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. ...
The Bookend Award
The Bookend Award: RECKONING and FULL THROTTLE First Night of the 2011 season kicked off with Reckoning and Full Throttle facing one another in the finals, one of the teams having upset the pre-season favorites, Orange Crush, in the first round. After a tough battle against Full Throttle third round, Reckoning went on to win...
The Best Race of the Year
The Best Race of the Season: FULL THROTTLE vs. ORANGE CRUSH (First Night) There were a handful of races I could have chosen for my Race of the Season. I enjoyed Full Throttle’s race against Mean Green Machine Fourth Night that both sides could lay claim to winning and I think Bad Company’s race against...
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 Pink Floyd Award
The Pink Floyd Award: (TWO WAY TIE) MEAN GREEN MACHINE’S RYAN DECKER and RECKONING’S “SPEEDY” STEVE VOLLBRECHT Getting an opponent’s car up on (Pink Floyd’s) the wall is one of the harder things to do in the demos. In order to do so, you have to go against both the laws of physics and gravity. ...
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...
The Most Battered Driver Award
The Most Battered Driver Award: RECKONING’S “SPEEDY” STEVE VOLLBRECHT Matt Wilson’s mother might have an issue with this recipient of this award, but Reckoning’s “Speedy” Steve Vollbrecht (unfortunately) truly earned it. As most people remember, Wilson was sawed out of his car and carted off to the hospital in the middle of the Damage Inc....
The “Least Drivers” Award
Least Drivers: (tie) RECKONING and FULL THROTTLE On the other side of the driver turnover spectrum from Damage, Inc. were Reckoning and Full Throttle. Full Throttle swapped out Andy Fleischman for Levi Turnbaugh after First Night and then used its Turnbaugh, Ron Johnston, Jay VanAllen and Pete Milette Jr. lineup for the rest of the...