Now this is pig racing - WiscNews
The Dodge County Fairgrounds’ dirt track is home to sprint car and motorcycle racing, but the annual Dodge County Fair brings a different breed of competition that doesn’t involve vehicles engineered by savvy minds. Matt Schoebel is the race announcer for the Swine Time Pig Racing on the Dodge County Fairgrounds and said it’s still fun to announce after 24 seasons. When it’s race time, it’s not hard to find the red track with checkered flags and Schoebel’s pig-pun commentary. Schoebel and his family are from Germania and have been racing pigs for 25 years at various fairs across the Midwest. Schoebel said his first fair pig racing was in 1991 and he didn’t become a staple at the Dodge County Fair until around 2008. “We stay in the Midwest and we do about seven or eight fairs a year,” he said. According to him, his family bought the red pig-racing track from another pig racer named Larry who resided in Sauk City. “He was either the second or the third guy in the country racing pigs back in the mid ‘80s,” Schoebel said. He said he can’t remember how long Larry was racing, but Schoebel is still using the same metal fences, hinges and doors that Larry used years ago. Source: www.wiscnews.com
