Zap Motor Daze

03/25/2026

Hello, Zap Motor Daze fans!

Our dates for this years festivities is September 18, 19, & 20.

Fun Night - Friday, September 18

Main Zap Motor Daze Event - Saturday, September 19

Mangled Metal Demolition Derby - Sunday, September 20

We have some new activities coming this year, so stay tuned for updates on the page 😄👍!

02/13/2026

📣Hello, hello, Zap Motor Daze fans and volunteers!📣

We are having our first committee meeting for the 2026 event on Thursday, February 19th, at 7:00pm at Zap City Hall. We encourage those interested in becoming a committee member or volunteer to come to our meeting and share ideas, suggestions, insights, and improvements, to make Zap Motor Daze 2026 another fun and memorable event. Share this post with family/friends who might be interested!

Your help, patronage, and continued support is what makes Zap Motor Daze what it is, and our current committee members thank you deeply from the bottom of our hearts 🧡.

We hope to see new faces one week from now, so see y'all then😃!

09/21/2025

Winners of the 2025 Zap Motor Daze Raffle! Congrats to all who won, and thank you to all who bought tickets! 😃👍

09/18/2025

Video of some of the garden tractor pulls from Saturday. Thank you Aaron Gjermundson!

Lawn tractor pulling at the Zap Motor Daze in Zap, North Dakota.

09/15/2025

Photos by Kenzie Hall of both Friday & Saturday events. Thank you, Kenzie 😃👍!

09/15/2025

Photos by Ed Schaper. Thank you for your pictures, Ed 😃👍!

09/15/2025

Mangled Metal Final Results:

1st Place Stock Class - Kyle Wetzel, $4000 & 1974 Cadillac derby car

2nd Place Stock Class - Joe Bosch, $2000

3rd Place Stock Class - DJ McCloud, $1000

4th place Mad Dog Stock Class - Kurt Ganrud, $600

5th Place Stock Class - Ryan Kapp, $400

1st Builders Class - Isaac Lehman, $2000

Mad Dog Winner in 18+ & 60+ class - Brody Patterson. Got a '86 Ford LTD derby car as the prize

1st place Women’s Class - G. Edinger, $1500
2nd place Women’s Class - Shelby Hieb, $500
3rd place Women’s Class - Elizabeth Stringer, $250

Longest distance driven round winner: $250 & 383 engine winner - Kurt Ganered
Longest distance driven winner - Scott Ehmke $250

09/15/2025

Quick drive thru of the cars & trucks that braved the weather to come to Zap Saturday. More kept showing up after this video was done 😮!

09/15/2025

Terry R Falcon’s RC demo derby pen was a big hoot with all the kids & adults that tried it out! We look forward to having you back next year, Terry!