# What's your favorite "trash sport"?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 2, 2006, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-trash-sport/355163 "2006-05-02T22:37:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-trash-sport/355163/21 "2006-05-04T10:54:33Z")

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Don’t know what it’s called, but there’s a form of “smash up derby” motor racing that I’ve only ever seen once on TV years ago, but it tickled me:

You get three old cars and tie them together like a train. The lead car is fully functional. the middle car has no motor or steering, and there’s nobody inside it. The rear car has no motor, but a second guy is in it to steer. You place two of these car-trains on a fibure of 8 dirt track and let 'em go for it.

Stupid and fun.

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**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-trash-sport/355163/22 "2006-05-04T23:42:27Z")

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Canine long jumps (into a shallow pool). Sure, it’s silly, but it’s a perfectly benign activity for the dogs, who unanimously appear to love what they’re doing. Their owners hold them back until it’s time for them to run & leap, and the dogs are just quivering all over in anticipation while they wait.

Sometimes you can see the floppier ears go airborne, which is sometimes replayed in slo-mo. 🙂

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