California Derbies - The Rest of 2009

[demolitiongirl42]

For those of you interested in visiting this year, here are the remaining events that we know of:

*Thurs Oct 1 - Derby - LA County Fair/Pomona
*Sat Oct 3 - Women's Derby - Irwindale
Sat Oct 10 - Train Race - Orange Show
Sat Oct 17 - Derby & Trailer Race - Orange Show
*Sun Oct 18 - Derby & RV Derby - Perris
Sat Oct 31 - Trains/Trailers/Soccer/Skid Plate - Irwindale
*Sat Nov 14 - Derby - Victorville

*Dan (#69) and/or Louise (#42) planning on racing

If any of you can make it out here, stop by and say hello. Also, we do have a limited number of free tickets for Irwindale, so let us know if you might come down. The tickets should be good for either of the two Irwindale events listed above.

~Louise~

[Jasser]

Thanks for the dates! We'd love to come down and at least watch some of these if not participate. Perris was awesome last year-is it going to be 2 derbies again? We're planning on making it to Victorville, I really want to race the 200 lapper in November!

[demolitiongirl42]

Perris this year on Oct 18th should feature two regular derbies, plus a motorhome derby. It will be only the second RV derby held in California, so we don't know a lot about what to expect. Judging by the other one held this year, however, it should be hysterical!

[demolitiongirl42]

Ok, so the RV derby wasn't quite as successful as the last one
It was partially due to mechanical failures with the RVs, plus a track that was a bit too soggy. Oh well, better luck next time. There are still some videos on YouTube.

On the other hand, I (#42) did amazingly well in the regular derby right before. I think Dan (#69) got 5th before his transmission grenaded. Then it came down to me and two other guys. We pounded on guy number three for a while, and it was certain that I had 2nd place for sure, with a shot at 1st....

Then my car caught on fire. A lot.

So, even though the third guy never moved again, I was eliminated at 3rd place. I narrowly escaped my burning car, and they hustled me into an ambulance just to make sure. They asked me if I wanted to go to the hospital, and I said ,"No, I need to get in my RV, they're about to stage!"

Here's a video showing my huge fire.....

[sassy360]

OMG girl!!!! You're are sooooooooo lucky you didn't get hurt. I just watched the video, and WOW! Glad you're okay for sure, and congrats on doing so well. Talk to you soon. Probably see you down in Victorville Take care - Tammy

thanks for putting the video up too it was crazy watching it

[maddoggarcia]

to... jj, billy, and gary lookin foward to seein u guys and the whole crew at round 4 in victorville hopefully i can peice my fury together for a final run. took a beating in pomona so got some work to do. hopefully i can get her goin. but who knows maybe ill show up with my caddy from costa mesa with alil extra support in the rear. see u guys there!...... Maddog Garcia

[demolitiongirl42]

You guys missed a ton of fun on Halloween this year! Check out the Trailer Race we did as part of the Night Of Destruction (there was also did Trains, Skid Plates, and Soccer - videos are on YouTube).

My trailer came off in the first turn...so I went nuts and destroyed everything after that. I lost both front tires, but it didn't matter. I was taking people out left and right I even hit Dan by accident.

This video doesn't show all my great work, but you get the idea...

[demolitiongirl42]

Oh, I almost forgot...

A local newspaper did a story on me recently. It's too long to post here, but you can Google it easily.

Look for something under the title "State fair sees California's first woman motorhome driver" in the newspaper called My Valley News. If you put in "Louise Johnson demolition derby" it'll probably come up.

There's another article about the Perris derby itself. They named me as The Fire Lady