Tickets for demo derby at Lynden Fair going on sale

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Photo: KGMI/D. Brumbaugh

4-30-2019

LYNDEN, Wash. — You can soon snag your tickets for this year’s action-packed demolition derby at the Northwest Washington Fair.

The derby will kick off the Bank of the Pacific Grandstand Entertainment Series at the fair on Monday, August 12.

The Whatcom Demo Derby Club president says they expect at least 70 drivers to compete this year for the largest demolition derby prize pool on the West Coast.

Tickets go on sale to the public this Thursday.

Entertainers like Cheap Trick, Mark Chesnutt, and Larry the Cable Guy will be featured as part of this year’s Grandstand Entertainment Series.

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