Yes, it is possible to hit two birds with one stone in Blizzard's World of Warcraft. Remember those mounts that make for faster transportation? WoW player Sheildheart and the rest of the Venom Guild will be using them to race against each other in the Venom Mount Racing Championship.

Blizzard forum member Sheildheart sent out an invitation recently to all interested parties on the European WoW forums who wish to watch the said event. Unfortunately, the race is restricted to actual Venom Guild members only, but they wouldn't mind other people cheering them on and participating in some light role-play.

Blizzard blue poster Vaneras chipped in with these words: "Ahh... a glorious day on the race track underneath the blistering sun. We can never have enough racing events :-) Adding this to the Community Events section of our homepage this week."

If you're interested in attending, the race will take place at 3:00 p.m. game time on Saturday, May 24, 2008. The venue will be the Shimmering Flats (thousand needles) on the Steamwheedle Cartel server.