Jaycees bring spooky fun in Graveyard Smash Derby

The Fulton Jaycees are giving a chance for area automotive Frankensteins to show off their monsters.

They will be holding their 2013 Graveyard Smash demolition derby 1 p.m. Oct. 26 at the Callaway County fairgrounds. Admission is $5 per person with children 6 and under getting in free.

Registration begins at noon with the derby kicking off at 1 p.m. There will also be a costume contest for children ages 0-3, 4-7 and 8-12 with trophies at 12:30 p.m.

The Graveyard Smash Derby will feature compact, stock and modified classes. Event organizer John Ollar said that in the Jaycees had tried a mud run for the past few years, but wanted to return to their original demolition derby format to hold a fall event that families wanted to come out and enjoy.

"We just want to go back to the old-style rules to make it a little more fun for spectators," Ollar said. "The compacts draw a crowd, it's just little cars and they do some really good hitting."

To help the tornado-stricken people of Dumas and surroundings, donations can be made to the Delta Area Disaster Relief Fund, care of the Delta Area Community Foundation, P.O. Box 894, Dumas, AR, 71639, or through the Arkansas Community Foundation, 700 S. Rock St., Little Rock, AR, 72202.