“I realize this is blasphemy, but a few weeks ago I tried to watch a NASCAR race being run at Talladega. I lasted about five minutes before terminal boredom overtook me. It appeared to be nothing more than a high-speed freeway commute--a mob of luridly painted, identical lumps of metal loping at 180 mph around the banking, fender to fender, nose to tail. Knowing the scenario would surely devolve into a multicar demolition derby that would thrill the goobers in the grandstands, I turned off the set to later learn that this time it was Jimmie Johnson who triggered the eight-car melee.” RunningRealizingRaceWatchesKnowingFiveWeekMinutesCarEightSpeedNosesBoredomMetalsTailsThrillBankingFive MinutesJohnsonScenariosIdenticalBlasphemyLumpsTerminalFreewaysHigh SpeedTurned OffNascarDerbyMphDemolitionDemolition Derby Author:Brock Yates
“We are creating a political demolition derby, not a presidential debate. Those strange impulses in the American soul that have produced mud wrestling and The Gong Show seem to have claimed the national campaign.” SoulShowsSeemsPoliticalStrangeCreatingCampaignsDebateImpulsePresidentialWrestlingMudAmerican PoliticsGongsDerbyDemolitionPresidential DebateDemolition Derby Author:Hugh Sidey
“I can't tell the difference between the best and the worst 'cause I realize not everybody wants to have sex in the middle of a demolition derby race in the car.” WantI CanSexCausesRealizingDifferencesRaceMiddleWorstCarDerbyDemolitionDemolition Derby Author:John Waters
“Storing your car in New York is safer than entering it in a demolition derby. But not much.” CarNew YorkEnteringDerbyDemolitionDemolition Derby Author:Daniel S. Greenberg