 with Brent May Mud Mash 2005
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  Held
every year in late August since 2000 at Haspin Acres ORV park in Laurel
Indiana, the Indiana Mud Mash has slowly become a great, late summer event
for those looking to get together with old friends, or make some new ones.
Enjoy some awesome trails, and add yet another event to a summer full of
wheeling fun. |
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  The
Indiana Mud Mash was the brain child of Nick Sipes back in 2000. Wanting an
informal, late summer event closer to home, Nick and a few of the other
members of the Bedford Boy’s decided that Haspin Acres would be the perfect
place to hold this event. Haspin Acres offers plenty of trails, from mild to
wild. Some rocks, lots of bottomless mud holes, steep hill climbs and even
steeper descents, ravens, dirt track, and a host of other obstacles. The
nice thing about the trail set up is that there is something for everyone
and you can usually all stay on the same trail while finding it. Almost all
of the harder obstacles offer an easier line around them to give the new
person, or the guy driving a rig that’s not quite as modified as the next
person an option to hit the trails and still have fun. Haspin Acers also
offers the opportunity to camp inside the park, so those with trailers don’t
have to worry about loading and unloading their rigs each time they want to
hit the trails. |
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  This
years event was to be no exception. Hosted by the Bedford Boys, with over 13
Samurai’s, a Jeep, Toyota mini truck, and even a semi-stock Trooper, it was
a great turn out and fun was had by all. A little rain the night before
helped encourage those looking for some mud to play in, and plenty of the
thick stuff was to be found all over the park. Luckily the rain also helped
quell the dust in the park so the weekend trail rides were just a little
more comfortable. However the weather turned out be as perfect as could be,
with the rain disappearing by early Saturday morning just in time for the
first run of the day. |
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  And
what a run it was. Mud, hills, a little trail damage and great fun, all made
the first run of the day something to be talked about around the lunch
tables. After lunch, everyone was fixed, fueled, and ready to head back out
for some more fun. The day was capped off by a night run in which a mud hole
that everyone had cleared very easily on one of the day runs, got it’s
revenge and claimed rig after rig that attempted to cross it in the Indiana
darkness. After several extractions, some creative bypasses, and one mud
swimmer, it was back to camp to relive the days adventures around the fire
with food, drink, and the company of close friends. |
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| So, next year if your just itching to get a little more wheeling squeezed into your summer, keep the Indiana Mud Mash in mind and come join the fun. |
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