Racing, parade and demolition derby on tap
LIND – The city roars to life Friday and Saturday, June 9 and 10, as the 34th annual Combine Demolition Derby Days brings thousands of residents and visitors out for weekend of smashing fun.
The highlight of the event is the Lions Club Combine Demolition Derby, in which area farmers, fans and others put their fortified combines to the test in a demolition contest, with the last combine running crowned the victor.
And like last year, Cheney area residents will be participating, as will a new driver from Spangle.
The weekend also includes a car show, barbecue, car and pickup truck racing, grain truck racing, camping, music, a beer garden and the Lind Chamber of Commerce Grand Parade.
“Pickups and cars race Friday,” race coordinator and Lions Club volunteer Eric Lund said. Registration opens at about 3 p.m. Friday; racing starts with time trials at 6 p.m.
On Saturday morning, derby fans take a break from the arena action and head downtown for the annual car show, Lind Derby Kiddie Parade, the Chamber of Commerce Grand Parade and the Lind Lions Club fundraising barbecue in City Park.
The Kiddie Parade begins at 10:45 a.m. As the Kiddie Parade wraps up, the Grand Parade will be staging for an 11 a.m. start.
The action returns to Lind Lions Arena for more racing and the weekend’s premiere event – the Combine Demolition Derby, with racing getting started about 2 p.m. and the Combine Demolition Derby at 3 p.m.
Last year’s derby drew 15 entries from Lind, Ritzville, LaCrosse, Hay, Odessa, Sprague, Cheney and other locales.
From the Cheney area, William Mann of Sprague drove the Ritzville-based “Suds” and Cody Kulm of Cheney drove “The Bandit.”
Grady Gfeller of Pullman will be in his first combine demolition derby as a driver, he said. Another new driver is expected from Spangle.
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