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Page 302 2016 LOGAN COUNTY FAIR LINCOLN DAILY NEWS July 29 - August 6, 2016
The 80th Annual Logan County Fair comes to
an end Demolition Derby draws large crowd
Demo Derby Night begins with
Power Wheels
On Sunday evening, at the beginning of the last night
of grandstand entertainment at the Logan County Fair,
the little kids took to the track for the Power Wheels
Demolition Derby.
This event is a little different than what the big kids
play in that there are no losers. Everyone has a chance
to play a game of redneck bumper cars in a timed
session.
Before waving the green flag on the event,
a drawing was held by Crash for a Cure, a
demo team that is working to raise funds
for the Logan County Relay for Life. The
drawing would give one youngster a chance
to drive a Power Wheels in the event.
Jaron Allen with the Crash for the Cure
team brought out the bucket of tickets and a
youngster from the crowd was called on to
draw the winning number. When the number
was announced, a young man named Nate
was the winner. When he was equipped with
a safety helmet, Nate took to the track to join in the
fun.
New this year, each car had a large balloon taped to
the front and back bumper. The announcer explained
that the kids were to work to bust everyone’s balloons,
including their own. Having broken balloons, had no
impact on the event, except that it added some noise
fun for the youngsters behind the wheel.
When the kids were given the signal to go, it was then
several minutes of watching and chuckling as the kids
tore into each other, the “pop, pop, pop” of balloons
brought laughter from the kids as well as the audience.
At the end of the timed session, each participant
received a souvenir checkered flag and a small
monetary award.
The big kids play with the Bone Stock cars
During the Power Wheels event, the kids
played on a dry track. But for the big kids, the
track was turned into a muddy mess, to make
the show all the more entertaining. The water
on the track was applied by the Atlanta Ag
Center.
When the track was wet, the announcer
asked everyone to stand as local vocal artist Lesleigh
Bennett sang the National Anthem. Following her
performance, the call was sent out for the Bone Stock
class to come to the track.
Also during this time, the name was drawn for the free
ride in the Crash for the Cure car that would be
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