Imagine a fleet of yellow school buses speeding around the giant oval - Maybe it's the next NASCAR...

If bus drivers think they've got it bad hauling a load of squealing kids out of the parking lot gridlock after the school bell rings, they should try a Friday night at the Music City Motorplex, where eight "souped-up" (to use the term loosely) school buses crash and burn their way around the quarter-mile track.

Part short-track racing and part demolition derby, school bus racing is a sport in which bumping is encouraged and rolling someone is the ultimate challenge.

Since the 1980s, racetracks have been turning to school bus racing as a way to lure nontraditional fans to their stands.
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"You go out there to have fun and get some aggression released," Bobo says. "You think about that little white Toyota that cut you off yesterday."

Despite the rivalries and vengeance played out monthly on the track, the drivers say injuries in the buses have been minimal.

"People worry about their kids being on a school bus and this and that," Vaughn says. "We've tried before to roll one, and there's no possible way. The only way you can do it is if you get hit by another bus.

"School buses are designed for safety, and you can tell when you take one out on the track. It takes a lot to tear one up."

School Bus Racing