Demolition Derby (GALLERY) – Oil City

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Drivers battle it out in the arena during the annual Central Wyoming Fair and Rodeo on Saturday, July 8, in Casper. (Dan Cepeda, Oil City)

The Central Wyoming Fairgrounds grandstands were packed with fans hungry for to watch the arena floor get soaked with radiator fluid, oil and various car parts during the annual Central Wyoming Fair and Rodeo Demolition Derby on Saturday, July 8, in Casper.

The popular event drew dozens of contestants with their stripped and modified hulks in a smashing spectacle of bent metal and exhaust fumes. Its the ultimate rush, said Cling Harris as he prepared his sons car for the event.

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Fair and rodeo events continue through the week, including the downtown parade on Tuesday morning and the start of the PRCA Rodeo on Tuesday evening.

Josh Wilson puts on his gloves before taking his 1975 Monte Carlo into the arena for the annual Central Wyoming Fair and Rodeo Demolition Derby on Saturday, July 8, in Casper. (Dan Cepeda, Oil City)

Cars are lined up before the first heat on Saturday, July 8, in Casper. (Dan Cepeda, Oil City)

A car prepared for battle before the annual demolition derby at the Central Wyoming Fair and Rodeo on July 8, in Casper. (Dan Cepeda, Oil City)

Clint Harris makes a few adjustments on his sons demo derby car before competition on Saturday, July 8, at the Central Wyoming Fair and Rodeo in Casper. The 1984 Caprice station wagon has been in four derbys. It keeps on ticking, I dont know why, said Harris. (Dan Cepeda, Oil City)

Fans watch the action from the packed grandstands at the Central Wyoming Fair and Rodeo on Saturday, July 8, in Casper. (Dan Cepeda, Oil City)

Steam and smoke belch from a demolition derby car as it dies in battle on July 8, in Casper. (Dan Cepeda, Oil City)

Merri Toellner gives her friend Mike Cook a thumbs up before the second heat of the annual Central Wyoming Fair and Rodeo on Saturday, July 8, in Casper. (Dan Cepeda, Oil City)

A contestant leaves his wrecked demolition derby car at the end of a heat on Saturday, July 8, in Casper. (Dan Cepeda, Oil City)

Demolition derby fans cheer the carnage on Saturday, July 8, at the Central Wyoming Fair and Rodeo in Casper. (Dan Cepeda, Oil City)

Derby cars smash through a heat during the annual Central Wyoming Fair and Rodeo Demolition Derby on Saturday, July 8, in Casper. (Dan Cepeda, Oil City)

Cars battle to the end during a heat in the annual demolition derby on Saturday, July 8, in Casper. (Dan Cepeda, Oil City)

Josh Wilson takes in cheers from the crowd after an impressive performance in his 1975 Monte Carlo during the annual Central Wyoming Fair and Rodeo Demolition Derby on Saturday, July 8, in Casper. (Dan Cepeda, Oil City)

Tagged: Cars, Central Wyoming Fair and Rodeo, demolition derby, wrecks

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