What is the origin of cheese racing?

rb6359

According to the cheese racing site: http://www.cheeseracing.org/ four friends came up with the idea whilst camping near Osmington in Dorset in 1997 "...what would happen if a Kraft cheese slice was thrown onto a (still red-hot and glowing) barbecue?" "...the second momentous idea of the evening was hatched. Why not throw four slices on (one per participant) and see which of the four reached a fully inflated and boiling state first?" "The sport of Cheese Racing was born!" The Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake, on the other hand, is over 200 years old. This event involves competitors rolling a round of Double Gloucester cheese down the hill and then trying to catch it. "From the top of the hill a round of Double Gloucester cheese is rolled, and competitors race down the hill after it. The first person over the finish line at the bottom of the hill wins the cheese. In theory, competitors are aiming to catch the cheese, but since it has a one second head start and can reach speeds up to 70mph (112 km/h), enough to knock over and injure a spectator, this rarely occurs." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese_racing Aug 14 09, 12:15 AM

KatieK54

http://cheeseracing.atspace.com/history.htm Here is an interesting story about the history of cheese racing! Happy researching!!! Aug 14 09, 12:25 AM

star_gazer

Here is a clip of "Cheese Rolling", I suspect this is the same as cheese racing because it doesn't seem to be a sport that Americans go in for. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOyQBSMeIhM Aug 14 09, 4:32 AM

serpa

Flaming hot grill and a slice of cheese in the wrapper. That's it! Aug 15 09, 12:42 AM