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  • About
    • Festival History
    • Boards, Committees & Volunteers
    • 2019 Festival Chairman
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Festival Site Map
    • Festival Posters
  • Music
    • The Main Stage
    • Peanut Lounge
    • Harvest Family Stage
  • Schedule
    • Peanut Fest Queen's Banquet
    • Peanut Butter Sculpting Contest
    • Suffolk Mud Jam
    • Peanut Fest Parade
    • Suffolk Ruritan Club Shrimp Feast
    • Demolition Derby
    • Clogging Jamboree
    • Swamp Roar Motorcycle Rally
    • Chalk Art Competition
    • Special Features >
      • Arts & Crafters
      • Commercial Vendors
      • Food Vendors
      • Outside Exhibitors
  • Sponsors
    • Title Sponsors
    • Presenting Sponsors
    • Media Sponsors
    • Supporting Sponsors
    • Patron Sponsors
    • Official Supplier
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Suffolk Peanut fest Demolition Derby


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* Stay tuned for 2021 information! *


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Bang! Crash! Boom!
Friday Evening Demolition Derby
at 
Suffolk Peanut Fest

The idea for demolition derbies was conceived in the mind of a 28-year old stock car driver named Larry Mendelsohn.       He staged the first demo derby at Islip (Long Island) Speedway in 1958. He had noticed how spectators were attracted by the crashes and smashes of stock car racing. Many of the fans were stuck to the edge of their seats not as anxious to witness skilled racing but to see the trauma and violence of the WRECKS! Why not create an automobile sport that would be ALL crashes? Hence, the now popular demolition derby was born.
-  James Russell - Auto Thrill Show Historian

Download:  Demo Derby Information Packet
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