If you scroll down the message board at www.scotts4x4.com/forum , you will find some of the USA Mud Racing Message Board forum topics transferred over. I decided it was just going to be easier to put all these elements in one place. I have lots of news and information that is coming and going for the Magazine and I did not want to overwhelm the general chat section of this board with all those topics. So now we have an additional section. So slowly the new section on this board will develop!

USA MUD RACING – YOUR HELP IS NEEDED!

Contact me about an event, a group, and/or a person making a difference in the sport. I want to put together gather leads and information for articles for the print magazine….USA Mud Racing. You are also welcome to contribute writing to this magazine. Contact me today at scott@scotts4x4.com and get involved!

Modified the universal events page so that it would help with the USA Mud Racing Magazine effort. At the same time, I wanted something not too overwhelming for the local users to make use of. So check out the new link below. You can also go down to the events section and click on the "Event Listings" in the "Events" section and it will take you to the same place. Depending on how full the section gets, more modifications will be made in the future.

http://scotts4x4.com/events.php

It is an interactive listing. If you click the names on top of the column, events will be sorted. Click on "Event Date" and everything will list in chronological order. Click on "State" and all states will be listed in alphabetical order. So you can zoom into the parts of the country that interest you. Others categories sort accordingly as well.

If you click the circle next to an entry and hit view, it calls up all the info for that particular event.

Submit events to scott@scotts4x4.com for listing. Note that all dates sent in are subject to publishing in USA Mud Racing Magazine. So please keep me informed of any changes as the season progresses. Users....whether in print or on the internet, you need to contact those holding the events as they are responsible of any changes or cancellations.Scott4x4.com is not liable for event changes made by any organization.

While I have been working on some projects over the last few weeks, I had been sitting aside little video clips I came across that I have created or collected from others over the years. Got everything from some classics to some more recent clips from Redeye Dad.

You can find the Video Clips link at the top of the Video Page at www.scotts4x4.com or just click the link below.

http://www.scotts4x4.com/video_gallery/video_clips.htm

Couple of sample pics from Eric - follow the link - http://scotts4x4.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=11382 

I know he got quite a few pics at Kearney in 2009. It is not too late to get a copy of pics he might have gotten of you and video from Monte. A combo deal. Contact them and check out the pics at:

http://www.esiphotography.com/

Check out some Hamilton, Missouri Videos in preparation for the 2010 event on July 9th and 10th. Variation of the same video.

www.scotts4x4.com/preview/HMT1.wmv

www.scotts4x4.com/preview/HMT2.wmv

www.scotts4x4.com/preview/HMT3.wmv

I have been working with Hamilton staff all week on some various projects. Might just have a preview video production to share with you all this weekend on top of everything else. The Northwest Missouri Steam and Gas Association are the ones that bring us to town each year and they do everything they can to make the show as great as possible!

Since Outlaw Mud has worked with the facility over the last two years, they have supported Mud Racing by building one of the best racing facilities in the nation! Yes...the Nation! It is a track that caters to the sport of Mud Racing and it just gets better each year!

This is a non-profit organization that is using all the funds generated to put right back into building the fairgrounds/racing facility into a bigger and bigger facility to support more activities for the community.

So mark your calendars to come out and support those who are supporting you and the sport!

Trying to put all the Brookfield related videos in one spot. These are actually more clip based/smaller random files. Most of the clips so far are thanks to Redeye Dad. More will be coming. You can visit www.flight71racing.com and the go to media, then video, then video clips. Or just click the link below.

http://www.flight71racing.com/media_gallery/video_clips.htm

Trying to put all the Brookfield content in one place. You can check out about 15,000 various Brookfield event photos at www.flight71racing.com and go to the media gallery and then the photo gallery. Or just click the link below.

http://www.flight71racing.com/media_gallery/photo_gallery.htm

I have been working on some content over the last few weeks and it dawned on me just how much I am sending everyone to different sites and different places and different messageboards for updates. I know it can be a hassle for visitors, as I sometimes have a difficult time findings files and photos and videos....and I am the one placing them where they are at.

So I have some streamlining in process as I have plenty of space for plenty of things right here at http://www.scotts4x4.com

You may notice that http://www.usamudracing.com and http://www.majorleaguemudracing.com now lead back to Scotts4x4.com - just like http://www.outlawmud.com and http://www.xmro.net will take you to http://www.scotts4x4.com now. I have more space and capacity than ever at scotts4x4.com and so I might as well find a way to put as much content as I can in one spot for everyone.

Just a heads up - I will be changing the layout, particularly over the weekend, to make the items you are searching for easier to find. So there is a little construction going on but it should be getting better. Better for you to find things. And better for me to remember where I put things.

I have already ran across some of you, like the youth mud racers who have parents that race. But I am also looking for families of mud racers with multiple generations that race or raced. Maybe your uncle raced, or your dad raced, or your grandpa raced.....and now you race. Or all of you still race. Looking for people to interview for an article in USA Mud. Email scotts4x4@kc.rr.com

Looking for some racers to interview that take your ride in both the pit and the fast track. It's okay if they are two seperate rides, but also looking for those that don't mind having a run at both styles. Working on more articles for USA Mud Racing. Email scotts4x4@kc.rr.com will info!

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Scott Lemmon
P.O. Box 12855
Kansas City, Kansas 66112

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PAY PAL NOW ACCEPTED

Due to a series of requests, subscriptions to USA Mud Racing can be made via Pay Pal. So just a couple clicks to get your subscription moving.....and/or a couple clicks to set up a Pay Pal account at http://www.paypal.com

As we move forward for the first time with this, there is a $2 processing fee that has to be added for this convenience. So if you use paypal, it needs to be $27 for 4 issues.

If you have an account, all you need to do is send payment to my email address of scotts4x4@kc.rr.com

But as you do this - please email me at scotts4x4@kc.rr.com and let me know you have started the process. I want to make sure everything is set up as smoothly as possible now that a third party is apart of the process.

Thanks!

And the magazine is also at a crossroads. It has really grown with a very positive response and has a lot of potential for more. At the same time, the 4th issue is coming up which means it is time to renew and see how many people renew. (But you can start a subscription at anytime and get 4 issues after that point in time).

So I need everyones help to push forward and support it so that we can continue to support it! It is a big expense and a HUGE time consumer. And I really need for this endeavor to continue paying for itself so that it can continue! Thanks to all those who have supported it!

Got an excellent story from Mike Williams and the Midwest Boggers coming together for this next issue of the magazine. Now is your chance Midwest Organizations to speak up and lets get a piece together.

Something about the past, something about the present, something about the future....and everything else and in between.

Don't want to give the impression to the National subscribers that Mike is the only one that has racing to talk about in the Midwest! Let's get a collection going from the Midwest!

Contact me and lets get something going: scotts4x4@kc.rr.com

On the USA Mud Magazine front I am always calling for writing, but I need to give a shout out for photos as well. I know we all have some good photos from events floating around. I can always interview and write about things going around all over the country, but I still need photos as well. And maybe even sometimes the photos can come first and then a story idea may follow behind it. I guess what I am saying, drop me some photos for consideration to be published in the magazine. You might end up supplementing a story, cause a story to be created, or might just end up on the front cover.
Contact me at scotts4x4@kc.rr.com today!

Due to a series of requests, subscriptions to USA Mud Racing can be made via Pay Pal. So just a couple clicks to get your subscription moving.....and/or a couple clicks to set up a Pay Pal account at http://www.paypal.com

As we move forward for the first time with this, there is a $2 processing fee that has to be added for this convenience. So if you use paypal, it needs to be $27 for 4 issues.

If you have an account, all you need to do is send payment to my email address of scotts4x4@kc.rr.com

But as you do this - please email me at scotts4x4@kc.rr.com and let me know you have started the process. I want to make sure everything is set up as smoothly as possible now that a third party is apart of the process.

Thanks!

I am going to be working on a story for USA Mud tracing the roots of mud in the state of Missouri. If you guys have raced over the decades in Missouri......or use to live in Missouri and raced back int he day, or just have some history to share......be sure and drop me an email at scott@scotts4x4.com

Do any of you have kids that are getting into the sport? I am putting together a story on the youth of mud racing. One day the sport may shift in new directions that only the young kids may think of. I would like to have a chance to talk to the future of the sport, the future legends of mud, for an article I am putting together. Parents contact me if you have someone under 18 who likes to race. Racers 21 years of age or less is the age group for the article I am putting together - a piece on the youth in mud racing. Contact scott@scotts4x4.com

Got an additional email address to contact me: scotts4x4@kc.rr.com

Needed to combine some multiple ones. No rush to start using this new one, but I will be slowly making adjustments so this will be the universal mud racing related contact for me.

If you are working on some stories for the next issue of USA Mud, I am targeting March 1st for the next issue deadline. Keep in touch at scotts4x4@kc.rr.com if you have any updates or any questions or need some help.
Thanks!

New section of the message board at the bottom of www.scotts4x4.com/forum

If we are working we you on an event, contact me at scott@scotts4x4.com for information access to some resources related to Outlaw Mud, Inc. events.

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Date               Location                  Contact            
February 6           Kenansville,  FL               Mike Kelley
                                          (Muddi Gras)                           407-892-7928
                                                                                        http://www.muddigras.com

 

Date               Location                  Contact                
March 13             Cobbtown, GA                    JR Laird 
                                                                                         912-682-0907
                                                                                        http://www.thecobbtownmuddbogg.com            

 

 Date               Location                  Contact                                
April 24                Sanford, NC                    Darryl & Deborah Jones
                               (LCMMC)                       919-776-1781
                                                                                      http://www.ncmudracing.com/

 

Date               Location                  Contact 
May 8                  Marion, SC                          Darryl & Deborah Jones
               (Carolina Motorsports Complex)     919-776-1781 
                                                                                            http://carolinamotorsportscomplex.com/

 

Date               Location                Contact                                                
May 29                South Haven, KS             Jason Strickland
                    (KBL-Kansas Badlands)          620-968-7584        
                                                                     http://kansasbadlands.com

Adding the the race schedule:

April - 17 - Hiawatha, KS Benifit Mud Run

May - 22 - Hiawatha, KS

June - 19 - Falls City, NE

July - 24 - Blue Rapids, KS

August - 21 - Falls City, NE

September - 11 - Hamburg, IA

www.midwestmudboggers.com

Monte and Eric have the highlight video available for purchase. Help support the professionals that come out and take the time to create an awesome product. Check out Monte's link in the Video section. I pasted the link below.

They have an awesome video and supplement it with coverage from some other events!

viewtopic.php?f=85&t=11175

Subscribers: Contact me at scott@scotts4x4.com if you are still waiting to receive Issue # 3

Check out www.usamudracing.com/Forum and go to the USA Subscribers section.

I will get a digital copy of the last issue loaded to this password protected section. Then I will send you all a password to access this seection. Those users in this thread who have not gotten the latest issue yet can check it out online soon. You will still be getting you print copy in the mail soon.

Section Description:

USA SUBSCRIBERS
This is a password protected section for paid subscribers of the USA Mud Racing Magazine. Please cotnact scott@scotts4x4.com to sign up to subscribe and support this endeavor.

Pursuing an idea of sharing a digital copy of the USA Mud Racing Magazine on line for subscribers. At this point, just access for those subscribers who contact me that are waiting on the latest copy of the magazine to arrive in the mail. I might modify it later so that all subscribers can access it and see the online version the moment it is published.

USA SUBSCRIBERS
This is a password protected section for paid subscribers of the USA Mud Racing Magazine. Please cotnact scott@scotts4x4.com to sign up to subscribe and support this endeavor.

A spot of the USA Mud Racing Site where you can submit news/leads for articles for publication in the USA Mud Racing Magazine.

WORLD MUD NEWSWIRE
Submit news and information from the sport of Mud Racing and related sports. Provide contact details and/or leads so we can investigate for articles to be published in the USA Mud Racing Magazine.

I am moving the Legends of Mud: Mud Racing Hall of Fame section to USA Mud Racing. We have been celebrating the legends since the first issue of the USA Mud Racing Magazine. And I have made contact with a lot of racers from across the country for future projects. But the new site seems the best places to keep the information flowing at www.usamudracing.com/Forum

LEGENDS OF MUD: MUD RACING HALL OF FAME
Submit nominations & suggestions for the Legends of Mud. Those who have been in the sport at least a decade or over a decade ago. Inductee's are included in issue of the USA Mud Racing Magazine. Online features in the works.

We have a lot of events dates that show up on this message board, but I also know a lot are tentative. A lot of ideas are thrown out to chat about. I also know the large amount of midwest viewers we have are looking for midwest event dates on this board. So that is perfect.

But to help support the USA Mud Racing Magazine with approved dates to publish in print and to get a wide variety of events dates from everywhere.....I have created a new section at www.usamudracing.com/Forum - It allows me to collect events dates for a master schedule that I have in the USA Mud Racing Magazine publication. And also list them online for all too see.

EVENTS ACROSS THE USA & MORE
List your events from around the world here. Please include event towns, contact information, and date of events. By posting your event dates here......you are aware that they will also be copies from here and published in the USA Mud Racing Magazine. So keep event changes posted as at any time your posts may be published in print.

The new USA Mud Forum is online. Check out www.usamudracing.com/Forum and sign up.

This use to be a testing board but I decided to modify it and make use of it in support of the USA Mud Racing Magazine. Also makes a good backup board in case this one goes down in the middle of a busy racing season.

It will make a great resource for a variety of topics for racing around the globe. Which will also serve to help supplement the growing USA Mud Racing Magazine. So more than just another place to talk racing.....it is more about a online resource for people to report news, event information across the globe, subscriber resource, article leads, Legends of Mud nominations, and more.

Check in out....become a part of it....and enjoy using it!

Keep your eyes out for the latest edition of USA Mud Racing Magazine which should be arriving in mailboxes in the week ahead. We have interviews with racers from around the country, some special features from contributors, and a little History of Mud Racing specific to the Midwest area.

Keep your eyes out for the latest edition of USA Mud Racing Magazine which should be arriving in mailboxes in the week ahead. We have interviews with racers from around the country, some special features from contributors, and a little History of Mud Racing specific to the Midwest area.

Don't be surprised if the Forum looks a little different. We have a new style and template in place.

Check it out at www.scotts4x4.com/forum

With the latest message board updates, also comes new style options for you to choose from. Be sure and check out the thread below for more information!

http://scotts4x4.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=11122

Happy New Year everyone! Looking forward to seeing many of you at races in 2010!

Board upgrades recently went in place. Let me know if you are a user that has any issues.
Thanks!
Scott

Extending till End of January - Stock racers - A great chance to get recognition.

Here is a chance to recognize some of the top stock and pro stock racers in the sport.

Putting together a top 10 stock and top 10 "all other stock/stock mod" collection for just one of the article in the next USA Mud Mag.

Requirements for nomination....1 - stock driver/racer, 2 - got behind the wheel in 2009, 3 - worthy of recognition because you say so.

One person may be nominated because of there reputation as a competitive driver.....while another may be nominated just because they are always fun to hang out with at the races and/or have been their for you.

I will leave the nomination open till the end of this month. If I get more than 10, I will toss names in a hat and have someone draw the names out.

I do request that you submit the name to me via my email and not post here. Although you can nominate yourself, I would like for it to be a surprise for some.

So please - drop me an email at scott@scotts4x4.com - tell me about the person - and include as much contact info for me to reach them as you can!

Send photos of them if you have them too!

Thanks!
scott@scotts4x4.com

I still have a lot of phone interviews to take care of. I have talked to quite a few of you on the message board in the last month and did not get a chance to respond to everyone individually. Got a lot of messages with numbers to call. I appreciate it and wanted to let you all know I got your name and number on my list and will be giving a lot of you a call in 2010.

Still working on setting up a network of information providers from around the country. I figure a good system would be to find a least one person in each state that feels that have an idea of what is going on all over their state or even the nearby states. Let me know about stories of interests, events, and things of interest in the mud racing world. If you are interested in more info, drop me a message at scott@scotts4x4.com

Got some more Blog updates coming soon. Don't forget that you can subscribe to the blog and you should receive updates/posts directly in your email.

Going through some schedule items to post. Just a heads up that I am not sure exactly when Dusty and Derek will pick the 3 events dates for 2010. (Not counting the Battle of Brookfield IV). I know the plan is the first Saturday of the month, but the months assigned will be posted later as Dusty needs to take a look at some of the other events he is taking on to try and avoid conflicting with Derek like we had to do last year once. I just don't want someone to pick a first Saturday of the month in the future in January and then be upset come April if we end up in a date conflict with anyone.

Come on out in 2010 and join us in Brookfield! More info in the works.

APRIL 24, 2010 MCALESTER, OKLAHOMA

For rules, visit www.outlawmud.com and click on the rules page.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010 KEARNEY, MISSOURI

Check out www.outlawmud.com for rules.

st charles ,mo jan 29-30. ill get the info posted here soon.

Wanted to start a new thread at this one is at the latter end of the Arena thread and wanted to make sure everyone catches this event.

As his schedule permits, Dusty will be doing some jobs for Checkered Flag Productions this year - particular some indoor events over the winter months.

Of course these are in conjunction with other motorsports, so classes per venue will be limited.

Here is the general topic with more information:

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=11103

And as information arrives for this and any other event, we will get it posted here.

I have been experimenting with some different video playback options. You can check out some video circa 1980's from Perry below. They are large files, so users will experience different download times. If the video studders, you might want to pause the video and let it partially or completely download before playback. But you should have to select play to get the videos to start downloading and playing. Otherwise let me know any issues with the format so I can determine the benefits/downsides to using it in the future. Check them out and enjoy some classic footage!

http://www.scotts4x4.com/video_online_archive/online_video_archive.htm

Might have some gong on today or later this week before they are complete. If the board goes down for a bit, don't be surprised and come back later as it should be back up and running. Just behind the scenes stuff but the board might be down and come back with a gltich or two. If you have any issues, let me know! scott@scotts4x4.com

Thanks,
Scott

I have been upgrading a presentation for Dusty for Outlaw Mud and associated events. I checked the calendar for 2010 and noticed that there are only so many weekends next year  (Never enough of those). So be sure and contact us about setting up events. We would be glad to come and personally chat with everyone and share our presentation! Email scott@scotts4x4.com or give Dusty a call at 816-935-5794.

Just a new site I have been developing as Dusty le's me know what he wants to do with it and the Major League of Mud. It will probably be tied to certain Outlaw Mud shows and some Arena Mud portion of a show. Dusty will answer those questions better as I just wanted to get a foundation in place. Not much on it yet, but you can bookmark it as a site to visit.

http://www.majorleaguemudracing.com/

Organizing some photos I have taken and gathered over the years and reorganized them into one archive gallery. Need to make some room and organization in preparation for the next decade. Check out the link below as about 50,000 plus old photos in the new gallery have already come back online.

http://www.scotts4x4.com/photo_gallery/photo_gallery.htm