Amherst Fair County Fair

If you’ve driven down Packer Avenue on the backside of the fairgrounds recently you’ve probably thought to yourself, “What are they doing?” You have a valid point because we have a lot going on.  So, what are we doing? With the new demolition derby promoter we are working with, the need to have more space and improve our “pit” parking has been brought to the top of our “to-do” list. To make this happen, we had to remove all the trees, clean up all the junk that was tossed in the fenceline over the years, strip the topsoil, and regrade about 6 acres of that area. This space was completely unusable because of how unlevel it was from the old racetrack berms that we no longer use.       So why do we need more space? 

Over the past few years, we’ve averaged around 30 vehicles in our demo derby, this year working with our new local promoter, Uttecht Derby Industries, we are anticipating around 100 vehicles in the derby. You read that right, we are planning and setting the stage for one of the biggest demolition derbies in the area and possibly the state. With an event with this many participants, we need to have more space for parking, more space to work on cars between heats, and last, but not least, more spectator seating! We have secured safer, easier to get around in, and larger bleachers for this year’s fair in anticipation that we will want to seat around 2500 spectators for this show. 

If you haven’t already, please follow our Facebook page(Amherst Fair) or visit our website www.amherstfair.org to view this year's fair schedule and see other events happening at the fairgrounds.