It started with a 1 a.m. brain spiral and ended with a full-on insect racing league.

In this episode of Chaos with Kori, I take you inside Chaos Roach Racing — the unhinged backyard bracket where six real (outdoor!) cockroaches battled it out on the cardboard track of destiny at Skitterdome Speedway.

You’ll meet each racer, learn their chaotic backstories, hear how the matchups played out, and find out which gremlin of a bug skittered their way into roach racing immortality.

It’s gross. It’s chaotic. It’s strangely inspiring.

And no — they were never in my house.