LIND, Wash. – When he was in high school, Grady Gfeller had a dream: to compete in his town’s combine demolition derby, a Mad Max-style jamboree of smashing farm equipment together for the fun of it.

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP -- Trophies and prize money were awarded at the Porter County Fair's first combine demolition derby, but the real rewards were obvious -- the thrill of dangerous behavior and the ...

READLYN, Iowa (AP) -- There's a band called Smashing Pumpkins so why not an event for smashing combines? Why not indeed, thought Ron Leistikow, who has organized a combine demolition derby for June 20 ...