Hermosa Mud Bog
Aug 30, 2013
Remember when you were a kid and mom yelled when you played in the mud? Well, at the Hermosa Mud Bog it’s the parents who get down and dirty … with some pretty big toys.
The Mud Bog Races were held August 24 on Highway 79, just north of Hermosa. 27 racers competed in four categories – modified, super stock, rancher and powder puff.
Club member Dan Holsworth says the sport is growing in popularity. Drivers are gravitating to established mud bog courses as more public lands are being closed to motorized vehicles. The Hermosa Mud Bog is a family event run by volunteers. All proceeds go to various charities.
Photos by Jack Siebold, editor of MyTown.
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Kevin Wright, Rapid City, plows through a bog in his Mud Mafia "Scrat" truck. -
Kevin Vogl, Crawford, Neb., is all smiles even though he didn’t make it past the first bog in the opening round of the modified class. Vogl runs the Crawford mud races. -
Rough Country is an appropriate name for Wade Regan’s (Newcastle, Wyo.) pickup. -
Tracy Steiner, Black Hawk, flies Old Glory on the back of a modified mud bogger. -
Justin Berg, New Underwood, cleans his truck after each heat to ensure sponsor logos can be seen – at least for a while. -
The Hermosa Mud Bog has a Powder Puff class, though it's mainly a male-dominated sport. Here, Jess Pachl of Hermosa waits to be towed out of a mud hole. The official in the foreground is Casey Oleson of Rapid City. He volunteers to use his own ATV to “chase” the racers to ensure they stay within course boundaries. -
The skeleton on a post at “Hooker Hole” – named because too many racers had to be hooked to a dozer and pulled out – was on DJ Holsworth’s (Hermosa) super stock truck. It was hooked to a lawnmower to make it look as if it was mowing. The club decided to keep it on the course after it fell off during a race. -
All you see of Matt Gibson’s (Rapid City) super stock pickup is the spray he’s pushing before him. -
Gibson bears down on the skeleton at "Hooker Hole." -
Gibson barely misses the skeleton – and the photographer – as he uses the bank to attempt to gain traction -
Pat Sieverding, Hermosa, is noted for speed at the Hermosa Mud Bog. Here his Willys Jeep sends up a spray of mud. Unfortunately, his speed failed him just feet from the finish line. -
Adults aren’t the only ones who get to play in the mud. Kids 6 to 10 years old compete in the Money Mud Run during race intermission.
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