Achi news desk-
The roar of truck engines and geysers of mud spraying in all directions marked the return of Lipton’s annual Mud Mud event on June 1st.
The Mud Swamps feature 4x4s of all shapes and sizes traveling through water-filled canals in an off-road style drag race.
Additional photos documenting the chaos on the course can be viewed at the bottom of this story.
(Courtesy: Photo by Christina Cheek)
The most powerful trucks feature nitrous oxide injection – with their engines producing more than 1,000 horsepower.
Even with all that horsepower, the chance of getting stuck is still a risk. A tractor stood by to haul all the unlucky competitors back to land.
An unlucky driver is assisted by a tractor waiting to get out of the swamp. (Garth Dilston/CTV News)
Many of the competitor’s vehicles may have once been legal and authorized to drive on provincial roads, but this is no longer the case.
“Some are capable of plates, but the tires are the biggest thing in this event,” said organizer Darrell Saviston. “We mainly use Super Swamper tires, and anything that only a regular tire won’t reach a distance of one and a half meters.”
Kevin Mazzleri was one of more than 20 contestants who participated in the mud pie spectacle.
“You can take the life out of the car, drive it through the mud pit. Get muddy, splash, big crowd. It’s a blast, you can’t do that anywhere else,” he said.
“You go to someone’s farm, you’re going to get in trouble for it. So, where else can you go and have so much fun without anyone getting mad at you?”
Hundreds of spectators filled the town of 300 in anticipation of the annual attraction.
The championship race in the stock category featured mother versus son.
The town is set to host another Muddy Egg event in October.
Lipton is located 90 kilometers northeast of Regina.
– with files from Gareth Dilliston.