| Growing in popularity throughout Canada and the | | | | deep mud. The suspension was raised and specific |
| United States, mud bogging is no longer a backwoods | | | | tires were designed. Since the late 1980's however, |
| sport. Known also as mud racing or simply mudding, | | | | sanctions have been put into place to make mud |
| this off-road sport is all about the most powerful | | | | bogging an official sport. |
| vehicle getting through the swampiest, muddiest | | | | One of the best features about the mudding videos |
| spots in the shortest time. The winner is chosen by | | | | themselves is the up-close action you can see |
| the person who gets furthest through the track. | | | | without the mess of being there in the mud. From |
| Because of its growing popularity, increasing numbers | | | | the comfort of your home, you can watch races on |
| of mudding videos are being sold. | | | | just about any track imaginable. These include short, |
| The vehicles involved compete in extreme conditions | | | | one hundred fifty feet tracks to large, three hundred |
| and are generally four wheel drive because of the | | | | foot tracks. Tracks can be holes, bogs, hills or even |
| hazards. The winner is typically chosen by who | | | | pit tracks. |
| makes it through the track the furthest, however, if | | | | Various racing vehicles are made for different runs, |
| more than one racer makes it, the person with the | | | | each one having a specific type that best suits it. For |
| quickest time is the winner. | | | | instance, hills and holes are best raced with four to |
| Dragster style vehicles are often used with the rail | | | | six cylinder street stocks. In bigger classes they use |
| style and are generally either class V or class VI mud | | | | bigger tires as a general rule. When watching the |
| racers. The difference between class V & class VI | | | | mudding videos, you will learn all the differences in |
| vehicles is simply the tires. The class V tires are | | | | cars, tracks and racers as well. |
| modified street legal tires. Notches and grooves are | | | | Mudding is sanctioned by the NMRO or the National |
| cut out of the tire to make for better traction. The | | | | Mud Racing Organization. However, in 2008, a new |
| VI tires are like those of sand runners. They have | | | | group was formed, making the sport more unified, |
| special designed paddles on them which helps them | | | | allotting points to drivers just like regular car racing |
| move through the wet terrain. | | | | does. But there are still many exciting groups who |
| Equipped with super charged engines including nitrous | | | | get together for a more raw racing style, who aren't |
| oxide which gives the truck that extra kick to get | | | | part of a team and who aren't sponsored. This is |
| through tough spots, mud boggers are in a class of | | | | what makes the mudding videos so exciting, the raw |
| their own. Early in the sport, mudders were old | | | | racing styles of the various drivers and teams. |
| pick-ups or SUV's specially modified for racing in the | | | | |