A humble garden snail has proved slow and steady wins the race — at this year’s World Snail Racing Championships in Congham, England. Larry the snail beat his sluggish competitors to the finish line ...

Slow and steady wins this race. An annual snail racing event — which holds a Guinness World Record as the longest running humane snail-racing world championships — is making a comeback post pandemic.

There’s an episode of SpongeBob SquarePants (that I’m sure you remember) called “The Great Snail Race,” in which SpongeBob enters Gary into a big race against other snails (or in the case of Patrick’s ...

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My And with that, the 2nd annual Folsom City Snail Race was off. The event was sponsored by the local Chamber of Commerce to raise money for *** new sports complex. Joey Mitchell of Frack Radio ...

On your marks, get set, escargot! The World Snail Racing Championship wound down Sunday in Norfolk county, England, where Sammy the Snail came up 18 seconds short of a 24-year-old record, according to ...

Neil Riseborough, the "Snail Master" of the 2013 World Snail Racing Championships, takes his sport seriously. "We're a clean sport, unlike sprinting worldwide," he ...

On your marks. Get set. Go. If you've ever attended a race event, you've probably heard these commands. Everyone gets in position, and then they dazzle onlookers with their speed. But this weekend in ...