It sounded like a bad redneck joke

I got a message the other day and did a double-take. West End Fair organizers were scrambling for more drivers to sign up for the demolition derby. Really? No one has a junk car to drive in the derby? I had one of those oxymoron moments. West End ... no junkers (I'm trying not to laugh.) I've been to the West End, love the West End really. I have friends there, good friends. Nobody wants to trash their junk car in the derby? Now I'm hearing Jeff Foxworthy's famous redneck joke in my head. "You might be a redneck if you cut your grass and find a car." I had to find out what's going on. So I called up fair directors Doug Hawk and Bob Coleman to get the story. Sure enough, the entry list for the demolition derby is shorter than John McEnroe's temper. I talked to Hawk and Coleman and each time I was left shaking my head. They're... [read full story]