Wok racing

Wok Racing is a new kind of sport developed by german talk show host Stefan Raab. Chinese woks are used to slide down an Olympic bobsled track. There are competitions for 1-person-woksleds and 4-person-woksleds.

History

Wok Racing was inspired by a lost bet. In November 2003 the first official Wok world championship was broadcast from Winterberg. The immediate success led to the second world championship on March 4 2004. Participants are mostly prominent pop singers and talk show hosts, but there are also known athletes that have ongoing professional careers in winter sports and the Jamaica olympic team.

Statistics

Places

• November 6 2003: Winterberg
• March 4 2004: Innsbruck

1-person-Wok

• 2003
  1. Stefan Raab
  2. Joey Kelly (Kelly Family)
• 2004
  1. Georg Hackl
  2. Joey Kelly
  3. Stefan Raab

4-person-Wok

• 2003
  1. Dick Brave and the Backbeats
• 2004
  1. Pro7 team (Ralf Zacherl, Stefan Gödde, Dominik Bachmair, Simon Gosejohann)
  2. "Comeback" team (Haddaway, Markus, Emilia, Benjamin Boyce)
  3. "Red Nose Day" team (Bernhard Hoëcker, Axel Stein, Mario Barth, Ausbilder Schmidt)

Records

• 1-person-Wok: 80.02 km/h (Stefan Raab/2003)
• 4-person-Wok: 90.63 km/h (Rednose-Day-Wok/2004)