County Fair Quads & Demos

[JSPhoto]

The past two nights I made my yearly trek to the county fair with night 1 being quad flat drags and night two being the small car Enduro race and the demo derby and as usual both nights had their share of action,

1: One local had a thing about doing wheelies on his quad, this one almost went over though
2: Sisterly love? Big sis beats little sis....but little sis went home with a trophy.
3: one of the 400cc quads
4: a tire full of water bursts
5: with a fender flapping in the breeze and two flat front tires this guy is still beating on the opposition (somehow this one got in twice...oh well)
6: more enfuro action
7: one of the best hits of the night
9: getting read for the main event

So far so good, two more nights to go, another demo derby and motocross with motorcycles and quads.

JS

[JETA]

#2 is a girl?????? Holy cow!

Looks like some fun and exciting nights. Great pics JS.

[JSPhoto]

Yup JETA, she IS a girl, and that red quad over her shoulder is her 5 year old sister. I found out that the Lebanon In paper ran a shot of her little sister with her trophy :thumbsup: (see attached photo)

[Old Timer]

Don't you just love county fairs!!! Ours is going on this week as well. I haven't made it out yet but I think tonight is the demo derby. Great shots all around JS.

[JSPhoto]

Thanks OT
As for loving county fairs, well I am so so on them, partly due to the fact that all I see of the fair is the arena where the demo & quad events occur and never anything else, which is fine with me as the staff photog gets to do the baby pics and I do the action This is however the first time I have shot there that it DIDN'T rain during the events I shoot. In fact last years rodeo was cut short because of lightning. This year there is no rodeo, not sure why but I suspect it's due to a lack of seating and small arena. The voters denied an attempt to build a new fairgrounds that would have taken care of these issues, the plan even included a race track, however the voters know best :mad2: and ignore the fact that all the events there in the last five years have been sellouts even with storm clouds moving in. You can only seat 1500 and they could sell 5000 seats, many don't bother coming because they know they won't have a seat. Competitors won't come as they know there isn't much money in it with such small crowds. Oh well, thats what happens when the inner city moves to the burbs and take over.....

Ok, I'm done complaining ....... back to regular programming
JS

[Mcphisto]

That guy with the disc-cutter really should be wearing safety glasses! I give his eye-sight 3 months. (I used to be a safety officer...just cant get it out of my system :-) )

Great pictures!!

[JSPhoto]

That guy with the disc-cutter really should be wearing safety glasses! I give his eye-sight 3 months. (I used to be a safety officer...just cant get it out of my system :-) )

Great pictures!!

I was wondering if anyone else was going to notice the lack of eye protection. It was the first thing I noticed when I decided to take the photo.

I have to admit I have done the same thing myself though and yeah, I know better. At least I wear a helmet when welding.

JS