Recap STONIE SETS NEW SLUGBURGER WR WITH 43 IN 10 MINS! DEFEATS NEMESIS CHESTNUT FOR 2ND TIME IN 2014! Youth is a hunter—and it hunts without a care or fear or regret. And it hunts age, guile and experience with a savage longing that can not be quenched and will not be quenched. It also often wears tight-fitting pants, even though it's 98 degrees out and it's about to participate in an eating contest. So be it. Damn it. The kids are alright. And, after all, who's The Who, any way? Read it and weep, old people: A new World Record for Matt "The Megatoad" Stonie. Read it and weep, old people: 43 Slugburgers; 10 minutes. For. The. Win. And for a win against the one called Chestnut. Read it and weep, old people: Your past is longer than your future. Dusk is coming. Night shall fall. The end. All of which is to say that Matt Stonie, who is 22 and the very embodiment of American youth, won the World Slugburger Eating Championship Presented By Main St. Corinth on a piping hot day in beautiful downtown Corinth, MS. He ate 43. Chestnut ate 42. A win's a win, close or not. Dig the scene: Bang. Stonie out fast. So fast. Three slugburgers ahead. Is it four? Could it be? Yes. Yes, it is. Chestnut struggling to hit a rhythm. Chestnut slow? Yes, Chestnut slow. What the? Stonie, Stonie, Stonie. Speed. So smooth. A twist of the torso, another bite, down, down, down, more slugburgers lost to the gullet. Chestnut is lost, too. No traction. No grounding. An ecstasy of fumbling. Stonie forges ahead. And then it turns. Turns. Like. That. Stonie slows in the back third of the contest, unable to keep pace. Chestnut finds it. And by it, we mean it. It. The thing he does. The rhythm. The paced fury that has been his calling card since we first knew his name. Bang. Bang. Bang. Chestnut storming back. The comeback is on. The crowd chants Joey. The crowd chants Stonie. The crowd sways. Eaters eat. Five, four, three, two, one—stop! And to the tally. And you know the result. Breathe now. Breathe in the hot Mississippi air and know that history was made. You know the result. Others ate less. Miki was in the crowd to cheer on Juan. The Crazy Canuck and Seth and Greg came up from Memphis. Post-event celebrations took place at Mike's Cafe, The Long Branch and Smith's. A funk cover band played long into the night back at the festival. Love Rollercoaster. Play That Funky Music. That's The Way I Like It. Familiar grooves hummed throughout downtown wherever you stepped. Corinth danced. History was made. It was hot. from ifoce.com

• published: 21 Jul 2014
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