{"id":67014,"date":"2018-08-08T21:48:04","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T01:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?p=67014"},"modified":"2018-08-12T02:16:22","modified_gmt":"2018-08-12T06:16:22","slug":"rain-mud-and-the-demolition-derby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2018\/08\/08\/rain-mud-and-the-demolition-derby\/","title":{"rendered":"Rain, mud, and the demolition derby"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_67015\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2018\/08\/Derby2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67015\" class=\"wp-image-67015 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2018\/08\/Derby2-300x234.jpg\" alt=\"Demolition Derby and more at the Tioga County Fair\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2018\/08\/Derby2-300x234.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2018\/08\/Derby2-768x600.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2018\/08\/Derby2-1024x800.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-67015\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At 7 p.m. the first night of demo derby action kicked off in front of a packed grandstand. (Photo by Jacob Elsbree)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With intermittent downpours throughout the day, things were picking up at the Tioga County Fair as the rides opened in the early afternoon, and the first of three demolition derbies brought in a packed grandstand.<\/p>\n<p>Jacob Elsbree was on hand to take some video from the derby (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TiogaCountyFair\/videos\/1892368117476245\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TiogaCountyFair\/videos\/1892368117476245\/<\/a>) in order to take the action out to our readership.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_67017\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2018\/08\/Midway3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67017\" class=\"wp-image-67017 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2018\/08\/Midway3-300x238.jpg\" alt=\"Demolition Derby and more at the Tioga County Fair\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2018\/08\/Midway3-300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2018\/08\/Midway3-768x609.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2018\/08\/Midway3-1024x811.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-67017\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This year\u2019s Midway at the Tioga County Fair, taking place through Saturday in Owego, N.Y. (Photo by Wendy Post)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With the new rides, and a lower gate fee of $10, which includes the rides, grandstands, and all the shows, the fair is seeing a good turnout &#8211; in spite of the weather.<\/p>\n<p>The next couple of days are expected to be met with beautiful weather and sunny skies, and another two rounds of demolition derby action.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s derby featured qualifying heats on Wednesday, with finals scheduled for Friday.<\/p>\n<p>New this year is a Team Demolition Derby scheduled for Thursday. All three derby nights start at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_66909\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2018\/08\/Bands2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-66909\" class=\"wp-image-66909 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2018\/08\/Bands2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2018\/08\/Bands2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2018\/08\/Bands2-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2018\/08\/Bands2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2018\/08\/Bands2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-66909\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bug Tussle will perform at the Show Trailer from 4 to 8 p.m. on Thursday.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This year there is no separate admission to the grandstands to watch the derby. A $10 all-inclusive price includes gate admission and entry into the grandstands, and all of the rides, provided by Gillette Shows.<\/p>\n<p>And don&#8217;t forget! Bug Tussle will be at the Show Stage on Thursday afternoon for a free show!<\/p>\n<p>To view a full schedule of events, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tiogacofair.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.tiogacofair.com<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With intermittent downpours throughout the day, things were picking up at the Tioga County Fair as the rides opened in the early afternoon, and the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":67016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tioga-county-fair"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rain, mud, and the demolition derby - Owego Pennysaver Press<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2018\/08\/08\/rain-mud-and-the-demolition-derby\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rain, mud, and the demolition derby - Owego Pennysaver Press\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"With intermittent downpours throughout the day, things were picking up at the Tioga County Fair as the rides opened in the early afternoon, and the...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2018\/08\/08\/rain-mud-and-the-demolition-derby\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Owego Pennysaver Press\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/The-Owego-Pennysaver-49179420591\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-08-09T01:48:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-08-12T06:16:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2018\/08\/Derby4.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"3264\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2448\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"psadvert\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"psadvert\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2018\/08\/08\/rain-mud-and-the-demolition-derby\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2018\/08\/08\/rain-mud-and-the-demolition-derby\/\",\"name\":\"Rain, mud, and the demolition derby - Owego Pennysaver Press\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2018\/08\/08\/rain-mud-and-the-demolition-derby\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2018\/08\/08\/rain-mud-and-the-demolition-derby\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2018\/08\/Derby4.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-08-09T01:48:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-08-12T06:16:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/e03684194434956dfb61f5ffcbc19492\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2018\/08\/08\/rain-mud-and-the-demolition-derby\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2018\/08\/08\/rain-mud-and-the-demolition-derby\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2018\/08\/08\/rain-mud-and-the-demolition-derby\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2018\/08\/Derby4.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2018\/08\/Derby4.jpg\",\"width\":3264,\"height\":2448,\"caption\":\"At 7 p.m. the first night of demo derby action kicked off in front of a packed grandstand. 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