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September 13, 2017 B3
Father, son finish first and second at the Fall Brawl Demolition Derby By Corey Atkinson sports@estevanmercury.ca
Backing up in your old beater and repeatedly hitting your father’s vehicle is probably not advisable except for one occasion – the Fall Brawl Demolition Derby at the Estevan Motor Speedway. Carson Dixon and Kevin Dixon were the last two cars left in the final feature after all the others had been eliminated or stuck in the mud banks, and Carson nudged his father Kevin’s car – gently – a few times before claiming the fall brawl title. “I’ve still got to go home to him,” Carson joked as he accepted the cheque for first place in the derby. Going into the event, there was no set plan if they were the last two standing. “You always talk about it but it never really happens,” laughed Kevin. “I just came out of retirement
last year when Estevan had it for the first time. I had a fun time, so I thought I’d try it again.” The strategy for Carson was simple: “not get hung up like I did last year. Keep moving and don’t get hit.” Kevin had retired going into the event this year but Carson was in his 10th event in 2017 at Estevan. Carson Dixon won the consolation race at last year’s Fall Brawl, which was the first one ever held at the track. Cars at the derby get eliminated by either being unable to run or getting stuck. It’s a seemingly simple strategy but others were unable to stay away from the sides and were bashed out and into submission before the Dixons were in the final. “Just stay off the banks and you’ll do pretty good,” said Dustin Whitrow, who placed third in the final. “They’re fresh made. If you get a bank that’s there all
Carson Dixon (68) and Kevin Dixon (89) try to mash their way through the competition in the feature at the Fall Brawl. year round, it’s harder. But it’s a fresh one so it’s soft and as soon as you hit them you’re stuck.”
The next and final event of the year will be the Enduro Race Sept. 17. The race will last an hour
and a half or 150 laps, whichever comes first. No drivers of any of the usual races for the last five years
are allowed to drive in this race and the Estevan Motor Speedway is still looking for entries.
Evening paddling at Woodlawn draws crowd A nice, summer-like evening was the setting for a group of paddlers at Woodlawn Regional Park Sunday night. “I think we had just seen it online and we wanted to get together as a group paddleboarding,” said Jennifer Durr, one of the 17 members of the group. “We decided to row ourselves up.” The paddlers included some glow-in-the-dark lights which helped illuminate themselves to the outside world, but unfortunately it was still quite dark to them. “It was a little darker than we thought it was going to be,” Durr said. “So when you’re sitting on the
paddleboard looking out as they’re lit up, you can’t really see much in front of you. That was a little more difficult than we expected. We had flashlights and headlamps at the start so we knew where we were going.” They went from Woodlawn up to the water treatment plant bridge and back. The group is planning on doing it again next year but even this year, if the weather is good, some members may give it another go. The weather itself for this year was just about perfect for it. “The wind even went down just in time and the bugs were a little bad, but that’s to be expected I think,” Durr said.
A time lapse shot from Sunday evening’s night time paddleboarding experiement at Woodlawn. Photo by Durr Photography
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