Mud Racin'

Yesterday, we decided to go check out a 4x4 Mud Racing competition in Winnabow. We got there at about 3pm and it was HOT. It must have been in the 90's. There were two mud pits that were about 200 feet long and there were several categories of trucks that competed. The street-legal trucks would really struggle to get anywhere up to 70 feet across the pits. When one of the trucks only made it 28 feet, the announcer said, "That's all I have to say about that".



Then there were some serious competitors whose cars were obviously built to handle knee-deep mud--you know, in case there's a mud slide on the freeway or something. These cars could make it across the pits in as little as 5 seconds.

Andy and I were entertained--we stayed for a full 3 hours, but it looked like the entertainment would be going on for several more hours. It was an impressive display of testosterone. Besides, it's always fun to watch cars get stuck in the mud and have to be pulled out by a huge John Deere tractor--as long as it's not YOUR car.
Perhaps the most impressive thing about the day was to think of how little people seem to care about the high price of gas. I guess it doesn't matter as long as the gas is being put to "good" use.

Toward the end of our adventure, as more and more high school kids showed up, this kid's shirt just said it all. (Redneck Nightmare)