A show that this year topped over three hours, was quite a run for everybody involved.

The first heat, Wire Compact, went roughly 45 minutes and featured 33 cars. It was the largest heat of the night.

Throughout the run cars fell slowly, but it made for fantastic entertainment for those gathered in the grandstands. After an ultimate and hard fought win, Austin Susice scored Mad Dog (the most aggressive during a run), Craig Bedell took third, Will Matthews grabbed second and Mark Nickerson ran off with first; his first place win ever.

“It’s great! I’ve worked really hard for this,” Nickerson stated.

Landon Frank stands with his mother Brooke King, who took first place. Next to her is Nikki Head who took second and Maddy Ellman with her third and Mad Dog wins in the Powderpuff competition at Sunday’s Demolition Derby at the Chautauqua County Fair.

Next stop on the track was the Powderpuff, which is the girls entry into the Demolition Derby. This event featured 11 cars and the girls definitely gave the men a run for their money.

Third place and Mad Dog winner Maddy Ellman was crazy happy over her title.

“I was working to get this, so happy,” Ellman said.

Second place went to Nikki Head, who has been running in demos, since she was 13, and first went to Brooke King.

“It feels good,” King shared. “It was a great run. Those girls put up a hell of a fight, especially her (indicating Ellman).”

Tommy Henderson stands proudly with his first place trophy in the Pro Stock Full competition at Sunday’s Demolition Derby at the Chautauqua County Fair.

Wire Full Size saw 15 entries and was among the hardest hitting of the night. This run lasted roughly 25 minutes and there were many car parts that hit the track, stopping the run for cleanup. In the end, though the third place winner was Joe Graulo, second went to Wayne Clemens and first to Dan Kessler; Rick Firster ran off with Mad Dog.

“It was great,” Clemens said. “That was a rough go, but lots of fun.”

The shortest run for this year’s final was surprisingly the Pro Stock Compact, which was about 15 minutes. Hits came right out of the gate with some drivers ending up right along the edge of the wall.

This run saw 11 entries with Bill Himes taking third, David Blackman second and Craig Bedell first. Richie Burgess landed Mad Dog rounding out a short, but intense competition.

The most anticipated heat of the night and definitely the heaviest hitting was the Pro Stock Full Size which saw 25 entries this year.

From left are the top fininshers in the Wire Compact: Craig Bedell, third; Will Matthews, second and Mark Nickerson, first. The event took place Sunday at the Chautauqua County Fair.

The cars came tearing out of their spots with hits coming left and right, vehicles were knocked right up onto the wall and on the blocks that were forming the track.

This heat took a scary turn when early into the run a medical emergency took place. EMTs and firefighters were on hand to immediately assist with a driver, who appeared to have been injured at some point during the evening as he was also in a prior heat.

The driver was transported by Alstar Ambulance to Brooks-TLC Hospital with lights and sirens blaring.

The emergency caused a short intermission for the event, as it could not take place without an ambulance present.

Once nerves had settled, and the run began once again the hits kept on coming with some cars getting jacked up right onto the hoods and trunks of other cars.

After an extremely hard fought battle, the winners were Evan King in third, Les Johnson in second and also the Mad Dog winner and first was Tommy Henderson.

“It was a great win, but a hard fought one,” Henderson said.