The Bookworm Critique
Reviewing "Crash Burn Love: Demolition Derby" by Bill Lowenburg. Published by Backstreet Books
Fact: The first motorsport event that I ever attended involved a demolition derby. It was 1986, I was 12, and I was invited along by one of my mates from school and his dad. I think the demolition derby part of the evening was the support act to the main event, but somewhere along the line I have forgotten what the main event actually was.
Given how much dirt was flying around the place, I have to assume it was something to do with speedway racing. What I do remember is that I was decked out head to toe in pastel green - a pair of pants and a matching polo. This, remember, was the era of Miami Vice, and being a 12-year-old of limited means, such gear was the closest I could get to dressing like Don Johnson. (And forget about the stubble part - 19 years later, I still can't grow a beard).
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