Competitors in Walton, N.Y., searched far and wide for their cars; one was procured in Michigan.
Correction Appended: Sept. 10, 2009
There's at least one group of people who are happy Cash for Clunkers is over: demolition-derby drivers. Participants in these events, in which drivers smash into one another until there's only one engine left running, don't enjoy the sight of old cars going out of commission without making a pit stop at the county fairground. "Obama is an anti-demo-derby guy," says Tory Schutte, head of the Demolition Derby Drivers Association. "He's targeting the cars we've been using."
Also contributing to the shortage of derby-worthy cars: scrap-metal prices have doubled...
