DATE: May 15, 2026 HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — Garland County’s first responders are already throwing more shade than a red oak tree as competition nears in the Battle of the Badge division of the 2026 World Championship Running of the Tubs bathtub races along World Famous Bathhouse Row in downtown Hot Springs. […]
Continue readingFull Month Before the Event, Entry Lineup Is Completed For 2026 World Championship Bathtub Races in Hot Springs
DATE: May 8, 2026 HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — A full month before the June 6 event, the full lineup is complete for the 2026 World Championship Running of the Tubs bathtub races through historic downtown Hot Springs. “We have reached the full limit of competing tubs for this year’s Running,” Visit Hot Springs […]
Continue readingRegistration Now Open for Wettest Four-wheeled Competition On Earth
“It’s time for racers to get ready for The Cleanest World Championship on Earth,” said Alexis Hampo, special events manager for Visit Hot Springs.
Continue readingRock Town Roller Derby Skaters Jam Into the Action As Referees
You put 27 five-person teams into hot competition pushing bathtubs full of water down a main drag and a certain amount of good-natured mayhem is guaranteed to erupt.
Continue readingRed-hot Battle of the Badge Tub Race Competition Heats Up
The bathtub racing competition between the Hot Springs Fire Department and the Hot Springs Police Department has always generated a red-hot level of heat as part of the World Championship Running of the Tubs competition on Bathhouse Row in downtown.
Continue readingNine New Teams Sign Up to Push Actual Bathtubs Full of Water Down Hot Springs’ World-famous Bathhouse Row
Believe it or not, nine new five-person teams have signed up to push actual bathtubs full of water down World Famous Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs on June 7 in the 19th edition of the World Championship Running of the Tubs bathtub races.
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