Mudslinging Has Never Been So Fun
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From demolition derbies, motocross and lawn-mower races to monster-truck rides, stock-car races and tractor pulls (available in antique, garden, interstate and kiddie varieties for your viewing pleasure), the love affair between the modern fairgoer and motor sports is an abiding one. In terms of sheer, wheel-spinning spectacle, however, little beats the primal satisfaction of the far less common mud-bog race.
Fill a trough of dirt with water until it's good and muddy, and then let loose a bunch of trucks with wheels as tall as their drivers to roar through the mire, slinging sludge everywhere as they plow . . . well, not very far, to tell you the truth. Less a traditional race than a competition to see how far one can go before becoming stuck and having to be towed out, the mud-bog race is a Sisyphean challenge that somehow appeals both to the spirit of human perseverance in the face of terrible odds and the thrill of rolling around in the muck.
And it can be found this year at the Fredericksburg Agricultural Fair on Aug. 4 at noon. Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines.
