Inside Demolition Derbies

This TV special from 2003 takes an inside look at the world of demolition derbies.

[@stevemarmalstein3777]

Wow, I haven't seen this in years. I actually produced and directed the whole thing! Had a nice week in Rockford, Illinois, checked out a Cubs game, even a Rockford River Hawks baseball game. The folks at Travel channel loved it and it did pretty well in the ratings. The Schutte's were a blast. I came back a year later and shot a tv pilot with them at a derby maybe in Janesville?

[@CodyJWerther]

No way dude are you for real? Lol you killed it and shoutout to the editor! Thanks for your work, docs like this that I watched when I was little influenced my career path!

[@stevemarmalstein3777]

@@CodyJWerther yeah, we got lucky with the controversy with the ending. We even shot s pilot with the Schuttes a year later.

[@stevemarmalstein3777]

@@CodyJWerther Your welcome! Yeah, we really thought we had something with Derby content. At one point we tried to pitch a whole Derby league but the fact that the 70's cars were getting hard to come by nobody wanted to invest too much in the idea.

[@speedy7892]

Thank you for my childhood my man. I literally grew up watching this over and over on a old VHS tape

[@mattskustomkreations]

Notice 3 of the finalists in the modified race are mid-60’s Imperials. This is because they had the heaviest gauge steel of all the makes. And their rear bumpers are especially lethal and protective due to their size. For these reasons, Many tracks don’t allow these Imperials in the events.

[@DudeMcGuybro]

51:17 Dude that Silverado commercial is legendary.

[@ram_s_d27]

you are a god, i last saw this on some long forgotten VHS tape

[@theoriginalkickassofficial]

Check out some UK banger racing. That's rough

[@shaneharrisnj3484]

Some of this was used on Atari's Test Drive: Eve of Destruction For example... Look at the 2 cars that make contact at 9:27

[@RetroAdzz]

I love that game 😁

[@shaneharrisnj3484]

@@RetroAdzz Me too, I played it since I was 3 in 2006! And I still love using the school bus to crush and race!

[@monteanderson7181]

I recorded this on VHS years ago when I was into derbying. I'd forgotten about it.

[@LawStudentsNightmare]

Man those ads bring me back

[@alexpratt99]

Well that day is here :( barely any cars left I hate it I don’t even go to derbies anymore it’s all 02 Vic’s and compacts

[@Booblydork]

Have you been to Blizzard bash?

[@alexpratt99]

Them pacers and gremlins were so tough

[@Me-zo8yc]

Imagine what those storage cars at Wes Place would be worth now.

[@alexpratt99]

Greensburg I been there many times I live 45 minutes away from there the green burg fairgrounds always had great derby’s Indiana did too but small track new Alexandria was always my go to though

[@AidanB107]

32:05 that's my hometown track, I run there

[@W.Afton154]

I always go to greensburg (westmoreland fair ) for the derbys

[@alexpratt99]

Mark sciopa or however it’s spelled used to watch him run all the time him and 002 they had the toughest cars they built em ground up

[@CodyJWerther]

Omg the commercials

[@Rohit.Gaikwad]

*Kings Of Crash TV Show Was Very Entertaining. But Its Now Available On MotorTrend Streaming Service*

[@morphman21]

Wonder if anyone from the interviews are still alive?

[@crazykellywfo4240]

Odd question to ask.

[@kirkwoita8840]

Yes Frankie Guy is now promoting, and Cioppa is still running.

[@DudeMcGuybro]

Scott Zizleman still runs demos.

[@philiphooper5051]

Yes

[@alexpratt99]

While I agree they should be able to run them wagons smashed down and folded are so tough I mean you can’t hurt them

[@alexpratt99]

Man them old cars are tough but roofs are weak this is how they did it when I was a kid the late 90’s early 00’s they started promods around 20062007 where I live I miss the old days and old cars but shit was dangerous no cage no halo bar nothing lol

[@Racecarlock]

I don't know if you guys have access to video editing software, but you really should've considered editing the recorded commerical breaks out. It's not a huge deal to fast forward through the commercials or anything, but it is an unnecessary minor annoyance.

[@turnofthecenturymotorsport7746]

My early stuff I posted, I left commercials in because I figured people would like them since there’s entire channels full of old commercials. I found out quickly that wasn’t the case.

[@sillygoose2508]

@@turnofthecenturymotorsport7746 you have nothing to apologize about its free content to be enjoyed and taken for what it's worth if its a annoyance you should just move on and not criticize someone that's actually putting content out there crazy as it might sound the people that bitch don't have any content to contribute

[@wildwesoutforarip6351]

Morphman21 they probably are this was in 2002

[@johnlassojr44]

57:51 I wish it didn’t happen either

[@alexpratt99]

Lol 1500 to 2000 these days these promods got 20000 grand in em it’s a problem for sure with derbies these days

[@alexpratt99]

Lol imperials aren’t even allowed to run with full-size anymore they haven’t been in 15 years they outlawed them they’re so tough

[@alexpratt99]

A 73 impala is as good as it gets only way it’s better is a round back lol

[@jonrajsl291]

73 IMPALA IS A C- CHANNEL REAR FRAME...... NO GOOD...

[@mattskustomkreations]

I don’t think deliberately prefolding the back of a wagon is fair. That is modifying the body from its stock configuration.

[@jonrajsl291]

THEN PRE- DENTING IS ALSO..... 😮😮😮

[@bwilliams463]

The problem is, how do you regulate it? Even honest derby teams will build their cars to the absolute limit of the rule. As @jonrajsl291 mentioned in their response, do you tell people not to pre-bend? Does that mean you can't allow previously-run cars to compete because they're effectively pre-bent from their previous runs? I know a lot of promoters don't inspect pre-run cars that closely, either, even if the car in question may have been built for a promotion whose car-prep rules are tighter or looser. Of course they do this because they want higher car-counts, but if you ask me, they might draw more if some of them didn't blatantly harass out-of-town drivers or let the hometown heroes get away with flagrant violations, but that has always been the nature of the sport. It comes down to the hassle and complication of putting a bunch of homemade wrecking machines together and at least give the appearance of everybody having the same chance. Far as I'm concerned, if the guy wants to spend the time and effort to make a sedagon within the rules, more power to him. I'd rather see that than blatant cheating, any day.

[@alexpratt99]

Ridiculous they all cry they all could have prebent their frames and bodies 🤷‍♂️ I hate that shit don’t get me wrong I seen guys cheat but that ain’t a cheater his car folded like the others man these were the days lol 7 year old me Screaming lol

[@John-oe5nb]

I wanted to watch this, but I have an ad blocker but the ads still kept coming. Click, off. Not sorry, I don't watch ads. Never.

[@turnofthecenturymotorsport7746]

This channel isn’t monetized so there shouldn’t be any KZbin placed ads. The show itself has its original commercials if that’s what you mean.

[@John-oe5nb]

@@turnofthecenturymotorsport7746 Ah that explains it. Thank you. However I don't watch ads. On the TV we record everything and fast forward the ads. There are simply too many and it drives us nuts. Pretty soon it will be mostly ads as there does not seem to be a limit to amount of them. Sorry and I was really interested in your video.

[@mtfan]

@@John-oe5nb What's more impressive is that you took the time to type up a complaint instead of just scrubbing past the commercials that take one mouse click in a browser or two finger taps on a phone screen. Wait till you find out about the entire KZbin channels that are just blocks of old commercials because people like watching them! Maybe your priorities are in the wrong place. Just sayin' . . . . . . .

[@John-oe5nb]

@@mtfan Some of the old commercials are funny to watch, I agree, but they were not every few minutes and the same ones over and over again. It gets annoying. I did not know that there were people who seek out old commercials like the 'Where's the beef?" commercial. That was a classic. Thanks for your comments.

[@alexpratt99]

Yeah beamng drive is where it’s at for video games real derbies got worse video games got better