Crash and Smash at the Annual Derby. Courtesy photo

DIXON, CA (MPG) - The Dixon May Fair Demolition Derby on Sunday encourages drivers to put their American-made cars or station wagons to the ultimate test.  They will crash, smash, and ram each other to cartoonish crunched heaps of metal, trying to keep their own vehicle running while fans scream warnings.

Brave men and women, youngsters, and seasoned veterans, will pull on their protective helmets, squeeze in through the driver’s side window, gun their engines and take aim at each other in the mud of the Dixon May Fair.

The crash ’em / smash ’em event is slated for the Grandstands arena on Sunday, May 12, at 5:30 pm (gates open at 4 p.m.) Drivers do their best, while driving in reverse, forward and often sideways, in a bed of mud, to smash the other cars to smithereens. The audience cheers as mud flies, wheels spin in the gooey mess, and one vehicle after another is annihilated, or the overworked and overheated engines give up in a smoky haze.