Jaycees 51st Annual Demo Derby Wows Audience With Smashing Good Time

Saturday, June 8 the Dillon Jaycees hosted the 51st annual demolition derby at the Beaverhead County Fairgrounds.

This year's derby had three main matches, along with a grudge match, and the title match. With full size vehicles smashing into one another hoping to be one of the final three running at the end of the match.

The popular UTV barrel race returned again this year providing the crowd with thrills and spills as some participant's hit the corners a little too hard rolling over their UTV.

Another crowd favorite, the Herby Derby saw compact cars racing around the arena smashing into one another. The cars could take a lot of hits making one appreciate the durability of these cars.

Full list of winners are:

Class 2

1st Eric White Dillon MT $4,000

2nd Donny Case Hayfork CA $3,000

3rd Eric Tadej Greatfalls MT $1500

4th Levi Turner Deerlodge MT $750

5th Shane Kraha Whitehall MT $500

6th Gage Hoerning Dillon MT $250

Mad Dog Mean Gene Award

Eric Tadej Greatfalls MT $2500

Best of Show

Gage Hoerning Dillon MT

UTV Barrel Race

Bobby Cox Dillon MT $500

Herby Derby

1st Kevin Turner Anaconda MT $1000

2nd Justin Clark Sheridan MT $750

3rd Ryan Clark Helena MT $500

4th Brian Brewer Pendleton OR $250

Some racers forgot to go around the barrels

One of a few rollovers during the UTV barrel races

Crowd catching T-Shirts thrown to them during a break.

Best of Show Gage Hoerning Dillon MT