Published: February 1992 (April 2014 digital)
Publisher: Minstrel Books (1992-1999?) Aladdin (2014-present)
Author: Unknown as of January 2022
Plot: The Hardy boys have been invited to attend the Bayport Motor Speedway to test-drive the prototype of a world-class sports car. But when the high-performance racer vanishes without a trace, Frank and Joe's investigation leads to the demolition derby, where they run head-on into danger. (Current Simon & Schuster description.)
Well Chet's apparently sent the old Queen to her resting place and has bought himself a new vehicle—-a late-1940's early-1950's civilian Jeep!
The Demolition Mission was better than Three-Ring Terror, but seemed to be a rehash of Program For Destruction. There are two new car manufacturers in Bayport, who are putting on a race to show off their new cars. Otherwise the design cars for two different markets. The one designs cars to be made on an assembly line and sold as cheaply as possible. While the other puts their cars together by hand. Kind of like Tesla vs GMC in the car race—-GM is more assembly for the average person while Tesla is more for the higher class.
TDM really needed another editing session, as Con Riley is called both an officer & detective on different pages (apparently he got a promotion in the book).
Rating: 5.5/10