Let’s start this one out with a bang.  I fucked up. I watched the second round race between The Locomotives and Real Steel on Saturday and thought The Locomotives won by 8 inches.  It turns out they actually won by a lap and eight inches. I had help (or lack thereof, depending on your perspective)...

One of the more unusual aspects of the Team Demolition Derby world is how the season’s first race is generally the most pressure filled race of the year.  Opening Day in baseball is a day to relax and get ready for the impending season; finally, it’s here!  Same with basketball and football.  In the world...

TEAM 7: THE LOCOMOTIVES The Locomotives are the team that rose from the ashes to replace Reckoning.  The Locomotives were a power team back in the early days of team demo and it’s always nice to have a recognizable name and entity come back. The Locomotives are “Sneaky” Pete Ryan’s team and look to be...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Since the league itself hasn’t updated any rosters—we miss you, Jason Twite!—this preview is based upon the rosters that I have gleaned from talking to different drivers and people associated with the league.  In short, it’s entirely possible that these ‘teams’ I am previewing are not 100% accurate.  Email me with any corrections...

* This article was edited to show that Nick Hartung was the 2013 MVP, not Jason Ritacco* It was snowing three days ago, which can mean only one thing: the demo season in Joliet, Illinois is less than a week away.  And with that knowledge, previews are needed! While the 2012-2013 Team Demo Association (TDA)...

… And then there were the teams gunning for the championship. If you rewind to last off-season, you’ll remember that the TDA officials tweaked the points system for the first time in ages.  Possibly ever.  Gone were the days when all wins were equal.  First round wins were now worth one point, while second and...

The 2013 TDA season is 80% finished, with just one race (unfortunately) remaining.  For a change of pace, absolutely nothing is settled going into Fifth Night.  Unlike recent seasons where the championship has been effectively clinched Fourth Night or some really weird scenario has to occur for a team to come out on top (“We...

UPDATE: This article has been updated to include Mean Green Machine’s Zac VanAllen and John Clemmons’ five finals in twelve nights of racing.  It has also been updated to reflect that Nick and Wally Hartung have six finals appearances, not five.  Updated sections are bolded. Prior to the TDA’s Fourth Night of racing, I was...

People have often asked me what my favorite race of the TDA season is.  It always used to be First Night.  The prevailing wisdom for First Night is that no one knows what to expect from the different teams and that anything is possible; it’s been pointed out to me numerous times that during First...

Orange Crush runner Carl Brouwer was hurt Third Night when he took an unintentional driver’s door from Junkyard Dog and former teammate, Tom “Brickman” Lewis.  The entirety of the situation surrounding that hit stuck with me throughout the weekend and across the following few weeks.  As Brouwer remained in the hospital, stories trickled back to...

Normally I start out my columns with a pithy one-liner or some reference to the weather.  Not today.  Today, there’s only one way to start: Holy shit, Real Steel won the night! Over the course of the last five years, there have certainly been some surprising teams that made it to the finals—Damage, Inc. made...