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Since 2006, a group of friends have met up in a tiny town in Texas and competed in a hitch hiking race that takes them to some woods in North Carolina. Typically, it goes something like this:

Meet in Van, Texas the day before the race starts to play dodgeball and other games in the local school gym. Afterwards there is a cookout at Aaron Bell's moms house. Racers stay up all night picking teams,

fighting for starting positions on the interstate, making hitch hiking signs, and playing pranks on each other. Teams are created the night before the race in hopes that every team has at least one experienced hitch hiker, one person who could kick some ass if needed, and one person who is a good judge of character. Each participant contributes $50 dollars to the community fun, which pays for everything. On the morning of the race, teams of three litter the interstate separated by 1 mile each. The goal is to be the first team to get to the camp ground in North Carolina, and usually teams prank each other along the way. What would take you 14 hours to drive yourself, is being hitch hiked in 14.5 hours. While it is called the hitch hiking race, its really more about camping out with good friends in North Carolina for a week and meant to be the perfect start to summer.

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