Wok Racing
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Wok Racing is a new kind of sport developed by the German talk show host and entertainer 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 in on Innsbruck March 4, 2004. Participants are mostly prominent pop singers, actors and talk show hosts, but there are also known athletes that have ongoing professional careers in winter sports and the Jamaica Olympic team. The third championship took place again in Winterberg on March 5. In contrast to the previous championchips there were two runs in which all contesters participated. The times of both runs were added. As a further innovation a qualifying round was created in which the participants had to jump from a trickski-jump (of course with woks) to determine the starting order. Further the sport event was professionalized. The 4-person-woksleds were sponsored by Nissan, IKEA & Bravo.
Statistics
Venues
1-person Wok
- 2003
- Stefan Raab
- Joey Kelly (Kelly Family)
- 2004
- Georg Hackl
- Joey Kelly
- Stefan Raab
- 2005
- Georg Hackl
- Stefan Raab
- Joey Kelly
4-person Wok
- 2003
- Dick Brave and the Backbeats
- 2004
- Pro7 team (Ralf Zacherl, Stefan Gödde, Dominik Bachmair, Simon Gosejohann)
- "Comeback" team (Haddaway, Markus, Emilia, Benjamin Boyce)
- "Red Nose Day" team (Bernhard Hoëcker, Axel Stein, Mario Barth, Ausbilder Schmidt)
- 2005
- Pro7 (Joey Kelly, Stefan Gödde, Charlotte Engelhardt, Lukas Hilbert)
- TV total (Stefan Raab, Max Mutzke, Dominik Krämer, Herbert Jösch)
- Nissan Wok Racing Team (Elton, Simon Gosejohann, Axel Stein, Julia)
Records
- 1-person-Wok: 87,97 km/h (Georg Hackl/2005)
- 4-person-Wok: 109,58 km/h (Nissan Wok Racing Team/2005)