Episodes
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Crash Course #433: Whiskey City, Sturgis, Unified Points
We welcome Zach and Adam Eaton on to talk about their win in Sturgis, and we catch up with Jacob Wood, who was among the many winners in Peoria, Ill at Whiskey City. We also have news regarding the return of a popular winter show in Minnesota.
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Crash Course #432: Dustin Woods, Butler County Fair news
Dustin Woods of Triple D and King of Ohio joins us tonight. We struck up a discussion following the Butler Co. Fair news in Ohio, and continued on along the discussion trail of several been a hot-button issues within the sport of Demolition Derby. Dustin joins us to talk candidly about issues in...
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Crash Course #431: There was Carnage
There was carnage all right. Capital City Carnage is in the books, and we will break down all the happenings from the Stormont Vail Events Center with a couple different guests tonight.
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Crash Course #430: Palmetto, Hillbilly, Brockway
We recap Palmetto Destruction and Hillbilly Bash and take some time to remember Bobby Brockway.
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Crash Course #429: Palmetto, Gochenour, and more
In the final run up to Palmetto Destruction, we catch up with a couple drivers heading into the show and recap what to expect at the indoor event this weekend.
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Crash Course #428: Jacob Gilliam, Stay in Your Lane talks
Jacob Gilliam joins us to talk about his background in derby, and his presentation at the upcoming SMW Expo.
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Crash Course #427: Elliott, Eaton Sturgis in the books
Mark Elliott joins us to talk about the opening round of action on the Unified Point Series during Redneck Rumble. ,Winner Adam Eaton is currently tied for the lead, but is not among the registered drivers. We will see if his mind changes for the 2023 campaign.
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Crash Course #426: Casey Smith, Nick King, SMW Expo
We welcome Casey Smith and Nick King to the show. Casey Smith is on to talk about the annual Derby Expo and Summit. King will be on to talk about a parallel topic to the expo, unified rules and implementation.
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Crash Course #425: Carolina Derby Promotions, Monroe, Padgett
Carolina Derby Promotions joins us ahead of the Palmetto Destruction in Florence, SC. Billy Monroe and Jason Padgett will be on the air via zoom, discussing the show and the evolution of their promotion.
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Crash Course #424: Korandas win at Cornhusker
Casey and Dylan Koranda scored a two-man win at Cornhusker Chaos 2023, and will join for the show. We will touch on Billy Bash, and wrap with a few points comparing the motorsports world with the primetime football coverage relating to the Demar Hamlin.
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Crash Course #423: Laurine, Sickles
Following up on the news about the restructured Unified Points Series program in 2023, we catch up with the past two champions, JD Laurine and Steven Sickles. Laurine had Santa drop off a few Crown Vics, which leads to assumptions about 2023's season. Sickles has already inked his name in as a...
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Crash Course #422: Mark Elliott, Unified Points look-ahead
Mark Elliott pops in to offer his final thoughts on 2022 before looking ahead to the restructured plans for 2023.
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Crash Course #421: Drevenak, Yeager, Unified Points, Tygert Memorial
We connect with youth- and full-size pilot Scotty Drevenak, Jr., who secured the third and final ring for the 2022 season. He won the youth full size at Turkey Derby in Wabash, IN and sealed his third place effort in the 2022 standings. We also follow up with a few thoughts from Justin Yeager…
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Crash Course #420: Fisher & Blizzard Bash, Seager, Alexander
Crash Course #420: Fisher & Blizzard Bash, Seager, Alexander
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Crash Course #419: Blizzard Bash, Brodzinski, Neuhalfen
The first of a couple episodes dedicated to recapping Blizzard Bash, we will talk with Jason Brodzinski and then Colton Neuhalfen. The two teamed with Ryan Songalewski and Rhett Gleue as Team ExtremeSki and went on to win the National Class win at the 2022 Blizzard Bash in Topeka, KS. They took…
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Crash Course #418: Defending Blizzard Bash Champion Mike Wurth
Chris is joined in studio by defending Blizzard Bash Champion Mike Wurth!. Later in the show, Tony Burkhart calls in.
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Crash Course #417: Kiskadden, Shanks, Deadman, Unified Points
Hosts Chris Marquart and Brian Tomkins follow up on Buried Alive III. They also talk to Ken Kiskadden over the phone to recap his win. Johnny Starks will join over the phone as well who won both weld and his main class in the virtual derby event. All that and more!
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Crash Course #416: TJ McCullough, Blizzard Bash Teams
TJ McCullough joins us to talk about the upcoming Buried Alive III event in Dunbar, PA and we break down some of the teams heading into Blizzard Bash.
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Crash Course #415: Tim Clark, Blizzard Bash
Host Chris Marquart is joined over the phone by Tim Clark of Smash It Demolition Derby. Chris and Tim will discuss Smash It demo and Blizzard Bash!
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Crash Course #414: New Studio
We will focus on results from around the area, and take a dive into the new studio here at FingerLakes1!
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Crash Course #413: Iron City News, Jason Droz
We share some news regarding the Iron City Nationals, catch up with Jason Droz and share some notes regarding the RDP Rampage event from over the weekend.
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Crash Course #412: Paul Reynolds, Catching Up
Smash It, Hard Core and the Unified Point Series had events since last week, there was chaos in Sandy Creek where Paul Reynolds was able to score his first heat win, and western PA is seeing a push for more unified rules. We will dive into all of it this week on Episode #412!
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Crash Course #411: Foushee, Pedtke, Gard
A few weeks back, Adam Foushee had some news to share. That situation has evolved.
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Crash Course #410: Polley, Relyea, Rookey and Scheltema
A busy weekend brings us to episode No. 410. We talk about announcing at Land of Legends Raceway and we reconnect with a longtime friend in Kristopher Polley. Porkchop was working in Albany and made the ride over. Brett Relyea won at Chemung, and raced time to get here. Chris Rookey scored a win,...
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Crash Course #409: Pine Wins and Old Guys Rule
We catch up with Missouri's Ron Pine, the 80-year old driver who won LaPlata's legends heat.
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Crash Course #408: Foushee, Apgar, VanHouten, Day of the Dead
Adam Foushee has expanded his role in demolition derby, purchasing the DEC Headers business and relocating it to his home in Kentucky. We will catch up with Adam, and recap all the action at the Day of the Dead in New Alexandria, PA in addition to talking with Seneca County Fair winners Bob Apgar...
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Crash Course #407: France, Laurine, Iron City heat recap
A huge weekend of derby action will bring us to conversations with Brian France and JD Laurine, before we get into the coverage of all of it and a recap of the Iron City Nationals Heat Lineups.
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Crash Course #406: Miller, Thomas, Chrisler earn emotional accolades
This episode of the Crash Course will open with Bill Miller, driver of the No. 2.2 who has now climbed back into the Unified Point Standings' top five following a wild night at Lawrenceville. Brandon Thomas won on an emotional night in Minnesota and Austin Chrisler scored a win in the MidSummer...
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Crash Course #405: Bedell, Jumper, Lewis
A busy weekend brings us to conversations with Craig Bedell, Spencer Jumper and Ricky Lewis. Last week, we talked about the building momentum for Craig Bedell, who celebrated a birthday yesterday and won $4,000 last week at Mini Meltdown. Spencer Jumper won at Buck Motorsports Park, with Clay...
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Crash Course #404: Crockett, Drevenak, Meltdown and more
Summer schedules continue to be full. We catch up with Meltdown winner Al Crockett, recap King of Ohio with Scotty Drevenak, look at Unified Points Results and Hard Core’s team show and more.
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Crash Course #403: Haniszewski and Lewczyk, Team Wins for popular stars
Tim Haniszewski and Jacob Lewczyk join us in studio. We catch up with Team Amateur Hour after their win at Road Rage. Lee Seager will be on the line while we try to catch up with Cory Herzog and Ben Byington. Then, after a LONG chase, Mad Mike's Derby Shop finally won at Norwalk, OH's Days of...
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Crash Course #402: Bash for Cash, Road Rage, Border Wars and more
Episode No. 402 might as well be 402 and 403 together! We will follow up on Road Rage's team show with Mark Benjamin. We will recap ALL of Bash for Cash and catch up with Rob Baker about Border Wars... and more!
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Crash Course #401: Road to Bash for Cash
On the go-home episode ahead of the 2022 Bash for Cash, we share memories and reflections of past trips to Washington Courthouse, Bellfountain and Chillicothe.
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Crash Course #400: Mark Elliott, Tim Clark, Bash for Cash
Mark Elliott shares an update on the 2022 Unified Point Series. Tim Clark Jr. updates us on the Bash for Cash and we celebrate #400.
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Crash Course 399: Almost back up to speed
Almost done with mulligans (we hope)! We are back this week to test drive some of the additional setup changes and hopefully march on toward a successful #400.
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Crash Course 398: Shofner, Herman, Delles, White
Luke Shofner won at Spring Explosion and we check in with him before we catch up with Zach Herman, Freddy White and Patrick Delles
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Crash Course 395: Smith, SMW Expo this weekend
Casey Smith joins us ahead of the highly-anticipated SMW Expo at the new SMW facility and showroom.
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Crash Course #394: Zack McCormack and U102-in classes
Zack McCormack, of Zack's Workshop, is working on expanding a 102-in & under wheel base "micro' class class up in Ontario, Canada this year.
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Crash Course #393: Jones, Cioppa, Furr, Relyea
Travor Jones picked up a huge Unified Point Series win at Wicked's Team Show this weekend in Sturgis, KY. Steve Cioppa checks in following his run at the Palmetto Destruction in Florence, SC. Jonathan Furr won the event and Brett Relyea served notice that Bad News was on the grounds, as well.
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Crash Course 392: Wood, Koch, Compacts
We expand on last week's compact topics, welcoming Capital City Carnage compact class winners Jacob Wood (Hobo) and Mike Koch (mod). We will also look ahead at some upcoming events as the schedule draws closer and some weekend happenings across the derby world.
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Crash Course #391: Capital City Carnage, Stephen, Montgomery
We dive into the popular stories of the weekend as Justin Montgomery and Justin Stephen scored wins on the weekend at the Stormont Vail Events Center. We will also peek ahead to the coming weeks' action in Peoria, IA.
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CRASH COURSE #390: Capital City Carnage, Candice, Impact
This is the go-home episode for Capital City Carnage, and we catch up with Candice Jo Freese in the final run up to action March 3-4-5. We will also look ahead at the busy Domination Motorsports 2022 season. Then, fresh off the 2022 Derby Banquet and Swap Meet, Kristi and Devon Germain join us as...
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Crash Course #389: McCullough wins in Wytheville, Motorama, Doyle, Soler
We catch up with TJ McCullough, who won in Wytheville this weekend. Ian Doyle and Michael Soler visit in studio. Soler won the RC derby at Motorama in Harrisburg, PA. Doyle is working with Bobby Edwards and promoting RC events through Pure Chaos, and oversaw Motorama for the first time. Pure…
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Crash Course #388: A pause before chaos
We take a look ahead as the season will be hitting full swing in the coming days. We have Motorama ahead on the RC circuit, with Whytheville looming large this weekend for the Unified Point Series.
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Crash Course #387: Studio upgrades, leftover vehicles (podcast)
We continue to see more upgrades here at FL1. We will also dive into the idea of left over cars, and what you might find under all this snow in various parts of New York (or elsewhere).
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Crash Course #386: Simonton, Hays
Dylan Simonton rebounded to win the stock class at Redneck Rumble in Sturgis, KY. The win banked important early-season markers on the Unified Points Series, but also offered redemption after missing the bell at Blizzard Bash with the same car. We also catch up with Marcus Hays, who will follow…
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Crash Course #385: Back on the Air, Frankie Guy
We are back after an unexpected break, and we catch up with Frankie Guy.
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Crash Course #384: Relyea, Smith, Off-Season Expos
Brett and Preston Relyea join us to talk about the Derby Banquet and Swap Meet. We will also try to catch up with Smith Metal Works' Casey Smith for an update on their second spring gathering at the new SMW shop.
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Crash Course #383: Richards, Elliott, Newgent
We welcome Battle at Daytona Beach class winners Ty RIchards and Michael Newgent to the show, and catch up with Unified Point Series director Mark Elliott.
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Crash Course #382: Jason Koch, Mike DiFrischia
Jason Koch checks in ahead of this weekend's Battle at Daytona Beach. Mike DiFrischia has bought a local auto shop, ensuring the local legacy will carry on.
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