Thursday, Sep. 03, 2009
Crash For Clunkers: Demolition Derbies Hard Up for Cars
By Ada Calhoun
There's at least one group of people who are happy Cash for Clunkers is over: demolition-derby drivers. Participants in these events, in which drivers smash into one another until there's only one engine left running, don't enjoy the sight of old cars going out of commission without making a pit stop at the county fairground. "Obama is an anti-demo-derby guy," says Tory Schutte, head of the Demolition Derby Drivers Association. "He's targeting the cars we've been using."
Also contributing to the shortage of derby-worthy cars: scrap-metal prices have doubled in the past two years, leading more owners to sell their cars to the junkyard instead of to a local kid with demo-derby dreams.
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http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1919833,00.html Quick, quick, somebody tell Glen Beck!!! I can see the headline now: "Liberal Urban Elites Use Socio-Fascist Wealth Redistribution to Strike at Heart of American Values, Target County Fairs in Conservative Counties"
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