On one end of the motorsport scale is Formula One. On the other is a lot of cheap beer. It looks like the cheap beer side is winning.
10.) School Bus Figure Eight
Otto Man would be good at this.
Suggested By: My X-type is too a real Jaguar
9.) Trailer Racing
This is something Top Gear would do.
Suggested By: Jay_Hoff
8.) Lawn Mower Racing
I know a Honda just for the job.
Suggested By: Jeb_Hoge
7.) Rock Bouncing
You need some brainwork to design a racecar like this. But that's where it stops.
Suggested By: Who needs sway bars anyway
6.) Combine Harvester Demolition Derby
You've seen the action. Now listen to this:
Thank My X-type is too a real Jaguar for that.
Suggested By: ZaqAtaq
5.) Jerico racing
TheBlazinAce points at Brazil for some redneck fun:
I'll nominate a local favorite, Jerico Racing. Jerico is a northern Brazilian slang for mule, and when someone refers to a vehicle as a Jerico, they mean a makeshift vehicle, usually made from wood and not expected to last for a long time or to do anything other than basic rural work.
Obviously, it didn't take long for someone to put two Jericos against each other on a pit full of mud and call it a race. so, you know, get shitfaced, climb aboard your wooden box with engine and wheels and try not to smash too much into things before reaching the finish line. If that's not a redneck motorsport, I don't know what is...
Suggested By: TheBlazinAce, Non-State Actor
4.) Track and Tractor Pulls
When it's harvest time, it's time to harvest torque.
Suggested By: Takuro Spirit has a Camry Race Car according to Matt Farah
3.) Skid Plate Racing
My Autobianchi would humiliate them. The first (proper) front-wheel drive car. Genesis on the track.
Suggested By: Crossdrilled
2.) Swamp Buggy Racing
For some reason, I feel like Red Bull should get into this...
Suggested By: My X-type is too a real Jaguar
1.) Pickup Races
When the rodeo just doesn't do the trick anymore, you need a new challenge. This is it. Nobody explains how it works:
The guys ride horses across the arena, load the horses into a pickup truck, drive back across, then ride across again.
After searching a little bit, it appears that pickup races exist only at the small town (
Suggested By: nobody
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