The fourth event of 2003 was a special attraction dubbed the Team Demolition Derby “World Finals.” The top four finishing teams in the first three events (Junkyard Dogs, Stranglehold, Havoc, Road Rage) competed against four international teams (Border Patrol, Full Mounties, Outback Attack, Dirty Rottens) in the normal Tournament of Destruction bracket. Throw in a jet truck meltdown and monster truck freestyle, the event set the Team Demo attendance record to that point. Many of the drivers on th

Part 1 of 2! A countdown within a countdown? Sure, why not?? We threw away the rules a long time ago and this is one sequence we’ve been eager to share. Too large to be contained to just one post! "Large" for if no other reason than the original large (see: huge) track layout at Route 66 Raceway, all the way back to the second year of Team Demo’s existence in Joliet. No walls on the left & right sides and drainage area smack in the middle surrounded by concrete barriers. Very Santa Fe-esque, for

Ending the first half of the countdown with more wall wreckage?! Absolutely. Back to the ‘hot corner’ of turn 3 to find a similar scenario to entry #84. Crazy 8s faced off with Mean Green Machine in a Semi-Finals rematch from the previous event in which MGM won. #19 John Clemmons held the lead when he snuck by #85 Pete Gabriel around turn 2 and setup Pete to get thumped by an MGM defender. Clemmons didn’t find open air, however, and wound up blocked momentarily by two cars on the back stretch. A