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Coffey County Fair demolition derby spectators with trackside seats shield themselves with hands, feet, blankets and sheets from dirt and mud kicked up by the contestants. The 125-year-old fair, the oldest continuous county fair in Kansas, featured six demolition combines during one heat of the competition.

Photo by Bill Snead

Brian Cleveland, left, Mulvane, driving a 1960 Allis Chalmers Gleaner, and Brandon Conkle, right, propelling an old John Deere, put the squeeze on a competitor in Saturday night's Combine Derby at the Coffey County Fair in Burlington.

Photo by Bill Snead

Brian Cleveland, of Mulvane, chained the header tighter on his 1960 Allis Chalmers Gleaner combine late in the afternoon before the demolition derby at the Coffey County Fair in Burlington on Saturday night.

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Local driver Brandon Conkle picks up some speed as he he heads for a cluster of combines in the demolition derby in Burlington Saturday night. The demolition competition for combines was a special feature to celebrate the Coffey County Fair's 125th year.

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Coffey County Fair board member Kimberly Robrahn, Burlington, cheers as the combines took to the track before the demolition derby began.

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Burlington resident Jeff Chandler holds the checkered flag Saturday night after winning the combine demolition derby at the Coffey County Fair in Burlington.

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Even though her uncle was driving in the Coffey County Fair's demolition derby, little Shelby Shepard, 2, of Burlington, covered her ears as the mufflerless motors roared on the track. The fair's demolition derby featured competitions for different kinds of vehicles.

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Colin Sleezer, Burlington, heads for a possible victim in the combine version of a demolition derby Saturday night at the Coffey County Fair.

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Things don't look good for this entry in the Coffey County Fair demolition derby. Some suggested he was running his fuel a little rich. But, the smoke cleared and he rejoined the fun on Saturday night in Burlington.

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Brandon Conkle, left, Burlington, and Colin Sleezer go at it with their old grain cutters during the combine demolition derby at the Coffey County Fair in Burlington.

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Combines line up, waiting for the beginning of the demolition derby at the Coffey County Fair.

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Brian Cleveland's 1960 Allis Cdhalmers was running a little hot just before he bowed out of the combine demolition derby at the Coffey County Fair.

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Colin Sleezer's combine, left, gets a hard nudge from Jason Wagoner's Massey Ferguson combine.

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Fans in the packed stands at the Coffey County Fair on Saturday night during the demolition derby.

Photo by Bill Snead