Demolition Derby Time
Like a slowly rising tide, the season’s corn crop has begun to swallow the human-sized features of the Illinois landscape, leaving the tops of trees and buildings bobbing in the waves of sparkling green leaves. It’s been a rainy Spring, and the dead straight roads that slice the flat fields are already becoming walled in by King Corn.
The freshly sprayed number on the wagon’s front door caught my eye as I passed through the intersection, catching a glimpse down the side road.
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I am writing about and photographing interesting vehicles and their drivers over at my original blog “Rubber@Road”. These ongoing photo essays are my attempt to document the final days of the fossil-fueled individually-driven machines that have dominated the American economy and permeated our culture for the last hundred years. – Jeff
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I hate to admit it, but while researching my first book in rural Ohio, I went to a demo derby. It was amazing fun.
Yeah, Caitlin, derbies are a lot of fun, and actually require analytical, mechanical and driving skill to be the survivor of the match.
What really intrigues me about this situation is that Cassie and her fiance – while working as a team to build out the two cars – could end up confronting each other as the last two drivable cars.
Thanks for the comment, Caitlin!
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