Outhouse Racing
Rugged living leads to rowdy sports, or so it would seem given those who embrace the sport of outhouse racing. Found through much of the US, this is a sport of hometown fun and foolishness. The Australians practice it too, though there it is known as dunny racing. By either name, it's a sport you can get a mental picture of quickly. Or possibly not. Here's how it works in one Australian town: Every second year in September, the town of Winton in the outback of Queensland hosts the Sorbent Australian Dunny Derby. Twenty "dunny jockeys" sit astride dunnies on wheels pulled by a team of four to race to the finish line of a 250-meter track. All the jockeys are weighed in before and after each race and a professional race caller is present to call the race. Then just pick your favorite dunny and bet on it, although you may not win as much as the winning team, which is given AU$3,000. After the Derby has finished, everyone joins together to sing and dance to their favorite country music.