Mounds of mud-slinging fun

Those looking to get dirty had a mud-soaked blast at the Labor Day Pig Digger mud truck rally Aug. 31.

Organizer Tammy Vyvey said the race took place in the mud pit area behind the Whistle Pig Saloon and Beaver Liquor, and featured fun for adults and kids alike. She said the point of the wild truck race through the mud was to see who could make it through the furthest.

“The mud was pretty thick, so only about two or three made it all the way through,” Vyvey said. “It was mostly to see how far people could get, and there was measurement to see who got the furthest. People came from all over to compete and have fun, and it was something for the whole family. We had food and people camped overnight.”

Vyvey said first and second placers received prize money and a trophy, while third placers received medals. Competitors were organized into Bone Stock, Super Stock, Modified, Sportsman and Open divisions, based on the different types of fuels, tires, makes, modifications or additions and other factors of each truck.

The placers are:

Bone Stock division

First place- Jason Deberand

Second place- Ashley Howe

Third place- Tonya Hartman

Super Stock division

First place- Jeremiah Johnson

Second place- Jerry White

Third place- Bruce Seiclaff

Fourth place- Jason Deberand

Fifth place- Bronson Vigil

Modified division

First place- Jason Seilaff

Second place- Willie Mast

Sportsman division

First place- Buddy Curby

Second place- Mick Smith

Open division

First place- Steve Vigil

Second place- Bronson Vigil

Vyvey said the next Pig Digger event will most likely take place Memorial Day 2014.

“We’re shooting for a two-day event over Memorial Day weekend, and next year it might be even better,” Vyvey said. “We may even try to have mud volleyball too.”