“It was an amazing win,” said Folts, who only competed in one other demolition derby to date. “I’m overwhelmed and appreciate my contenders.”

Following a strong win a new category premiered that fair-goers haven’t typically seen. Known on the national circuit as the Most Wanted Fine Art (MWFA), this highly anticipated event features any type of car from 1980 on up in its most stock form. It is a total carnage round and is designed to be fun.

This event saw a rousing amount of cheers in a grand smashing affair, featuring 15 entries and a lot of hits.

In first place was Justin Barr of Jamestown, second was Zachery Browny of Gowanda and third and Mad Dog (the car in the round with the most hits) was Don Dillenburg of Delevan.

The photo on the right shows Nick Eddy and Alex Paluch both of Dunkirk basking in their wins from the Wire Full Size heat during Sunday’s Demolition Derby at the fair.

The Wire Compact came up shortly after and once again was the largest and longest fought heat. This round saw 25 contestants with cars falling slowly over a 40 minute period, but it made for fantastic entertainment for those gathered in the grandstands. After an ultimate and hard fought win, Pat Sweeny of Dunkirk scored third, Greg Irvin of South Buffalo grabbed second and Troy Wright of Little Valley ran off with first.

Pro Stock Compact went next and was equally as long of a heat as the previous round. Fourteen cars competed and with tons of big hits. This round brought a lot of enjoyment as cars piled on top of each other and at one point one was standing nearly on its back bumper.

Two of the girls from the Powderpuff round competed as well and with a good outcome as Brooke King of Cattaraugus, daughter of legendary local demo runner Roger Krumrie, took first place.

“It was great coming out on top,” King stated.

Following her was Evan King also of Cattaraugus and Ethan Wright of Gowanda in third; David King and Brooke’s husband secured Mad Dog.

The Most Wanted Fine Art heat brought many spectators to their feet Sunday at the Chautauqua County Fair’s Demolition Derby.

Next up came Pro Stock Full Size, the most anticipated heat of the night and definitely the heaviest hitting. A few arguments on the track made for some entertainment as twelve entries dived into this round ready to win it and put on quite the show for onlookers. In the end Tommy Henderson of Perrysburg took first, Justin Harvey of Cattaraugus came in second and David King of Cattaraugus ran off with third; Aaron Robinson of Stockton enjoyed Mad Dog.

“It’s not my first run, but I had a lot of fun,” Henderson told the OBSERVER.

Wire Full Size finished the show with a good half-an-hour heat of its own. Again arguments following the rules of stopping when a red flag is waved, was a tipping point during the show leading to at least one disqualification.

The winners that ended the yearly event were Nick Eddy of Dunkirk in first, Alex Paluch of Dunkirk grabbed second and Tyler Hanisiewski of Lancaster picked up third and Mad Dog.

“A big win for sure,” Eddy noted when asked. “But I really enjoyed my run.”

Photos by Jo Ward The future of demolition derby is born from the Power wheels event at Sunday’s derby.

In total the Derby ran a full 3 ½ hours and many were left excited to return next year.