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How a rusty old car will help Flagstaff residents see better, Local
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A roller derby dame who goes by the name Wreckless Wheeler paints the roof of a demolition derby car that will be driven by one of her roller derby teammates in the demolition derby at the county fair this weekend. For more photos, see Page A7.
As the Flagstaff High Altitude Roller Derby H.A.R.D. car gets decorated Wednesday afternoon by derby damsels it becomes a probe in contrasts as the dented and rusted steel of a car that has been battered in two previous years of demolition derby gets a decorative purple accented paint job finish with glitter.
Members of Flagstaff High Altitude Roller Derby H.A.R.D. decorate their demolition derby car Wednesday afternoon in the yard of Bleekers Boxes in east Flagstaff.
With so many things stripped out of a demolition derby car one thing is added. Numbered signs are tacked to the roof of each car so that the announcer and judges know who is who.
The Flagstaff High Altitude Roller Derby car rthat will be entered in this weekends demolition derby sits in the yard of Bleekers Boxes Wednesday afternoon.
How much joy would it be to don a helmet, hop in a car and smash into every car you see, totally legally? On Saturday, you can. The annual Flagstaff Sunrise Lions Club Demolition Derby is held every year over Labor Day weekend in conjunction with the Coconino County Fair. Special this year is the chance for any licensed driver to rival. An auction will be held Saturday before the derby commences and the winner will be provided with a custom-built derby car to drive in the novice warmth with the potential to advance to the finals.
Clint Bleeker, proprietor of Bleekers Boxes, grabs transmission fluid to add to the demolition derby car he ready for the ladies of the Flagstaff High Altitude Roller Derby H.A.R.D. team to drive this weekend in the demolition derby at the county fair.
Jake Bacon, Arizona Daily Sun
Lions Club member Clint Bleeker said it’s the very first time in several years that the club has had a car to auction.
“We’ve auctioned a few cars off in the past and it’s amazing,” Bleeker said.
The winner, in addition to getting to drive in the derby, will be contributing to the charity work done by the Flagstaff Lions Club. Proceeds from the event will help the club buy eyeglasses and hearing aids for those in need in the community. The all-volunteer club also contributes to a camp in the White Mountains for the blind and disabled and helps provide guide dogs to the blind. This year, a portion of the proceeds will also go toward ease efforts in Houston.
The winner of a Lions Club auction Saturday can drive this one thousand nine hundred seventy two Chevy Impala in the Flagstaff Demolition Derby. The car is being rehabbed into a competitive derby car by professional driver Glenn Madden, who was still working on it this week in Phoenix.
Last year’s Flagstaff Demolition Derby winner, Glenn Madden, is taking a break from the Flagstaff track this year and has been working on the auction car. On Wednesday, Madden was in his Phoenix-area garage putting the completing touches on the car that he will bring to Flagstaff on Friday in advance of Saturday’s auction.
Madden has donated the entire cost of building the car which he will bring back to Phoenix with him after the Flagstaff derby.
Bleeker said the winner of the auction will have a chance to win the top prize of $1,000.
“If anyone can build a indeed, truly competitive derby car, it would be this fellow,” Bleeker said of Madden.
The gas tank of a demolition derby car sits chained to the floor behind the drivers seat in the center of the car as a safety measure.
Jake Bacon, Arizona Daily Sun
Madden is a professional driver who has been coming in demolition derbies since he was 16.
“I attempted it and I’ve been hooked every since,” he said. In the past duo of months he’s earned $11,000 in derby winnings at a Utah event and won very first place in a derby in Illinois.
He found the car he’ll bring to Flagstaff in Globe.
“It was sitting in a farmer’s field. We brought it home, stripped it out. Put an engine and transmission in it. I should be done with it already so I’m attempting to finish it now. It should be done today,” he said. Madden paid the farmer $350 for the one thousand nine hundred seventy two Chevy Impala which he hauled to his garage where he installed a drive train worth about $1,500 and another $1,000 worth of other materials. He said he’s liked driving in the Flagstaff demolition derby for the past three years and wants to give back to the community.
The winner of the auction, he said, is in for a wild rail.
“Twenty years later I still get butterflies,” he said. “It is literally, your gut is wondering if you made the right decision. But after the very very first hit, everything goes away. It is the most joy you’ll have in your entire life.”
The interior of a demolition derby car sits stripped naked with the car battery strapped into an ammunition can in the passenger footwell.
Jake Bacon, Arizona Daily Sun
Bleeker concurs. He’s been driving in every Flagstaff Demolition Derby since it began in 1984. This year two of his sons have also built cars to inject. And even however it’s a competition, Bleeker said there is a lot of camaraderie among the drivers.
“It’s so competitive, but yet after you’ve wrecked your car and are in the pit area attempting to fix them, the same man that wrecked your car will help you fix it. It is honestly, it’s so much joy.”
Bleeker said he expects anywhere inbetween twenty five and fifty cars from all over the state to inject this year’s derby. He recommends that serious auction bidders bring a helmet, safety goggles and a neck brace, albeit all of the safety equipment will be available to loan to the winner.
For those in the stands, Bleeker said it’s a joy family event with food vendors, beer for sale from Mother Road Brewery and live music. “All the proceeds, every penny goes to help people.” The demolition derby is the club’s main fundraiser.
Bleeker said even when it rains, the muddy track makes for superb entertainment.
“Every year I think it can’t get any better,” Bleeker said. “(But) it gets better every year.”
John Ortiz welds shut a demolition derby car door Wednesday afternoon in a workshop at Bleekers Boxes.
Jake Bacon, Arizona Daily Sun
In the Valley, Madden is busy putting the ending touches on the car. And while he won’t be driving this year, he’s still participating. Madden will be studying derby cars for safety and compliance and officiating derby heats. After this, he’ll getting ready for a demolition derby he’s promoting that will be held Sept. Twenty three in Globe.
But very first, he needs to wire the Impala, run the fuel line, put the bondage mask on and paint it.
“Then we should be good to go.”
If you go.
Lions’ Club Demolition Derby
–Saturday, Sept. Two and Sunday, Sept. Trio
–Gates open at eleven a.m. with race heats from noon-4:30.
–Coconino County Fairgrounds pony racing track at Fort Tuthill County Park
-Admission is $7; children five and junior are free.
–Advance tickets can be purchased for $6 at Mother Road Brewery and The Landscape Connection.
More: Derby goers are urged to bring old eyeglasses to donate to the club. Lions Club members collect used eyeglasses and supply them to regional recycling centers, where volunteers clean, sort by prescription strength and package the glasses. Recycled glasses are distributed to people in need in low- and middle-income communities.
“Twenty years later I still get butterflies. It is literally, your gut is wondering if you made the right decision. But after the very very first hit, everything goes away. It is the most joy you’ll have in your entire life.”
— Glenn Madden, professional driver and demolition derby winner
How a rusty old car will help Flagstaff residents see better, Local
How a rusty old car will help Flagstaff residents see better
A roller derby doll who goes by the name Wreckless Wheeler paints the roof of a demolition derby car that will be driven by one of her roller derby teammates in the demolition derby at the county fair this weekend. For more photos, see Page A7.
As the Flagstaff High Altitude Roller Derby H.A.R.D. car gets decorated Wednesday afternoon by derby ladies it becomes a explore in contrasts as the dented and rusted steel of a car that has been battered in two previous years of demolition derby gets a decorative purple accented paint job accomplish with glitter.
Members of Flagstaff High Altitude Roller Derby H.A.R.D. decorate their demolition derby car Wednesday afternoon in the yard of Bleekers Boxes in east Flagstaff.
With so many things stripped out of a demolition derby car one thing is added. Numbered signs are tacked to the roof of each car so that the announcer and judges know who is who.
The Flagstaff High Altitude Roller Derby car rthat will be entered in this weekends demolition derby sits in the yard of Bleekers Boxes Wednesday afternoon.
How much joy would it be to don a helmet, hop in a car and smash into every car you see, totally legally? On Saturday, you can. The annual Flagstaff Sunrise Lions Club Demolition Derby is held every year over Labor Day weekend in conjunction with the Coconino County Fair. Special this year is the chance for any licensed driver to challenge. An auction will be held Saturday before the derby commences and the winner will be provided with a custom-built derby car to drive in the novice fever with the potential to advance to the finals.
Clint Bleeker, holder of Bleekers Boxes, grabs transmission fluid to add to the demolition derby car he ready for the ladies of the Flagstaff High Altitude Roller Derby H.A.R.D. team to drive this weekend in the demolition derby at the county fair.
Jake Bacon, Arizona Daily Sun
Lions Club member Clint Bleeker said it’s the very first time in several years that the club has had a car to auction.
“We’ve auctioned a few cars off in the past and it’s amazing,” Bleeker said.
The winner, in addition to getting to drive in the derby, will be contributing to the charity work done by the Flagstaff Lions Club. Proceeds from the event will help the club buy eyeglasses and hearing aids for those in need in the community. The all-volunteer club also contributes to a camp in the White Mountains for the blind and disabled and helps provide guide dogs to the blind. This year, a portion of the proceeds will also go toward ease efforts in Houston.
The winner of a Lions Club auction Saturday can drive this one thousand nine hundred seventy two Chevy Impala in the Flagstaff Demolition Derby. The car is being rehabbed into a competitive derby car by professional driver Glenn Madden, who was still working on it this week in Phoenix.
Last year’s Flagstaff Demolition Derby winner, Glenn Madden, is taking a break from the Flagstaff track this year and has been working on the auction car. On Wednesday, Madden was in his Phoenix-area garage putting the completing touches on the car that he will bring to Flagstaff on Friday in advance of Saturday’s auction.
Madden has donated the entire cost of building the car which he will bring back to Phoenix with him after the Flagstaff derby.
Bleeker said the winner of the auction will have a chance to win the top prize of $1,000.
“If anyone can build a indeed, truly competitive derby car, it would be this dude,” Bleeker said of Madden.
The gas tank of a demolition derby car sits chained to the floor behind the drivers seat in the center of the car as a safety measure.
Jake Bacon, Arizona Daily Sun
Madden is a professional driver who has been injecting demolition derbies since he was 16.
“I attempted it and I’ve been hooked every since,” he said. In the past duo of months he’s earned $11,000 in derby winnings at a Utah event and won very first place in a derby in Illinois.
He found the car he’ll bring to Flagstaff in Globe.
“It was sitting in a farmer’s field. We brought it home, stripped it out. Put an engine and transmission in it. I should be done with it already so I’m attempting to finish it now. It should be done today,” he said. Madden paid the farmer $350 for the one thousand nine hundred seventy two Chevy Impala which he hauled to his garage where he installed a drive train worth about $1,500 and another $1,000 worth of other materials. He said he’s loved driving in the Flagstaff demolition derby for the past three years and wants to give back to the community.
The winner of the auction, he said, is in for a wild rail.
“Twenty years later I still get butterflies,” he said. “It is literally, your gut is wondering if you made the right decision. But after the very very first hit, everything goes away. It is the most joy you’ll have in your entire life.”
The interior of a demolition derby car sits stripped naked with the car battery strapped into an ammunition can in the passenger footwell.
Jake Bacon, Arizona Daily Sun
Bleeker concurs. He’s been driving in every Flagstaff Demolition Derby since it began in 1984. This year two of his sons have also built cars to inject. And even however it’s a competition, Bleeker said there is a lot of camaraderie among the drivers.
“It’s so competitive, but yet after you’ve wrecked your car and are in the pit area attempting to fix them, the same dude that wrecked your car will help you fix it. It is honestly, it’s so much joy.”
Bleeker said he expects anywhere inbetween twenty five and fifty cars from all over the state to inject this year’s derby. He recommends that serious auction bidders bring a helmet, safety goggles and a neck brace, albeit all of the safety equipment will be available to loan to the winner.
For those in the stands, Bleeker said it’s a joy family event with food vendors, beer for sale from Mother Road Brewery and live music. “All the proceeds, every penny goes to help people.” The demolition derby is the club’s main fundraiser.
Bleeker said even when it rains, the muddy track makes for good entertainment.
“Every year I think it can’t get any better,” Bleeker said. “(But) it gets better every year.”
John Ortiz welds shut a demolition derby car door Wednesday afternoon in a workshop at Bleekers Boxes.
Jake Bacon, Arizona Daily Sun
In the Valley, Madden is busy putting the completing touches on the car. And while he won’t be driving this year, he’s still participating. Madden will be investigating derby cars for safety and compliance and officiating derby heats. After this, he’ll getting ready for a demolition derby he’s promoting that will be held Sept. Twenty three in Globe.
But very first, he needs to wire the Impala, run the fuel line, put the bondage mask on and paint it.
“Then we should be good to go.”
If you go.
Lions’ Club Demolition Derby
–Saturday, Sept. Two and Sunday, Sept. Three
–Gates open at eleven a.m. with race heats from noon-4:30.
–Coconino County Fairgrounds pony racing track at Fort Tuthill County Park
-Admission is $7; children five and junior are free.
–Advance tickets can be purchased for $6 at Mother Road Brewery and The Landscape Connection.
More: Derby goers are urged to bring old eyeglasses to donate to the club. Lions Club members collect used eyeglasses and produce them to regional recycling centers, where volunteers clean, sort by prescription strength and package the glasses. Recycled glasses are distributed to people in need in low- and middle-income communities.
“Twenty years later I still get butterflies. It is literally, your gut is wondering if you made the right decision. But after the very very first hit, everything goes away. It is the most joy you’ll have in your entire life.”
— Glenn Madden, professional driver and demolition derby winner
How a rusty old car will help Flagstaff residents see better, Local
How a rusty old car will help Flagstaff residents see better
A roller derby chick who goes by the name Wreckless Wheeler paints the roof of a demolition derby car that will be driven by one of her roller derby teammates in the demolition derby at the county fair this weekend. For more photos, see Page A7.
As the Flagstaff High Altitude Roller Derby H.A.R.D. car gets decorated Wednesday afternoon by derby ladies it becomes a investigate in contrasts as the dented and rusted steel of a car that has been battered in two previous years of demolition derby gets a decorative purple accented paint job accomplish with glitter.
Members of Flagstaff High Altitude Roller Derby H.A.R.D. decorate their demolition derby car Wednesday afternoon in the yard of Bleekers Boxes in east Flagstaff.
With so many things stripped out of a demolition derby car one thing is added. Numbered signs are tacked to the roof of each car so that the announcer and judges know who is who.
The Flagstaff High Altitude Roller Derby car rthat will be entered in this weekends demolition derby sits in the yard of Bleekers Boxes Wednesday afternoon.
How much joy would it be to don a helmet, hop in a car and smash into every car you see, totally legally? On Saturday, you can. The annual Flagstaff Sunrise Lions Club Demolition Derby is held every year over Labor Day weekend in conjunction with the Coconino County Fair. Special this year is the chance for any licensed driver to contest. An auction will be held Saturday before the derby starts and the winner will be provided with a custom-built derby car to drive in the novice warmth with the potential to advance to the finals.
Clint Bleeker, holder of Bleekers Boxes, grabs transmission fluid to add to the demolition derby car he ready for the ladies of the Flagstaff High Altitude Roller Derby H.A.R.D. team to drive this weekend in the demolition derby at the county fair.
Jake Bacon, Arizona Daily Sun
Lions Club member Clint Bleeker said it’s the very first time in several years that the club has had a car to auction.
“We’ve auctioned a few cars off in the past and it’s amazing,” Bleeker said.
The winner, in addition to getting to drive in the derby, will be contributing to the charity work done by the Flagstaff Lions Club. Proceeds from the event will help the club buy eyeglasses and hearing aids for those in need in the community. The all-volunteer club also contributes to a camp in the White Mountains for the blind and disabled and helps provide guide dogs to the blind. This year, a portion of the proceeds will also go toward ease efforts in Houston.
The winner of a Lions Club auction Saturday can drive this one thousand nine hundred seventy two Chevy Impala in the Flagstaff Demolition Derby. The car is being rehabbed into a competitive derby car by professional driver Glenn Madden, who was still working on it this week in Phoenix.
Last year’s Flagstaff Demolition Derby winner, Glenn Madden, is taking a break from the Flagstaff track this year and has been working on the auction car. On Wednesday, Madden was in his Phoenix-area garage putting the ending touches on the car that he will bring to Flagstaff on Friday in advance of Saturday’s auction.
Madden has donated the entire cost of building the car which he will bring back to Phoenix with him after the Flagstaff derby.
Bleeker said the winner of the auction will have a chance to win the top prize of $1,000.
“If anyone can build a truly, indeed competitive derby car, it would be this boy,” Bleeker said of Madden.
The gas tank of a demolition derby car sits chained to the floor behind the drivers seat in the center of the car as a safety measure.
Jake Bacon, Arizona Daily Sun
Madden is a professional driver who has been coming in demolition derbies since he was 16.
“I attempted it and I’ve been hooked every since,” he said. In the past duo of months he’s earned $11,000 in derby winnings at a Utah event and won very first place in a derby in Illinois.
He found the car he’ll bring to Flagstaff in Globe.
“It was sitting in a farmer’s field. We brought it home, stripped it out. Put an engine and transmission in it. I should be done with it already so I’m attempting to finish it now. It should be done today,” he said. Madden paid the farmer $350 for the one thousand nine hundred seventy two Chevy Impala which he hauled to his garage where he installed a drive train worth about $1,500 and another $1,000 worth of other materials. He said he’s liked driving in the Flagstaff demolition derby for the past three years and wants to give back to the community.
The winner of the auction, he said, is in for a wild rail.
“Twenty years later I still get butterflies,” he said. “It is literally, your gut is wondering if you made the right decision. But after the very very first hit, everything goes away. It is the most joy you’ll have in your entire life.”
The interior of a demolition derby car sits stripped naked with the car battery strapped into an ammunition can in the passenger footwell.
Jake Bacon, Arizona Daily Sun
Bleeker concurs. He’s been driving in every Flagstaff Demolition Derby since it began in 1984. This year two of his sons have also built cars to come in. And even tho’ it’s a competition, Bleeker said there is a lot of camaraderie among the drivers.
“It’s so competitive, but yet after you’ve wrecked your car and are in the pit area attempting to fix them, the same fellow that wrecked your car will help you fix it. It is honestly, it’s so much joy.”
Bleeker said he expects anywhere inbetween twenty five and fifty cars from all over the state to come in this year’s derby. He recommends that serious auction bidders bring a helmet, safety goggles and a neck brace, albeit all of the safety equipment will be available to loan to the winner.
For those in the stands, Bleeker said it’s a joy family event with food vendors, beer for sale from Mother Road Brewery and live music. “All the proceeds, every penny goes to help people.” The demolition derby is the club’s main fundraiser.
Bleeker said even when it rains, the muddy track makes for fine entertainment.
“Every year I think it can’t get any better,” Bleeker said. “(But) it gets better every year.”
John Ortiz welds shut a demolition derby car door Wednesday afternoon in a workshop at Bleekers Boxes.
Jake Bacon, Arizona Daily Sun
In the Valley, Madden is busy putting the completing touches on the car. And while he won’t be driving this year, he’s still participating. Madden will be investigating derby cars for safety and compliance and officiating derby heats. After this, he’ll getting ready for a demolition derby he’s promoting that will be held Sept. Twenty three in Globe.
But very first, he needs to wire the Impala, run the fuel line, put the fetish mask on and paint it.
“Then we should be good to go.”
If you go.
Lions’ Club Demolition Derby
–Saturday, Sept. Two and Sunday, Sept. Trio
–Gates open at eleven a.m. with race heats from noon-4:30.
–Coconino County Fairgrounds pony racing track at Fort Tuthill County Park
-Admission is $7; children five and junior are free.
–Advance tickets can be purchased for $6 at Mother Road Brewery and The Landscape Connection.
More: Derby goers are urged to bring old eyeglasses to donate to the club. Lions Club members collect used eyeglasses and supply them to regional recycling centers, where volunteers clean, sort by prescription strength and package the glasses. Recycled glasses are distributed to people in need in low- and middle-income communities.
“Twenty years later I still get butterflies. It is literally, your gut is wondering if you made the right decision. But after the very very first hit, everything goes away. It is the most joy you’ll have in your entire life.”
— Glenn Madden, professional driver and demolition derby winner