LIND, Wash. – When he was in high school, Grady Gfeller had a dream: to compete in his town’s combine demolition derby, a Mad Max-style jamboree of smashing farm equipment together for the fun of it.

Gladiatrix: Karlee Miller, the demolition derby’s sole female driver (at right), goes after Brian Finch and his 1967 John Deere Matt Jenkins LIND, Washington — In New Mexico, people tend to sort ...

This weekend, Tyler Sawyer spent at lot of time and sweat preparing a vehicle for the combine demolition derby at the Hillsdale County Fair. Sunday night, he walked away with a consolation prize and ...

WEST FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - The Combine Demolition Derby and the Fourth of July Fireworks Show at the Red River Valley Fair in West Fargo have been postponed due to weather. The fireworks ...

Home of the World Famous Combine Demolition Derby, 2 nd Weekend in June.” And each time I’d stare down 21 as I crossed over it, thinking I might see something, some evidence of combines in combat. I ...

LIND, Wash. – Smash! Two massive wheat harvesters rammed each other in a head-on collision, the momentum lifting their rear steer tires feet off the ground. The crowd cheered. The drivers backed away, ...

The 79th Annual Banks BBQ at Banks Sunset Park offered a unique twist on traditional demolition derbies. The three-day event featured massive farm machinery battling it out on a dirt track. The ...

READLYN, Iowa (AP) -- There's a band called Smashing Pumpkins so why not an event for smashing combines? Why not indeed, thought Ron Leistikow, who has organized a combine demolition derby for June 20 ...

WEST FARGO — The Red River Valley Fair will suspend operations at 5 p.m. Friday, July 4, due to predicted stormy weather. The Fourth of July Fireworks Show and Combine Demolition Derby planned tonight ...

The first time metal hit metal with a resounding crunch, punctuated with the crowd's roar and collective raising of beer cans and high-fiving hands, I knew I'd made the right choice of Saturday ...