.m.

Roaring good time

Agri-Service Demo Derby and motorcycle barrel racing draws enthusiastic crowd

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.