For some reason, a thing that exists in the South is “Extreme Barbie Jeep Racing” in which grown men and women race at full speeds down a hill in child-sized Barbie Jeeps.
In the least surprising news ever, it doesn’t always go well, as you can see in the video above at around the 2:40 mark when a man riding his jeep down the rocky hill was knocked unconscious after he was sent off of his light pink “vehicle.” Shockingly the man in front of him who suffered a much worse crash that sent him literally tumbling through the air appeared to get up right after the spill.
Paramedics were rushed onto the track where the man was eventually helped off, and appeared to be okay as literally thousands of spectators cheered on.
The folks over at Mashable looked into the world of Extreme Barbie Jeep Racing back in May (they looked at an event in Arkansas, but it’s the same basic idea) and they tried to shed a little more light on why the dangerous event is so popular in the southern portion of the U.S.. Via Mashable:
“It’s a rush,” said 24 year-old Joey McCammon, after winning this year’s title and $500 with his little sister’s plastic pink Mustang. “You don’t know what could happen. You could flip. You could make it straight down.”
That uncertainty is exactly what Terry loves most about Barbie Jeep racing — money or athleticism doesn’t guarantee victory.
“There’s no factor that matters at Barbie Jeep racing,” he said.
One factor that might matter is ensuring that no one dies from something so reckless as racing childrens jeeps with no brakes down a hill, but I guess you do you, the South.
