Stands were full and spectators packed standing areas near the fences on Saturday night for the demolition. \u201cIt is by far the biggest crowd we\u2019ve ever had at our derby,\u201d said Nixon.<\/p>\n
According to Nixon\u2019s estimates, the derby usually attracts 5000 to 6000 spectators. This year, he estimates about 9000 spectators for the derby alone.<\/p>\n
There were 47 cars with their driving teams signed up for the Derby. Maxime Lalonde was the winner of heat 1 for 8-cylinder cars, and Guillaume Gareau won the 8-cylinder free-for-all. Marc-Antoine Bissonnette and Jean-Marc Gareau were winners of heat one and two of the 4-cylinder category, and Maxime S\u00e9guin won the free-for-all<\/p>\n
\u201cEven Friday night with the combine derby, it was great,\u201d said Nixon. \u201cThere was a pile of people here.\u201d The combine derby on Friday also attracted a large crowd of nearly 5000 people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The demolition derby on Saturday evening helped the Vankleek Hill Fair breaks its previous attendance record.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":24510,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports-loisirs"],"acf":[],"featured_media_global":[],"yoast_head":"\n