Demolition derby to include $2,000 top prize, pickups

There is something about the smashing and crunching of cars that keeps the Falck brothers coming back for more.

That is why Levi and Andy Falck will be competing at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, in the Lions Club Demolition Derby at the Boundary County Fairgrounds.

“It’s just exciting,” said Levi Falck, who loves the adrenaline rush. “It’s a fun sport. We grew up around it.”

New this year will be a heat of pickup trucks and a $2,000 top prize.

“This is one of the bigger events in Boundary County,” said Lions Club member Dave Noel. “We have been working with the local demolition drivers and listening to their suggestions they think would improve our demolition derby.”

The Falcks are among drivers who have provided input.

The brothers, owners of Cabinet Motors, A & L tires and Falck’s Automotive, usually spend a couple of thousand dollars on their cars and have been participating in seven or eight demolition derbies annually for the past 11 years.

“We don’t go out looking for cars,” said Levi Falck. “We own around 100 cars between the two of us.”

“It is going to be a bigger event this year than it was previously,” said Noel. “The pickup trucks will not be with the cars, but competing in their own heats. That is something new that the other places aren’t doing yet.”

With a $1,000 increase in the prize money, Noel is hoping for over 25 participants.

Winner of the main event will win a trophy and $2,000. Second-place is a trophy and $1,000. Third-place is a trophy and $500. Fourth is $350 and fifth is $200. The car that is voted best of show will win $50 as well as the driver who is most aggressive.

“We have been losing a lot of participation by the drivers because of our prize value,” Noel said. “They come to win. They do it because they like it, but they also want to make some money at it. This is the only place you get paid to drive aggressive. On the highway you get fined.”

Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for youngsters under 12.

“I think the community should come out to this event because the money made at this event will help us put on more events for the community throughout the year,” Noel continued.

The Lions Club helps pay for eye glasses and expenses with hearing problems for children in the community.