Steve Gursky Sr., Mechanic of the Year
The Team Demolition Association awards banquet was held this last weekend and the event provided quite the pleasant evening. Pete Millette Jr. and Levi Turnbaugh gave a tag team acceptance speech for the ages rivaling even the Three6 Mafia’s Oscar acceptance speech, “Papa” John Millette earned a well-deserved ‘Legends’ award, Reckoning’s championship trophies were taller...
The Hit of the Year
Bad Company’s Kyle Shearer hits Reckoning’s Brian Anderson This may sound familiar: Reckoning’s Brian Anderson was cruising down the front straight away very near to the wall. Shearer streaked across the track and solidly collided with him. Shearer’s hit banged Anderson’s car against the wall, taking him out. The most impressive part of this hit...
The Hit of the Year, First Runner Up
The Hit of the Year, First Runner Up: Orange Crush’s Elmer Fandery hits Reckoning’s Brian Anderson I will be the first to admit that I didn’t understand the true greatness of this hit when I initially saw it. It happened on the far side of the track from where I was sitting and while I...
The Best On Car Prank
The Best On Car Prank: RECKONING’S “SPEEDY” STEVE VOLLBRECHT on TEAMMATE BRIAN ANDERSON I don’t know how many of you have had the pleasure of chatting with or spending any amount of time around Reckoning’s “Speedy” Steve Vollbrecht, but, I highly recommend it if you get the chance. Vollbrecht has an impish sense of humor...
The Most Outstanding Driver Award
The topic of an MVP or a Most Outstanding Driver for the year has come up in conversation a number of time with different people involved with the league. And with it always comes a debate. The situation tends to unfold in a similar manner. Someone will ask me who I think the MVP is. ...
Best Race of the Year, Runner Up
Best Race of the Season, Runner Up: BAD COMPANY vs. RECKONING Fans of the demolition derby, and particularly the team demolition derby, like action. They like fast cars, hard hits and fire. And beer. But mostly they like fast cars and hard hits. First Night’s race between Bad Company and Reckoning delivered this in spades....
The Busiest Driver Award
The Busiest Driver Award: ORANGE CRUSH’S PETE RYAN Technically, if you want to go by the sheer numbers, this should have gone to either Chris McGuire, Steve Gursky Jr. or Brian Anderson, all of Reckoning, who raced in 14 races this year; Orange Crush’s Pete Ryan only managed 10 or 11. However, it’s the nature...
TrackSide #16 (October 4, 2011)
Minor Point #1: Transparency Made Its Way to the TDA It brings me great pleasure to be able to write that the TDA handled the scheduling of Fifth Night’s races with as much transparency, class and grace as could have been imagined. In hindsight, there wasn’t one element of the process that I would have...
TrackSide #13 (August 23, 2011)
Race of the Night: Mean Green Machine vs. Full Throttle There were several important races on the evening. The two most important were in the second round when Reckoning had a chance to clinch the season title against Orange Crush, and in the finals when Mean Green Machine battled tooth-and-nail against Orange Crush to secure...
TrackSide #11 (August 2, 2011)
Minor Point #1: Stranglehold had a really tough night of racing You want to talk about having your work cut out for you… Stranglehold started out the evening of Third Night in last place (along with Damage, Inc). In the bracket that was pulled, Stranglehold ended up facing the third place team in the first...
TrackSide #10 (July 26, 2011)
Let’s start this off right. As of Sunday night, both Matt Wilson and Nick Hartung were released from the hospital and are resting uncomfortably at their respective homes. Wilson reported that his neck hurt, his ribs were really sore and that he found it hard to move, but that he was well on the road...
TrackSide #9 (July 19, 2011)
Over the last ten years, I have spent entirely too considerable an amount of time in front of my TV watching Australian Rules Football, jai-lai and Tough Man Competitions. I have spent far more time doing that than reading classic works of American literature, learning a second language or discussing the philosophies of Richard Rorty...