Tuesday fun: Crab racing
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- 321-242-9280
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1942 N. Wickham Road
Melbourne, FL 32935 - 321-242-9280
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Tuesday, June 25 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, June 25 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, June 25 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, June 25 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, July 2 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, July 2 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, July 2 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, July 2 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, July 9 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, July 9 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, July 9 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, July 9 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, July 16 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, July 16 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, July 16 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, July 16 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, July 23 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, July 23 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, July 23 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, July 23 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, July 30 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, July 30 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, July 30 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, July 30 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, August 6 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, August 6 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, August 6 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, August 6 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, August 13 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, August 13 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, August 13 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, August 13 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, August 20 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, August 20 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, August 20 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, August 20 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, August 27 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, August 27 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, August 27 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, August 27 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, September 3 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, September 3 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, September 3 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, September 3 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, September 10 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, September 10 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, September 10 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, September 10 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, September 17 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, September 17 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, September 17 6:30PM - 7:30PM Tuesday, September 17 6:30PM - 7:30PM
The National Crab Racing Association conducts hermit crab races — the Crabtucky Derby — at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Crickets Spirits Sports and Food, 1942 N. Wickham Road, Melbourne. For more information, call 407-251-2772 or visit www.crabrace.com.
Race crabs at Crickets! How to do it? It's free. But before the races begin, each participant picks a hermit crab from an aquarium, then gives the creature a name. Each shell is individually numbered for identification purposes. On a typical night, these crabs compete in 12 to 14 heat races. Here's how each race unfolds: The crustaceans loiter beneath an upside-down plastic salad bowl at the center of a 6-foot racing ring. Then the bowl is lifted, and crabs scatter in all directions. The first to cross the yellow ring wins and advances to the nightly championship race.
The human whose crab wins the championship gets to choose a sealed envelope containing $10 to $100 in prize money.
- Atmosphere and Personality
- Bar Scene, Bustling, Fun And Flirty, and Offbeat
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- Wickham and Aurora roads
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