09/22/2026
Another awesome night of hard-hitting derby action at THE Cochranton Ring of 🔥🔥🔥 benefitting the Cochranton Volunteer Fire Dept & Emergency Service and a great way to officially end our 2026 season. Some first time winners, placers, and NEW points series champions 🏆. We have 4 out of 5 classes with FIRST time points series champions for 2026. Belts will be awarded beginning at the first show in 2027, tentatively May 1st at the Ring of Fire! Save the date. 5-1-27 Spring Fling 🚨 Demolition Derby at the Ring of Fire🔥 Cochranton, Pa
🤑 Over $1400 was raised with a raffle car that benefits Gio Monaco's trip to Youth Nationals in Ohio. The car was provided by Bill Copley of Copley's Notary of Cooperstown and built by Matthew Zinz! 1st place in 4 Cyl Class and 4th place in the 4/6 Midsize Class!!
💥 Isaac Seippel, a youth driver, his family won the raffle car, and he decided to run it with the adults after he ran his car in the youth class. He wheeled it to his first win EVER and a Heavy Hitter that can only be earned in the adult classes, Congrats to Isaac!!🎉
HERE ARE THE RESULTS 9-19-26 🚒 Fall Bash Demolition Derby at the Ring of 🔥 Cochranton, Pa :
🚒 STOCK 4/6 Cyl Youth (11) by Meadville Medical Center
1 Hudson Lipps Guys Mills, Pa
2 Carson Baker Volant, Pa
3 Isaac Seippel Franklin, Pa
4 Dakota Sanner Saegertown, Pa
5 Jeremiah Watson Oil City, Pa. + Best Paint
BP 🎨 Tony Simpson Oil City, Pa
🏆 2026 YOUTH POINTS CHAMPION 🏆
🎉 CARSON BAKER Volant, Pa 🎉
🚒 Powder Puff Vans (5) by Brown's Towing
1 Brookelynn Hudson Cochranton, Pa
2 Faith Copley Cooperstown, Pa
3 Taige Peterson Columbus, Pa
4 Rachel Nuhfer Seneca, Pa
5 Jordan Hudock Meadville, Pa
🚒 Stock 4 Cyl Compact (8) by Ace's Towing, PCM Construction, and The Ice Cream Cottage of Woodcock
1 Isaac Seippel Franklin, Pa (First 🏆 win) + Heavy Hitter (Raffle Car winner) ($50 Mill's Automotive $50 Maddog)
2 Oakley Terrill Corry, Pa
3 Brian Lipps. Guys Mills, Pa
4 Jim Terrill. Corry, Pa (First Timer)
4 Kaden Kilselka III Cooperstown, Pa
🏆 2026 Stock 4 Cyl Points Champion 🏆
🎉 BRIAN LIPPS Guys Mills, Pa 🎉
🚒 Stock 4/6 Cyl Midsize (14) by Betty Zinz Memorial
1 Tyler Mitchell Evans City, Pa + Heavy Hitter
2 Alan Zimmerman Franklin, Pa + Heavy Hitter
3 Gary Kilselka Jr Franklin, Pa
4 Daniel Shannon. Raffle Car
5 Josh Froehlich. Waterford, Pa
BP Dawson Bartholomew Saegertown, Pa
Heavy Hitter John Rossey Meadville, Pa
🚒 Stock MiniVan/Mt/Small SUV (13) by Station 4 Firehouse Grille
1 Brian VanWinkle. Geneva, Oh (First 🏆 Win)
2 Ashtin Henry. Saegertown, Pa Heavy Hitter 🏆
3 Josh Sires Franklin, Pa
4 David Walker Corry, Pa
Heavy Hitters: 🏆 Jack Nuhfer Seneca, Pa
🏆 Dakota Hudson Cochranton, Pa
BP Steven Hetrick Hadley, Pa
🏆 2026 Stock Vans/Mt/Small SuV Points Champ🏆
🎉 Jack Nuhfer Seneca, Pa 🎉
🚒 Scotty Kerins Memorial Fullsize Cleanup Class by V***o Farm
🏆 by BPK Environmental
1 Nick Bortnovsky Ellwood City, Pa (T-Highest bumper) + Heavy Hitter 🏆
2 Rick Firster Greenville, Pa ($50 Mill's Garage Maddog)
3 Shawn Bungard Warren, Oh
4 Blake Dagger. Slippery Rock, Pa +Heavy Hitr 🏆
($100 Maddog)
5 Kenny Thompson Greenville, Pa
Tie Highest Front bumper Nick Cherichetti Greenville, Pa
🏆 2026 Full Size Points Champion 🏆
🎉 Kenny Thompson Greenville, Pa 🎉
Special thanks to Chris First for making this class happen! Hopefully something we can build on on the future late shows! 💪
Thank you to Country Roots Photography for being on hand taking pics.
🙏 We can't thank everyone enough for the support and for making this one of the smoothest seasons we have had in 9 years. Looking forward to what and where 2027 and year 10 takes us!
A special shout to our 2026 officials for the effort they put into GSP Demo Derby, this isn't easy, it isn't all glitz and glamour, but we do manage to have some fun while doing it (most of the time). They put a lot of energy into to this for very little reward. That's what keeps thing consistent in tech and on the track. So, thank you all!!
Save the the date for our first show in 2027
Saturday May 1st Ring of Fire
2027 Tentative schedule beyond:
Saturday June 5th Ring of Fire
Saturday June 26th TBD
Saturday July 16/17th Mercer Grange?
Saturday August 7th Venango Co Fair
Saturday August 14th Venango Co Fair
August 26, 27, 28 Transfer Harvest Home Fair tent
Dates
September 6th and 7th Waterford Community Fair
September 18th TBD
Saturday Oct 2nd TBD
IF YOU ARE A FAIR OR DERBY EVENT LOOKING FOR A PROMOTER FOR 2027 PLEASE PM US FOR AVAILABILITY AND DETAILS. IF THERE IS SOMEWHERE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE US IN 2027 OR BEYOND FEEL FREE TO HAVE YOUR FAIR/VENUE REACH OUT! WE ARE ABOUT QUALITY OR QUANTITY AND WE WILL NOT TRY TO PUT EVENTS ON TOP OF OTHER EVENTS.
Again, thank you all for a great and smooth season! God willing, 2027 here we come!!
Remember derby cars and parts make great Christmas and birthday gifts!! 😆
God Bless!
Post up some before and after pics from this show! 📸