The “Bumper Car Psychos” are easy to spot. While the other bumper cars at New Jersey’s Keansburg Amusement Park spin wildly from one collision to the next, the Psychos cruise gracefully around the track, grinning from ear to ear as they slam their targets into the wall.
That’s not the only reason the Psychos stand out. Keith Van Brunt and Tom Mgerack both weigh upwards of 300 pounds, and both are heavily tattooed. They’ve been riding the old bumper cars here every Friday night since 1996. Someone started calling them “psycho” the following year, and the name just stuck.
“For me, it’s kind of like an adrenaline rush,” says Van Brunt. “You know, some people jump out of planes for adrenaline rushes? Bumper cars, that’s like my adrenaline rush.”
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