Allen County natives watch the Gut & Go session of the King of the Bluegrass Demolition Derby in Allen County, Scottsville on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025. (River Byrn)A vast cloud of engine smoke rises from a cluster of crashed minivans on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025 during the second circuit of the King of The Bluegrass Demolition Derby at Allen County Fairgrounds in Scottsville, KY. (Sam Huffman)King of the Bluegrass Driver Dustin Meadors talks with a member of the event staff during a red flag on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025 during the first circuit of the King of The Bluegrass Demolition Derby at Allen County Fairgrounds in Scottsville, KY. Discussion started to take place at the derby where attendees called for Meadors to be disqualified after speculation that the driver as over the age limit to compete in the circuit. (Sam Huffman)Brandon Sturgeon, driver of car No. 111 dodges other cars during the Gut & Go session of the King of the Bluegrass Demolition Derby in Allen County, Scottsville on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025. (River Byrn)Ron Hudson, driver of car No. 18 waits until the first green flag is called to signal the beginning of the second circuit on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025 during the King of The Bluegrass Demolition Derby at Allen County Fairgrounds in Scottsville, KY. (Sam Huffman)Car No. 77 speeds across the field on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025 during the second circuit of the King of The Bluegrass Demolition Derby at Allen County Fairgrounds in Scottsville, KY. (Sam Huffman)Jones, drive of car No. 11 drives in the MotorSwap session of the King of the Bluegrass Demolition Derby in Allen County, Scottsville on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025. (River Byrn)Car No. 75 charges across the field on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025 during the first circuit of the King of The Bluegrass Demolition Derby at Allen County Fairgrounds in Scottsville, KY. (Sam Huffman)Children driving ride on cars is still after crashing into each other on the main field of the King of the Bluegrass Demolition Derby on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025 before the first circuit of the King of The Bluegrass Demolition Derby at Allen County Fairgrounds in Scottsville, KY. Two adults attempt to help the children start their cars again. (Sam Huffman)Mark Stephens, driver of car No. 011 drives in the Gut & Go session of the King of the Bluegrass Demolition Derby in Allen County, Scottsville on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025. (River Byrn)King of the Bluegrass attendees stand for the national anthem on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025 before the first circuit King of The Bluegrass Demolition Derby at Allen County Fairgrounds in Scottsville, KY. (Sam Huffman)Car No. 22k is leaks gas while being lifted by a forklift of the field on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025 after the first circuit of the King of The Bluegrass Demolition Derby at Allen County Fairgrounds in Scottsville, KY. (Sam Huffman)A child climbs on top of car No. 74 belonging to Fugue Branes on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025 before the King of The Bluegrass Demolition Derby at Allen County Fairgrounds in Scottsville, KY. (Sam Huffman)Timothy Johnson, driver of car No. 53 watches other drivers after being eliminated in the Gut & Go session of the King of the Bluegrass Demolition Derby in Allen County, Scottsville on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025. (River Byrn)Hundreds of people fill the stands on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025 to watch the first circuit of the King of The Bluegrass Demolition Derby at Allen County Fairgrounds in Scottsville, KY. (Sam Huffman)A member of the event staff waves a green flag to signal that the second circuit had begun on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025 during the King of The Bluegrass Demolition Derby at Allen County Fairgrounds in Scottsville, KY. (Sam Huffman)Car No. 3 sits still while its engine begins fuming on the edge of the field on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025 during the first circuit of the King of The Bluegrass Demolition Derby at Allen County Fairgrounds in Scottsville, KY. The car was repeatedly smashed in on the drivers side door by multiple vehicles with no way to move. several members of the crowd spectating the circuit berated the event staff for not calling a red flag and called for the drivers who repeatedly smashed car no. 3 to be disqualified. (Sam Huffman)Car No. 16x and car No. 77 collide on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025 during the second circuit of the King of The Bluegrass Demolition Derby at Allen County Fairgrounds in Scottsville, KY. (Sam Huffman)Driver Jaiden Kendall, Dennis Harper, Driver Gunner Vibbert and John Allen Vibbert posed for a photo after Vibbert won first place in the first circuit on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025 during the King of The Bluegrass Demolition Derby at Allen County Fairgrounds in Scottsville, KY. (Sam Huffman)King of The Bluegrass attendees watch from behind a fence the preparation of the fist circuit of the derby on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025 before the King of The Bluegrass Demolition Derby at Allen County Fairgrounds in Scottsville, KY. (Sam Huffman)King of The Bluegrass attendee Charles Frame strikes car No. 777 belonging to driver Dustin Meadors with a hammer to fix the backside of the car on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025 before the King of The Bluegrass Demolition Derby at Allen County Fairgrounds in Scottsville, KY. “In the derby we all are competing against each other but off the track we’re all a big family,” Frame said. (Sam Huffman)Johnathan Richardsson, 24, spray paints the number 46x on his car on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025 before the King of The Bluegrass Demolition Derby at Allen County Fairgrounds in Scottsville, KY. Richardson has competed in the demolition derby since he was 14 years old. (Sam Huffman)King of The Bluegrass attendees Charles Frame and Johnathan Richardson take a break from fixing Richardson’s car on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025 before the King of The Bluegrass Demolition Derby at Allen County Fairgrounds in Scottsville, KY. (Sam Huffman)
