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#13 Red Light Cameras and Old Injuries

Chris Neumer and Steve Gursky Jr. return from their podcasting hiatus and discuss what’s happening now that the demo season is over, the tyranny of red light cameras, how to avoid paying tolls, old sports injuries and why the world is going to hell in a hand basket.  You haven’t ever heard Gursky Jr. this...
The Biggest Surprises of the 2012 Season's First Half

The Biggest Surprises of the 2012 Season’s First Half

Prior to the beginning of the 2012 TDA season, I wrote a column about my pre-season predictions.  Depending on whom you spoke to, I either pulled this list out of my ass or saw it in my ass after I stuck my head there; there are always choices. More than halfway through the year now,...

#10 Driving in Different Countries

Chris Neumer and Steve Gursky Jr. discuss driving in different countries, what it’s like to drive on the ‘wrong’ side of the road and their biggest auto related fears.  You’ll never look at long bridges or Ventura Boulevard the same way again.   Click here to download this episode of the Behind the Destruction podcast...

#8 Inside the TDA’s Third Night: Part 2

Chris Neumer and Johnny Ryan (again filling in for Steve Gursky Jr.) go over what transpired in the Team Demo Association’s Third Night of racing, getting inside each team’s ups and downs.  Together the two ponder how to turn around the fortunes of Stranglehold (it involves Channing Tatum), Reckoning’s dynasty-in-the-making and the most surprising stat...

#8 Inside the TDA’s Third Night: Part 1

Chris Neumer and Johnny Ryan (filling in for Steve Gursky Jr.) go over what transpired in the Team Demo Association’s Third Night of racing, get inside what constitutes a finish line, whether Reckoning is one of the two best demolition derby teams ever and why scorekeepers need to be able to count to at least...
Track Side #1 (May 17, 2011)

Track Side #1 (May 17, 2011)

If there was one unique quality to the 2010 TDA season, it was a constant state of flux. Prior to the beginning of the season, there was an enormous amount of driver turnover.  The 2009 National Champions, The Junkyard Dogs, folded and Ryan Bleuer and Johnny Ryan took their talents to Orange Crush.  Smash, Bash...