In part one of my three part 2013 TDA preview, I covered the new point system.  In part two of my three part 2013 TDA preview, I looked at the four teams that didn’t seem to have much of a chance of repeatedly getting to the finals.  In part three, I’ll look at the four...
         
    
        
                        
            
            
            
            
            In part one of my three part 2013 TDA preview, I covered the new point system and, summing up about 1,200 words into one sentence, figured out that to win the championship, teams are going to have to get to the finals repeatedly.  Shocking, I know.  (Since first round wins are now only worth one...
         
    
        
                        
            
            
            
            
            It was 85 and sunny yesterday and it’s 33 and snowing today.  That can mean only one thing: spring is here in Chicago and the Team Demo Association (TDA) season is right around the corner. Last year I wrote a preview of the season complete with predictions for where each of the teams would finish. ...
         
    
        
            
            
            
            
            Chris Neumer and Steve Gursky Jr. are back after a long winter break and discuss off-season roster changes, whether letting one driver beat you is a good strategy, why more drivers need to start using steroids and demolition derby drinking games.   Click here to download this episode of the Behind the Destruction podcast from...
         
    
        
            
            
            
            
            Chris Neumer and Steve Gursky Jr. get inside fetishes, gear ratios, talk about the impending apocalypse, ridiculous driving laws and visit with Sara Stone about her desire to get a gun.   Click here to download this episode of the Behind the Destruction podcast from iTunes.com.   You can both download and listen to the...
         
    
        
            
            
            
            
            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...
         
    
        
            
            
            
            
            Chris Neumer and Steve Gursky Jr. get into all of the Fifth Night action from the Team Demo Association and discuss the unusual path to the 2012 championship, what would have happened if the championship came down to a scorer’s error and the worst bit of driving the two have ever seen.   Click here...
         
    
        
                        
            
            
            
            
            As always, I mention that I again live-tweeted the night of racing.  You can read this at www.twitter.com/truedestruction  It’s great if you like things 140 characters at a time with occasional spelling errors.  I want to again mention that you do NOT need to have a twitter account to read this; you do, however, need to have...
         
    
        
            
            
            
            
            Chris Neumer and Steve Gursky Jr. dissect all of the Fourth Night action from the Team Demo Association and get into the highs (Mean Green Machine), the lows (Seek-N-Destroy) and how Reckoning just keeps on winning.   Click here to download this episode of the Behind the Destruction podcast from iTunes.com.   You can both...
         
    
        
                        
            
            
            
            
            Two things to note before getting to my thoughts on Fourth Night… which might be called Awesome Night in the very near future: 1)    I again live-tweeted the night of racing.  You can read this at www.twitter.com/truedestruction  It’s great if you like things 140 characters at a time with occasional spelling errors.  I want to again mention...
         
    
        
                        
            
            
            
            
            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,...
         
    
        
            
            
            
            
            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...