Mud drags is a popular motor sport which is played in the mud. This sport is very popular in places like the United States and Canada. Here a huge number of people participate every year in this sport. The wildness and its huge energy make this sport really interesting and popular.
Every year this particular sport is organized in places like United States and Canada. Generally in this sport you will get to see some of the huge gigantic vehicles. Sophisticated cars are not used in this game. Only big heavy four wheelers are used in this game.
Winners are determined in this mud drags on the basis of two aspects. Firstly if all the vehicles are successful in reaching their destination, then on the basis of time winners are declared. The vehicle which will take the minimum time to reach the destination will win the game. Here the contestants give their whole energy to be the winner.
At times the track is set in such a manner that it becomes quite difficult for the contestants to cover that length. So here, the time is not calculated. If a vehicle is able to complete an entire track and others could not then that vehicle which completes the track is announced the winner.
In the early times the kind of vehicles used for this sport was a bit different than what are used today. In early days the trucks used to be very big in terms of size and tires, generally these were the pick up trucks. Later, during the seventies, the big tractors were used in this sport. At last the much modified superchargers came into the scene, which are still basically used now.
Basically there are many types of mud drags; based on the track they are played. Some of them are known as open bog, hill and flat tracks. Hill tracks comprises of minimum 60 feet. The flat track is basically a track of sand and the open bog is a natural track.About the Author:
Spending the day off at the mud drags is becoming very popular with every passing month. It requires a high level of driving skill and quality truck equipment. Any truck that is used at the mud drags , features a powerful engine and an excellent four-wheel-drive system that powers the very large wheels and tires on a lift-kitted truck that tries to dominate an extremely mud-filled trench.