Power Wheels demolition derby class thrills youngsters
COSHOCTON – Sisters Emma Ellis and McKenna Ellis weren’t afraid to crash into the boys or each other during the little Power Wheels division of the demolition derby held Oct. 3 at the Coshocton County Fair.
“My oldest competed at the Hartford Fair and loved it,” said Anthony Ellis, the girls’ father.
Anthony was on the sidelines cheering the girls on and giving them instructions along with the parents of the other nine contestants.
Emma, 4, competed in the event with a pink car, and McKenna, 7, used her orange SUV.
“I bought them (their vehicles) cheep and fixed them up and added lawnmower batteries,” Anthony said.
Both girls, who are from Alexandria, agreed that their favorite part of the contest was crashing into people.
Like Emma, this also was Brantley Vail’s first year competing.
The 3-year-old from Coshocton saw the contest last year and his mom Monica Vail thought since he loves his Power Wheel so much she’d let him try it.
“It was pure excitement watching him,” she said. “It was great.”
The demolition derby contest was ran by Smash It Demolition Derby and also included a compact car class, full size leaf class and youth class, where the driver couldn’t have a driver’s license, but had to have an adult passenger in the vehicle with them.
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