Nathan's On ESPN... Now. Will Chestnut Take Kobayashi?

[gatorunvrsty]

It's on! Who takes the eating title?

[Sabanocchio]

It's on! Who takes the eating title?

Kobayashi. He's a machine.

[gatorunvrsty]

Chestnut's blowing his doors, so far.

[Sabanocchio]

Chestnut's blowing his doors, so far.

Not now....

[gatorunvrsty]

Chestnut's going to hang on with the 3 dog lead. I can feel the upset.

[Sabanocchio]

He puked. Chestnut wins. I think....

[gatorunvrsty]

Chestnut takes it in World Record Form! 63 Dogs. Wow!
Kobayashi goes:barf:

EDIT: Oops. Make that 66. Dayum.

[Sabanocchio]

He was scored with 66!? That's a hell of a lot of hot dogs.

[palmettocock]

USA USA USA USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Seppeh]

It was like 64-63 at the end. Joey must've shoved A LOT of dogs in at the end. Congrats though, finally back in America!

[Sabanocchio]

I won't eat a hot dog for awhile after seeing Kobay hurl...

[Seppeh]

He set his first record at his rookie appearance on July 4, 2001, when he ate 50 hot dogs in 12 minutes at the Nathan's Coney Island hot dog-eating contest, nearly doubling the previous record of 25⅛. The record was so unexpected that when Kobayashi got to the later numbers, the organizers ran out of signs indicating how many dogs Kobayashi had eaten and had to resort to handwritten signs.

Incredible how far competitive eating has come. 25 .. that aint squat now.