Page 275 Lincoln Daily News 2024 Logan County Fair Jul/Aug 2024 competitions so there would be no further incidents. The youth event was fun and interesting, though at one point a bit heated. When the responsible adult in one vehicle became a little bit concerned about the driving skills of one of the competitors, he came out of the passenger seat like a flash of lightning and confronted the responsible adult in the other vehicle. The announcer quickly called for order and the Logan County Sheriff deputies were there almost as quickly as the irate passenger. The announcer then shared that there were only two options, everyone would be peaceful and civil, or he would call it a night and send everyone home. The situation was quickly under control, and later in the evening, there was an exchange of handshakes between the two that caused the raucous to begin with. The rest of the event went well, and the crowd enjoyed the show as was reflected with their loud cheers when the last car still moving was announced. The second class of the night was Mini Vans & SUV. This was a fun show with no drama other than that which is customary at a demo derby. There were vehicles that were boiling out steam from their radiators as the cars sustained front damage. One vehicle got its back end hung up on one of the concrete pilons. Unfortunately it was a rear-wheel drive vehicle and no amount of gas and spinning rear wheels would take it off the pilon. The best fun of the night in this class was watching the inflated dinosaur that was mounted to the top of one of the vehicles. At times he looked fierce, but at other times, the air movement from the other vehicles made him appear to be trembling with fear. Eather way, he got the attention of at least a few in the audience. In addition to the dinosaur, one car was adorned with multiple little rubber duckies. One can only imagine what those little squeaky toys might have had to say about the ride they took had they been able. The Bone Stock Compact class was the largest class of the night with 30 entries. The competition area was so crowded that there was almost a complete jam up/pile up as soon as the green flag was thrown. Vehicles inched into positions to deliver debilitating hits to competitors and after close to an hour, it came down to three vehicles still moving in the field of 30. The carnage of 27 cars jammed the track, leaving a space about the size of a postage stamp in the middle of the track for the final three drivers to fight to the finish. After some hard work, one car made it to the north end of the track where there was about twice as much room. However, it didn’t stay there long. The breakaway from the center gave the driver the opportunity to put some speed on the next hit as the car went right back into the pit of carnage. The Logan County EMT’s were called out onto the track after one particularly hard bump. The driver experienced some severe pain and was helped out of his vehicle. He was checked out by the paramedics on the hood of his car, then assisted off the track. Continued --
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