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PAST EVENTS 2008

August 9th, Sam Thomas organized a mud race in Orient WA. Single lane 120 foot long deep deep DEEP pit that was only traversed on the first wave of trucks by Jack Laude... who also whooped everyone else and took first place. Only about 11 trucks showed up...but it was all good as everyone who showed up knew everyone else and it was a fun friendly thing. Thanks to all for going including Jack Laude, his son Tim, Keith Brown, Allan Lundberg, Richard and Carlee, Dustin, Leon and Carrie Russel, Marvin and his wife, Byron, and I think I left a name or two out who I am pulling a momentary lapse of memory on. (imagine that) Oh yeah, I showed with "Herbie on Steroids" as well. Not a single truck showed up for 4&6, stock V8 or street&trail. We had two trucks with 3 drivers for hot street, so Sam at the last minute decided to break up the modified class into two random categories... small block and big block... so that he could give out 6 trophies to us all instead of 3. I thought that was pretty cool! Thanks again Sam for a really fun event... pound for pound I think I had as much fun as I do at Moyie!

August 9th there was a mud bog in Troy MT. Tech-in from 7:00-11:00 and racing started at noon. They had pay-outs this year per class. It was side by side with a staging tree.

August 9th Big Al's did side by side mud races at Stateline Idaho. $40 entry fee which includes one pit pass. Tech in is from 1:00pm to 3:00pm and racing starts around 3:30 or 4:00pm

August 2nd, BARLOW POINT RACEWAY did races in Longview, WA. Go to their website for more info on fees, classes, etc. For more information contact Craig Sines at (503) 886-4146 or email. UPDATE: Due to circumstances beyond control, all Barlow Point Raceway races will be Saturday only for the 2008 season.

July 26th, was Downriver Days in Ione WA hosted by Mountain Explorers. Matty's steering broke on the way there which resulted in him rolling down a nasty hill with 8 people total on board. 6 went to the hospital for minor injuries, no one seriously hurt. Buddy Lee's son stayed in the hospital overnight for observation and was out riding his bicycle the very next day.

July 26th was Big Al's side by side mud races at Stateline Idaho. $40 entry fee which includes one pit pass. Tech in from 1:00pm to 3:00pm and racing starts around 3:30 or 4:00pm

July 12th was Big Al's side by side mud races at Stateline Idaho. $40 entry fee which includes one pit pass. Tech in from 1:00pm to 3:00pm and racing starts around 3:30 or 4:00pm

July 12th BARLOW POINT RACEWAY had races in Longview, WA. Go to their website for more info on fees, classes, etc. For more information contact Craig Sines at (503) 886-4146 or email. UPDATE: Due to circumstances beyond control, all Barlow Point Raceway races will be Saturday only for the 2008 season.

June 21st was the Just Internationals "Binder Bash 2008" at the Clayton fairgrounds. Click here to see the flier.

June 28th Big Al's did it again... side by side mud races at Stateline Idaho. $40 entry fee which includes one pit pass. Tech in is from 1:00pm to 3:00pm and racing starts around 3:30 or 4:00pm

June 15th, Eureka Dune Runners did a demolition derby at Armstrongs Mud Bog and Sand Drag Arena on Airport Road

June 14th & 15th BARLOW POINT RACEWAY did races in Longview, WA. Go to their website for more info on fees, classes, etc. For more information contact Craig Sines at (503) 886-4146 or email. UPDATE: Due to circumstances beyond control, all Barlow Point Raceway races will be Saturday only for the 2008 season.

June 14th, was Big Al's again doing side by side mud races at Stateline Idaho. $40 entry fee which includes one pit pass. Tech in is from 1:00pm to 3:00pm and racing starts around 3:30 or 4:00pm

June 13th, there was an event at the grant county fairgrounds. They will be had 4x4,4x2 vehicle dirt drags and a ton of class' for 4-wheelers. They will also had the extreme team moto-x stunt riders and the kick ass guys from High Ridas extreme stunt rider team.

May 31, is Big Al's again doing side by side mud races at Stateline Idaho. $40 entry fee which includes one pit pass. Tech in is from 1:00pm to 3:00pm and racing starts around 3:30 or 4:00pm

May 17 was the Benton City mud bog race & demolition derby. $30 entry fee 90% pay back on prizes. Gates open @ 7am bog starts at 10am any questions call 509-521-9333 or 509-588-6350. Directions: just follow main street through Benton City- can't miss it so I have been told. Thanks to Randy Mack for this info!

May 17 was Big Al's again doing side by side mud races at Stateline Idaho

Mothers Day weekend (May 9, 10, 11) was MOYIE SPRINGS mud bogs. Very good turn out, lots of rigs, lots of mud and lots of fun. Thanks again Bruce!

May 3rd was Big Al's side by side mud races at Stateline Idaho

April 26th was Eureka Dune Runners sand drags at Armstrongs Mud Bog and Sand Drags Arena.

April 27th was Eureka Dune Runners the "Rendezvous Mud Bog" at Armstrongs Mud Bog and Sand Drag Arena on Airport Road

April 18-20 was Mud Days 2008 in Ione put on by Allan Lundberg of Mountain Explorers.

April 19th was the second mud race of the year at Big Al's.

April 12th was Cabin Fever Run, Pinehurst, Idaho. For info click here

April 5th was the first mud race of the year at Big Al's.

April 5th Eureka Dune Runners did their first mud race of the year. The "Test and tune, get off the couch race"

March 22nd was Benton City!

March 15th and 16th was Mountain Explorers Annual 4x4 Play Weekend at 7-Mile ORV Park

March 1st and 2nd Allan Lundberg of Mountain Explorers put on "Snow Days 2" in Ione. For directions, click here Take a moment and peek here by clicking this link.

March 8th @ 4:00 pm was the official Drivers Meeting for 2008 at Big Al's. All are welcome to attend and give input.

February 23rd and 24th was Allan's "Snow Days 1" run. This day was casual and we spent more time getting rigs unstuck than anything else. Allan was late and called just about everyone to let them know... except Orville. Orville was there a day before anyone else showed up! Orville and I played in our wimpy trucks and John and Allan played with Allan's big toys. Took some video but haven't seen it yet. Will post if I find anything worth posting on the tape! Click these links to see a few photos: Budget Suburban stuck Orville stuck break time Allan's trucks stuck 1 Allan's trucks stuck 2 Quad stuck Mudallica Dodge D-50 Orville Mudallica Dodge D-50

January 1 there were a bunch of 4x4'ers out playing doing a hangover run. The drivers seemed to be in better shape than the rigs- more than few rigs left via tow strap. Buddy Lee's insanely heavy was more than a match for Allan's insanely heavy Suburban. In all at at least one point or another he had hooked to him: Allan's Suburban, Ozz's 4Runner, Shawn's Toyota, Allan's Toyota FJ65 Landcruiser, a full size Bronco, John F.'s yellow Blazer, and some assistnace from a Jeep with a winch. Buddy was not the first to be pulled out of there either!

PAST EVENTS 2007

Dec 31 was the New Years Eve mud/snow bog and party at Moyie Springs! I have not heard yet who went; only talked to Mud Nazi who said none of their Sandpoint group were able to go.

Dec 15th was Sam's Poker Run in Colville, WA. Here is a quote from Sam himself describing the day's events: "So starting out I decided to have one to many the night before the poker run. Not a big deal I'm sure no one will get there on time anyway! WRONG! Dwayne and Alex show up at 7:30....a.m.! They braved the horrible roads all the way from Sandpoint Idaho so they left early and well got here early. No big deal , if everyone else follows suit we'll be in good shape! Yeah right! The next rig shows up at 9 a.m. .....the departure time! Finally the last person mosey's on in (mmm Allen) and to boot has to change his oil,fix a starter and chain his axle back to the leaf springs. At least he made it here and back home safe. So we head out on the trail at noon (3 hrs late)! Shouldn't be an issue though cause the snow fall accumulation for the week's prior were pretty light.The first 3-4 miles were fairly easy and then the grade got increasingly more difficult ,did I mention that I decided to do the run reverse of our normal route because it was harder? It worked ,Allen with his 40 " ground hawgs and Marvin with his 35 " toyo's both locked up had some difficulties but Shay with his bronco had some terminal issues early on and had to turn back around. After more airing down everyone made it with no more problems and we pulled a card. Dwayne and Alex in their Buick v-6 samurai did the best of all the rigs there. Light weight decent power to weight 36" irocks did the trick. All the folks found their groove in some of the play areas with only a couple high centers and minor breakage (charging system problems in Buddy lee's blazer). During the play stops the kids that accompanied their parents found a few sledding hills to terrorize!Oh yeh we pulled another card.When we finally got to the lake every one pulled out their tailgate barbecue's for a quick bite to eat before the decent back down, don't forget to pull that card. Upon heading down we did some more play area shinanagins and pulled yet another card. All arriving home safely we pull our last card to find that indeed the early bird does get the worm Dwayne win's the $60 poker run pot,I did some figuring and Marvin ends up winning the snow depth Grab bag.Congratulations to all. Now the fun continues. The kids find my sons small sledding hill,my son pulls out his four wheeler to give some rides and Marvin unleashes his son on his snowmobile while the adults got treated to my wife's homade chilli and cornbread . Then we all reside to the backyard for the bonfire which we got going in the four wheeler way.....gasoline and pallets! So with some adult beverages and some music we all relaxed and reminisced about the days activities. To see pics and participants of this years run check out my site: www.thomasfamilyracing.50megs.com -Sam"

Nov 24th and 25th Allan from Mountain Explorers hosted a playday at his property in Ione. Click here to see photos taken by Bill Stock, navigator of the black Cherokee and Webmaster of WA Mudbugs. The turn out was rather small but the people who showed had a really good time. Those who made it were Matt and Heidi with a VW Rabbit truck on with a 454 and 40" Swampers; John who helped Allan rebuild the orange Blazer, Richard and Carlee, Keith and Jen with a tiny cool ass Toyota, Bill Stock with his 10 year old son in a lifted Cherokee, Dustin with hie S-10 on 42's, Orville from Canada with a stock F-150 that did really sell, a couple guys from Colville whose names I forgot in a lifter Toyota with 35's, Allan of course, and myself with two Broncos. Probably a few names I forgot to mention too! We all had a good time and the midnight trail rides were a lot of fun.

Oct 27th & 28th was a the year end Mud Brothers mud races in Sandpoint! They had special group rates at the Super 8 Motel of $48.99 if you mentioned Mud Brother Racing...how cool is that? Lots of rigs showed up and lots of X-class rigs raced. Yeah, Sam Thomas took first place...again. Why not try something original like second place Sam???

Oct 13th was the final Big Al's mud bog. Click here to see Allan's page with a brief write up about places and photos. If the link isn't working copy and paste this link in your browser: http://www.allanstrucks.50megs.com/photo_33.html

Oct 5th, 6th and 7th was the autumn Moyie Springs mud bog. Lots of rigs, lots of mud and lots of fun- come back and check for a write up!

Sept 22 was a mud bog/ mud race at Big Al's at Stateline, Idaho.
I was a no-show once again due to financial devastation... waiting for word of who went and how it went! Click here to view the Big Al's calendar.

Sept 14, 15, 16 was the Rock Crawl Playday at Broken Boulder Farm at Glendale, WA...part of the Maryhill Festival of Speed. $30 for Friday and Saturday, $20 for Sunday, $50 for all three days. Camping available on site, for more info call Rody or Mark Shilling: 509.773.3638 rody@gorge.net

Sept 8 was the Sprague Lake mud bogs. Allan uploaded the flier- click here to see it. Allan, Shawn and John from Mountain Explorers took Allan's parts truck out to play in the stock V8 class and John nabbed the third place spot and Allan himself grabbed first place. Buddy Lee showed up and took first place in Street and Trail class. Jimy also came with the Mountain Explorers with his 79 Chevy. Dan Casper showed up with his Dodge, but I don't know how well he did.

Sept 8 was Big Al's at Stateline, Idaho.
Allan and the Mountain Explorers brought the parts truck they raced in Sprague earlier that day but it was starting to not do so hot. Shaun Wolter showed up in Chris Ozella's red V8 Toyota. Sam Thomas left the Elk benefit car show early to race at Big Al's and took first place in modified class with Ryan "Skeeter" in the 1950 Willy's pulling 2nd place. Buddy Lee also came straight from the Sprague races. Josh Elliot from Colville brought his K5. Jack Laude showed up but his trans-brake wasn't working right so he didn't run. Tim Laude (his son), in the black GMC Truck on Rockwells made it as well as Lisa Laude in a 350V8 Toyota Flatbed, Scott (Poor Boys) with the Orange Blazer with the 434 or something small block motor, Brad running as 2nd driver in the Blazer, Ryan "Skeeter" in the '50 Willys with Co-Driver Pat Arnold, Shelby Werner running a Chevy stepside that did really good, Carl Kent in a Jeep Renegade, The Big Al's sponsored RockCrawling Jeep ran in the mud Dennis Parkins, The Hook Family with William Hook running 4&6 and his dad announced as "Chuck Hook The Old Man in The old Faithful" (Black Chevy truck), The Dunham Family in a Suburban, a Chevy truck and a few rigs; someone in a dark green 427 powered Chevy truck that ran hard, Chris Shue? in his Blue Ford shortbed, Corey in a light blue Ford shortbed that smoked a lot, Dave Oglesbee in his Chevy Blazer, Chris Black in a Chevy Blazer, someone in a White Ford Shortbed, Brad Castle in an early bodystyle Chevy Blazer, Kevin?? in a red newer Ford Powerstroke Crew Cab, Eric Everhart?? in a Jeep Comanche (4&6)

Sept 8 was Eureka Dune Runners playday. Sand, mud, blind obstacle course and a pig roast. Josh Krebs, Jim and James Smith, and Justin Holmes went to this and had a great time. Said they would go again next year for sure!

Saturday, September 8 was a benefit "Mud truck / car show" for Jesse Jack, son of Mike and Jessica Jack that got in the quad accident a while back and has been in intensive care. Several people brought out their race rigs to show including Sam Thomas with his brand new paint job on his rail Jeep, "Getting in Trouble". They held a raffle with many cool prizes including some really nice helmets and many other items. I really hope they raised enough money to make a small dent in their kids' medical bills.

August 25 Big Al's at Stateline, Idaho.
I heard a rumor that this was the last Big Al's of the year... take a look and see that that rumor was BS! Last one of the year is officially October 13th, 2007

Sunday, August 19 was Elk mud bog AKA Mud-a-Rama. Let's continue our support for young Jesse and hope he gets it back together soon!

August 11 was a mud bog/ mud race at Big Al's at Stateline, Idaho.
Sign in is 3:00 to 4:00, racing starts at 5:00. Driver & truck fee is $15 plus mud bog fee is $15 to enter; making a total of $30. Rock and log crawl is $20 to enter, full course is $50. Pit pass is $20. Modified class 4-6-8 cylinder with 38" and bigger tires; Open class 4-6-8 cylinder with less than 38" tires. They will run a 4&6 class if enough little guys show to make a full class.

Saturday August 11 was the Troy Fire Department Mud Bog in Troy Montana.
There will be side by side racing and classes of stock, comp, mod and X-class.
Tech in is from 7am to 11am and racing starts at noon. Spectators can drink, but on the day of the races coolers are not allowed and beer must be purchased from the concession stands. Dogs on leashes OK and camping is welcome in the park.
$20 entry fee to stock class with 80% payback plus trophies; $50 for X-class for details on X-Class payouts. to contact them or call at 406 295 9342. If the "Click Here" boxes won't work for you copy this email address: djwelch01@hotmail.com

August 4&5 was Elk mud bog AKA Mud-a-Rama. Click here to see the flier.
Tech in is 10-12:00, $20 entry fee, $10 to bump up a class. Pit passes and spectator passes are $5. Racing starts at noon. Children 12 and under are free. Overnight camping is available. Go north on HWY 2 to Millers One Stop and turn right(Elk to HWY road). Go 4 or 5 miles to the big city of Elk. Right after you go over the bridge take the left right there on Bridges road. Follow that 4.1 miles to the very end where it tees. Turn left at the tee and it is right there...you can't miss it! If you need anything Backwoods store is about one block past where you turned onto Bridges road in Elk. Helmets are mandatory!
!!!ATTENTION!!! For safety reason shorts will not be allowed to be worn in the pits for pit crew or racers. Please make sure to bring a pair of long pants... or if you have a really big heart bring extras to loan out to anyone who forgets!
Mike and Jessica's son Jesse got hurt really bad just before the last mud bog they put on. I have heard that he has spent a lot of time in the ICU from head trauma. Jessica has barely left his bedside. Let's hope that JJ gets better so that Mike and Jessica can show up to their own mud bog!

August 4&5 was also Nakusp B.C. Aug 4-5 it's got a big payout, quality rigs, and a great place to race from what I hear.

August there was no Thunder Valley!

The 27th through the 30th was Ione's Downriver Days. Every year at about 10:00-10:30 am he gets all the muddy trucks together that show up to go through the parade at 11:00 Saturday morning. Sunday the 29th Hooper competed in the snowmobile watercross races. Allan has found an online town schedule of the events: http://www.povn.com/byway/towns/DownRiverDays.htm He has posted pics on his myspace page- not sure if it will work but try this link to see them: http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=37710784&albumId=751950

July 28 was a mud bog/ mud race at Big Al's at Stateline, Idaho.
Sign in is 3:00 to 4:00, racing starts at 5:00. Driver & truck fee is $15 plus mud bog fee is $15 to enter; making a total of $30. Rock and log crawl is $20 to enter, full course is $50. Pit pass is $20. Modified class 4-6-8 cylinder with 38" and bigger tires; Open class 4-6-8 cylinder with less than 38" tires. They will run a 4&6 class if enough little guys show to make a full class.

July 21st was a mud race in Elk, WA. Tech in is 9-11:00AM, $20 entry fee, $10 to bump up a class. Pit passes and spectator passes are $5. Racing starts at noon. Children 12 and under are free. Overnight camping is available. Go north on HWY 2 to Millers One Stop and turn right(Elk to HWY road). Go 4 or 5 miles to the big city of Elk. Right after you go over the bridge take the left right there on Bridges road. Follow that 4.1 miles to the very end where it tees. Turn left at the tee and it is right there...you can't miss it! If you need anything Backwoods store is about one block past where you turned onto Bridges road in Elk. I have not heard if helmets are mandatory or not, but bring them along just in case.
!!!ATTENTION!!! For safety reason shorts will not be allowed to be worn in the pits for pit crew or racers. Please make sure to bring a pair of long pants... or if you have a really big heart bring extras to loan out to anyone who forgets!
Mike and Jessica's son JJ got hurt really bad just before the last mud bog they put on. I have heard that he has spent a lot of time in the ICU from head trauma. Jessica has barely left his bedside and Mike has only done just the bare minimum he can get away with at work. Let's hope that JJ gets better so that Mike and Jessica can show up to their own mud bog! Let's all wish JJ a quick & full recovery.

July 14 was another Big Al's race at Stateline, Idaho.

July 7th & 8th was another mud race in Elk, WA. The mud was deep and the trucks were tough. The big boys worked hard and the little guys got their distance taped. Saturday had a good turn out of the local Washington guys and Sunday the big boys from Sandpoint came out and showed us some stuff! Mike and Jessica had to leave and miss out on the fun- their kid got in a 4-wheeler wreck just before it started. Everyone wishes you and your son the best Mike and Jess. Your kid is tough and we all hope is he fine soon.

July 6th & 7th was also the Couer d'Alene mud drags at the fair grounds. Thanks Chris for the info!

June 30 was another Big Al's race at Stateline, Idaho.

June 16 & 17 was Elk Days in Elk WA. (NOT A MUD EVENT!!!)

June 23 & 24 was Mud-A-Rama! Backwoods Mud Racing put together a well organized mud bog and killer obstacle course at Dwayne and Cheryl Dodd's property in Elk, WA. Good turnout with a lot of the guys from Sandpoint, including the Mud Brother's racing team with Al Ramsey in his red Jeep, Blue Chevy truck on 44's, Hogwash racing with Lloyd in the "Hog" extended ranger, and a few others like a Suzuki Samurai with some big wide tires, and also the green race jeep, James and Jim Smith with the Chevy Luv, the Datsun, and Steve with the orange 1950's International truck. From the Wa. State side we had Sam and Becky and Colin with the rail, Marvin Anderson with his purple Chevy, Richard Bates with his Toyota, "Pappy" Leon and his wife running the red K5 Blazer (technically from Idaho- Priest River), Frank and Karen Newall in their Jeep, Brad running his '39 Chevy, and Scott from Poor Boy's Tire running their Toyota, Two International Scout's from the Just IH club, Mike Reynolds, Brian Reynolds, Chris Reynolds running a few mud rigs and the Bronco OB course Bronco, Mike Bader and his wife running a Suburban, Buckwheat running his '68 Dodge, Brian running his '86 GMC Jimmy, and Allan Lundberg running his '82 Stepside with 39.5" Boggers. And, Jessica Jack of course, running her rail. John Alexander ran the Silver Bullet in OB, the Reynolds kids, and a 2wd mini-truck. Pics from the event are on Allans website, "MountainExplorers4x4.com"

June 23 & 24 was also the Northwest Rock Crawling Championships at Yakima Speedway. http://www.yakimaspeedway.us/webs/3/default.asp. Thanks to Paul Y. for providing this data and link.

June 16 was Big Al's at Stateline, Idaho.
Allan from Mountain Explorers beat the Mudallica Bronco with a one ton 292 straight six powered utility truck. OUCH! Richard Bates beat me two races later, and Shawn Wolter beat him to get the cash for 4&6 class. If you weren't there you should have been- the modified classes were awesome! So many fast rigs... Newells, Sam Thomas, Josh Krebs, Jim and Jim Smith, Chris Ozella, Buddy Lee, Allan Lundberg who also entered his Suburban with the 402, newbies the Werners, Jerry Walker, and many many other high powered big boys just put on one screaming show!

June 2nd & 3rd was a mud bog at Big Al's at Stateline, Idaho. Matt Huitt won 1st Place driving Freddy's K5 Blazer in Modified, Frank and Karen Newell took 2nd and 3rd in Modified in the Jeep. Richard Bates raced as well as Pappy with his new 35 Boggers; Jeff Hooper and his girlfriend Amber just watched because their tranny was toasted. Freddy took out his H2 Hummer and his K5. Freddy and Joe ran the H2 and Freddy and Matt ran the K5, with Matt winning the $100 1st place. Rochelle and daughter Shayla took out her '98 Dodge and ran stock class. Marc Emerson was there, Brad in the black '39 Chevy Pick n Pull rig, Poor Boys tire Scott and Amanda with Amanda running the silver Toyota, William Hook in a black Chevy and Chuck Hook in a 302 Bronco II, and a lot of others too.

May 19 &20th was a mud bog/ mud race at Big Al's at Stateline, Idaho.

May 11, 12, and 13th were the dates of Moyie Springs mud bog. What a BLAST! The unofficial word is there were about the same number of people as last year... which was about 7000 people. Pictures and video coming soon I hope! If you have any pictures you want to have posted on the Moyie 2007 page send 'em to me, or host the video clips on Google video and send me the links.

May 5th & 6th was the opening up for the first weekend of the year at Big Al's at Staeline Idaho. Should be every other weekend for the rest of the summer. Will post when I know for sure!

April 28 was another Ione playday at Allan's property. It had a good turn out with lots of people, rigs and pics. Click here for Allans pics from that day.

April 21 was "Mud Drags at Sandpoint" (Bonner County Fair Grounds) $30 truck and driver fees, $15 pit passes. 3 classes are Stock 4&6 cylinder, Modified up to 36 inch tires, Super Modified tire sizes over 37 inch. or visit their site here. Allan went and entered in Modified class and won a race against someone well known for winning... and then lost... I think he said to the Newells with their new blue paint and 427. I heard Richard Bates of MudSluts took second in 4&6

March 31 was the North Idaho Trail Blazers 2007 Cabin Fever Run. Allan went and said there were six trails to choose from that went from easy to insane. He said it was probably the most organized 4X4 event he has ever attended! Click for more info

March 31 was also mud bog with the EUEREKA DUNE RUNNERS in Eureka Montana. 2579 Airport Road. Contact Dave (406)889-3010 or Steve (406)889-5360

March 25 a new club called "Mud and Guts" had a get together at the ORV park in 9 Mile Falls.

March 17 was Allan's annual 7 Mile playday at the ORV park in 9 Mile Falls. Quite a few rigs showed up and quite a few broke! Paul Y. broke in his brand new Rubicon which has has only had for a couple weeks. It still has that new car smell, but the front bumper has that used 4x4 look now! Locked front and rear, his Jeep made easy play out of places bigger badder rigs were getting stuck. Renegade Ron brought his 5.0 Bronco II out and only did minor damage to it lol, and for once the Mudallica Bronco II didn't break anything!

Feb 18 was Snow Days II at Allan's property in Ione, WA. Bad news is that of all the people who wanted Snow Days II to happen, none showed up. A couple of Allan's close friends made it out there and they had a good time. Come on guys, let get the attendance up!

January 28 was IONE SNOWDAYS at Allan's property in Ione, WA. There were side by side snow races where the mud pits used to be. We broke it into two classes- rigs owned by Allan and rigs not owned by Allan. The rigs not owned by Allan were the small truck which included Mudallica's "The Baby", Steve in his Toyota truck, and Jonny in his Cherokee. Drivers swapped out in the larger class driving Allan's stepside, his "Yeehaw" Suburban (econoburban), and the red and white truck he bought in Oregon. The stepside and the econoburban blazed the trails for us to play in. Earlier before the racing started Keith with his insanely lifted Chevy was there, Sam Thomas, his wife and his son played in their Jeep Liberty, and Hooper from the Mud Sluts brought out a Blazer which he immediately broke a front hub or axle along with blowing out his rear spiders gears. With how much fun the side by side races were this time, Allan said he might hold an actual competition next winter.

January 1, 2007 was a playday at 7 Mile ORV Park. Check out airrooster.com and mountainexplorers4x4.com for pics.

PAST EVENTS 2006

December 9, 2006 was the Thomas Family Racing AKA Mudslingin Rockcrawlers 2006 Poker Run. Great turnout this year! Pics on the website.

October 28 was the Suburban White Guys DVD release party at the Blue Dolphin. Live music, costume prizes and drink specials. DVD release is "Pirates of the Rubicon 1&2". 1 block west of Pines and Sprague at 16 S. Robie street.

October 28 was side by side mud races at the fairgrounds in Sandpoint.

October 21&22 was rumored to be the last Big Al's 4x4 Top Truck Challenge. The crew at Big Al's really puts on a show. This might be the last one they did this year!

October 13, 14 & 15 was Moyie Springs Mud Bog, the King Daddy of all mud bogs!

Sunday, October 15 at noon was a photo opportunity to take pics of the new rocks brought out to 7Mile by the Spokane 4Wheelers club. The original 11 rocks will now have three truckloads added to them so that the rock crawlers can enjoy 7Mile too. Click here for Paul Y's photobucket album of pics he took that day.

October 7&8 was another Big Al's 4x4 Top Truck Challenge. Allan went Saturday and entered his truck Blazer, his stepside and his economy Suburban. He took the first place "Wad-O-cash" in street class with the stepside. Good job Allan!

September 29 & 30 was a mud bog at the CDA Fairgrounds. This link has more details.

September 23 & 24 was another Big Al's 4x4 Top Truck Challenge. These guys are getting good at putting on a fun mud bog- they just keep getting better and better. Saturday they had speed pits, but you still had to have a serious truck to make it through. My truck got stuck twice! This place is on it's way to becoming the mud bogging authority of the area!

September 23 wasn't Harrington. New insurance at the Lions Club wouldn't cover the bogs so Harrington was a NO-GO.

September 16 was the Fall Eureka Dune Runners Mud Bog! Will be at 2579 Airport Road in Eureka, Montana. Info provided by Backwoods Racing Team in Elk, WA. For more details to email them.

September 16 was also the FARMBOYS Racing mud bog and dirt drags in Ephrata WA. Gates open at noon, racing starts at 1:00. I think it is located at 14156 Rd. B.3 NW in Ephrata, WA 98823 but check the website for yourself to be sure! $30 entry fees for racers. 4&6 class, under 37 inch tire class, 37-44 inch tire class, naturally aspirated unlimited tires size including cut tires and tractor tires, and of course, unlimited class. Cash payouts for each class plus prized which include tools, parts and more.

The September 16 WATTORA 'Exploratory' trail ride' in the Colville National Forest has been cancelled due to fire bans on motor vehicles. Alternate unofficial plans of going to 7Mile ORV Park are in place for those of you not going out of town to Ephrata WA or Eureka MT but still want to wheel.

September 9 & 10 was Big Al's 4x4 Top Truck Challenge! Very tough pits that were for the most part distance measured with only a couple of the baddest machines making it through. Spectators had fun too- beer gardens and a great PA system and an announcer who knows how to work a crowd! Watch for Big Al's every other weekend until winter!

September 9 was the Sprague Lake mud bogs.

September 3 was the third Washington Mud Drags! There was only a small turn out this time, but those who showed put on a good show and everyone had a great time. Thanks again Mike and Jessica Jack! (Patty too!)
I had my heart set on taking home the first place trophy on stock street class but ended the day with second place in my tan Bronco, now powered by a straight six. First place went to my boy IN MY RIG!!! Good job Michael! This was his first time racing, placing or even driving a stick shift!
to email Mike and Jessica.

August 26 and 27 was a mud bog at Big Al's at Stateline, ID.

August 19 was the Orient mud bog in Orient WA. Anyone go???

August 19 was the WATTORA 'Exploratory' trail ride to Colville NF near Kettle Falls. Click here to view pics and videos from that event.

August 12 2006 was the TVFD mud bogs in Troy Montana. for info and questions about their next event.

August 5&6 2006 was the Colville Thunder Valley Mud Bog!


Put on by Mudslingin' Rockcrawlers. Sam can not ever be accused again of having "Wussy pits!" X-Class and Modified class worked hard to make it through (if they could make it) and most of the truck in the classes down went by distance. For the survivors who made it through to the second run Sunday people started going through and getting times instead of distances once the pits finally blew out. Thanx to the alcohol burners who came here from Montana and thrashed their $50,000 rigs. Thanx to Mike Reynolds who gave us an great front row rollover and came out smiling. Thanx to the guy in the blue Bronco with the purple flames who let his friend drive and gave us a great rollover Saturday night. We truly enjoyed the carnage you gave us and the show you guys put on!

July 8th 2006 was another Nitro Productions Monster Truck show in Colville. I heard there were some fast rigs and deep mud!

July 1 & 2 2006 was the second Washington Mud Drags! race this year along with the Liberty 500 races on the circle track.

June 24 2006 was the Monster Truck Show and Mud Bog at Spokane Fairgrounds. Karen Newell took home the dough for first place in her purple Jeep!

June 17 & 18 2006 was a mud race in Longview Washington. Hosted by the Columbia River Mud Racing Association.

June 17 & 18 2006 was also "Elk Days" in Elk, WA. No mud bogs there... just the annual Elk Days party that usually consists of live music, competitions, arts and crafts, etc. Mike got first place in the car show with his Sterling kit car!

June 9 2006 was a mud run in Frankfort Kansas. Hosted by BVOR. Info provided by the "Bob" on the Mudallica corkboard.

June 3&4 2006 was the CDA Monster Truck Show put on by Nitro Productions. 360/785-4976 4056 N. Government Way Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83815

May 12,13,14 2006 was the MOYIE SPRINGS mud bog on Mothers Day weekend. What a weekend that was!

May 7 2006 was the first Washington Mud Drags! race to be put on this year in Northport. Contact if you have any questions about rules or what-not.

April 29th 2006 was the Eureka Dune Runners Sand Drags at 2579 Airport Road in Eureka, Montana. Info provided by Backwoods Racing Team in Elk, WA. For more details to email them.

April 8th 2006 was the NITB Cabin Fever Run in Pinehurst, Idaho. Go to their site: North Idaho Trail Blazers

April 1st 2006 was the Eureka Dune Runners Mud Bog in Eureka, Montana.

March 19 2006 Seven Mile adventure with Mountain Explorers went pretty good! About 15 club members showed and another 15 or so trucks who were already there gave plenty of show!

PAST EVENTS 2005

MOYIE SPRINGS New Years Eve 2005 mud bog. Heard some pretty good stories about that day and good vehicle carnage too!

December 3 2005 "Poker Run" with Mudslingin' Rockcrawlers. Not a competition; just a bunch of rigs going through a cross country trail way up north through a ton of snow with a bar at the finish line...which happens to be about a mile from the starting line.

October 22 2005-Devil's Ridge Playday. I missed it but showed up for the aftermath. Reynolds had just slapped some 350 gears in his rear end...he snapped it earlier that day. He did some good 2-wheeling and then corkscrewed his driveline. He replaced that (actually his son did the work) and played a little longer until he blew out his 350 gears too!
His son played around with the rail...it goes pretty good! He said he has won several trophies with it this year. I think he would beat Mudallica easy!

Sept 30, October 1 and 2 2005- MOYIE SPRINGS Fall mud bog. This was a BLAST!!! There were tons of tough trucks there! A six wheel drive hearse called "Mortis", a Toy body on a bad ass Ford frame, the white S-10 from Elk that no one can beat but maybe the Jacks or Jerry Walker, Spinney with his beast, an MG with a V-8 and boggers, a 260Z with a 305 and Boggers...just a buttload of awesome trucks with awesome gooey mud! The lanes were tough, easy, and at the end unpassable! I pulled the baby Bronco through the impossible lane early Saturday a few times, tore it up all day and half of Sunday, then my final pass on Sunday I was nowhere near the hard lane and got stuck! I snapped an axle trying to get unstuck. It was my fault-I was being a moron. I went through with a truck already stuck ahead of me with the intention of going around him. I let off when I was 6 inches away from him and tried to go around through the deeper stuff. Back and forth jockeying until I dug down and was stuck. The stuck truck was pulled out so I tried to Bonzaii straight through and heard a "SNAP!" What a fricking blast!!! I got some video and so did Allan...look for the links!

September 24 2005 Moses Lake Mud Competition, held by the Sand Scorpions4x4 Club. Anyone go to this? PICS???

September 24 2005 Harrington, Wa. Mud Bogs, held by Lincoln County 4-Wheelers. Sounded like a harsh mud day! Hope to be there next year! Allan has a video online of it.

Sept. 17 2005 Saturday: Mud Bog near Orient, WA (North of Kettle Falls) Anyone go to this? PICS???

Sept 10 2005 Benton City mud bogs. Click right here to see their flier.Click here for a Mapquest.com map of where Benton City is

September 10 2005 Sprague, Wa. Mud Bogs, held by the Sprague Fire Dept. Allan took a trophy home and I guess Mike and Jess Jack did really good too...I heard she broke a pumpkin as she got first place! I also heard that Mike Reynolds son was there driving Blackbirds rail with the motor out of the truck on my Contact Page and hand controls.

Aug 13, 2005 TVFD Third Annual Mud Races at Roosevelt Park in Troy, Montana. Buckwheat in the black and red 65 Dodge said he went and it was TOUGH! Did anyone else go to this? Tell me how it went!

Muddi Gras 2005 @ Joe's Pit was an absolute BLAST of a party! He makes a mud pit not intended for the posers!!! If you show next year please bring a real truck!!!

Downriver Days 2005 in Ione, WA was a lot of fun. I was the only Ford, there was a Jeep, and all the rest were Chebbies. All the Chebbies were Allan's exept for a visitor from Moses Lake. Allan's pits were filled in August 15 so one last tearing up was needed!

>Allan's 2005 playday was a lot of fun. Not a lot of people showed up...hence part of the reason he is filling in the pits. There was so much water in the pits that no side by side racing happened that day...we were constantly broke down sucking water out of our carbs and drying distibutors! It was hard to have two rigs running at the same time! I used my tow vehicle to race Allan's red Chebbie with Thornbirds and against his school bus. I'll post videos once I get them uploaded.