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Brett Carlson drove his big block 1978 Ford 103 feet, 9 inches into a 200-foot-long canal of mud during Saturday's Mud Bog race in Kettle River. The goal of the race was not speed (except in the case of a tiebreaker), it was to see how far a person could drive their vehicle in the mud.
Over 555 people attended Saturday's Mud Bog event during Ma & Pa Kettle Days, more than three times the population of the small Carlton County town.
For those who aren’t familiar with mudding sports, there’s more than one type of mud bog, although they all involve vehicles driving into a giant mud pit.
“This particular mud bog is more of a ‘bounty hole’ style. You’re not really supposed to make it through,” explained mud bog committee member Eric Senarighi.
A mud bog is very different from a mud run, he said.
“When you do a mud run, it’s maybe only a foot to 18-inches of mud, and it’s how fast...
