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Demolition Derby to run at fairgrounds

By Christine Anne Piesyk | October 8, 2007 |

Rev’ up those engines and be prepared to crash. That’s the point in the 1st annual Demolition Derby to be held October 20 at the Clarksville’s Fairgrounds Park to benefit the Life Center Foundation.

Sponsored by the Championship Mud Racers Association Inc., the main event will feature three categories of racing: Big Car Class, Outlaw Class, and Small Car Class. Entry fees are $40 for the Big and Outlaw Class, which offer $800 and $500 first place prizes, and $25 entry fee for Small Car Class with a prize of $125.

The point of a Demolition Derby is to be the last car standing, or in this case, still running.

Gates open at 4 p.m. with the race to destruction beginning at 7 p.m. While waiting for main events, families can browse a variety of vendor tables and youngster can spend time bouncing on a number of inflatables. Admission is $10 for adults, $25 for the entire family.

Life Center Foundation Inc. was designed by Director Bill Irby as a “bridge to a new life” via a residential and/or outpatient recovery program for men and women determined to recover from the devastating impact of alcohol or drug addiction. The concept gives its participants a choice between “incarceration or recovery.” The program incorporates the development of a “higher power” relationship with hands on involvement both in the community and as a support system for others in the program. It includes a job/job training requirement and enforces strict regulations designed to move its participants toward recovery.

Volunteers are needed for traffic control, parking and post-event clean-up. Vendors and sponsors are still needed. Call 527-9917 for details.

About Christine Anne Piesyk

With 40 years behind me (Huh? What? How did that happen?) as a journalist, feature writer, investigative reporter, editor, and film/theater/arts critic, I brought my liberal New England activism to Tennessee several years ago. having completed a midlife undergraduate degree in community organizing and women's studies, and an MA in Interdisciplinary Arts. I am currently an MFA student at Goddard College. I served on Future Search Commissions for two colleges and an issue-specific commission for the City of Northampton, MA, and did minor undergraduate work in studies in urban planning and community development. I am a community volunteer and a member of FreeThinkers for Peace and Civil Liberties. I am a certified storm spotter. In my spare time (define spare time please?) I am a voracious reader, obsessive movie buff, classical music junkie; I also and design and make sci-fi/fantasy and renaissance costumes. I have an unquenchable interest in just about everything. I see life as an ongoing opportunity for learning and adventure, with the best things still to come. All posts by Christine Anne Piesyk as presented on Clarksville Online are copyright ©2006, 2007 to the author.

Email: womanspeak@yahoo.com

Sections: Arts and Leisure, Events
Topics: CMRA, Demolition Derby, Life Center Foundation

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