Mann women smash their way to Marshfield Fair history

MARSHFIELD - Demolition derby driver Eileen Mann made history Friday night at the Marshfield Fair.
When she locked hoods with Keith Tracey and the drivers couldn't get their cars apart, they were declared co-winners.
Both won a demolition derby for the first time and Mann became the first woman to win a derby in the 40-plus-year history of the Marshfield Fair's popular car-crashing event. "The tie doesn't matter; it's my first win," Mann said. On Sunday night, her daughter-in-law Jennifer Mann, 30, became the second woman to win a Marshfield Fair demolition derby when she won the four-cylinder race.
"The Mann women dominated the Marshfield Fair," Eileen Mann joked. Mann, 39, a Taunton homemaker, has been among the few women who travel to weekend derbies all over the country to wreck cars.
She has been a constant presence in the finals at the Marshfield Fair, but she had never won the grand prize until Friday night.
Jennifer Mann has finished second in other derbies, but Saturday was her first victory.
"With the bigger cars, there's more padding; with the little cars, you feel every hit," Jennifer Mann said. "...Everybody drives to win the feature, and it doesn't always happen. ...It took a while, but I'm excited."
She took home $500 and a trophy for the victory.
Because of the tie, Eileen Mann still hasn't taken home a championship trophy. Tracey, 27, of Braintree, will put the one they posed with for pictures on a mantel. Mann will have to wait a couple of weeks; the derby organizer, J & M Productions, ordered a second trophy and will mail it to her.
"I'm still trying to beat the Manns," Tracey said with a laugh.

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[penjn442]

check out this woman in demolition derby.

"Women beats man at the wheel"

[musiclover848]

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[EnduroCrazedManiac]

AWESOME...Congratulations on your win...

[eileenm1025]

I love it. I won!!

[TH3BU5CH]

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