GRAND JUNCTION -

Beer, brats, and wiener dogs, no doubt it's a weird combination but it’s what draws thousands of people every year to Grand Junction's Oktober Fest.

Amid the loud cheers of spectators, roughly a hundred dachshunds raced their little legs off for bragging rights as the "fastest wiener dog" on the Western Slope.

This is the fifth year the tradition has been held at our local Oktober Fest.

The pups competed in heats of four filled with returning racers and new comers.