Getting Started....

For anyone standing in the crowd watching as the V8s roar and the kids hotly contest Class Two, the question is always asked, "How do I get into this? It looks like a load of fun!"In fact having a go at gettin' dirty is not hard at all.

For many the Class One Road Registered is the foot in the mud so to speak and it can be done very cheaply. All that's required is to choose the location that best suits you, rock on down early on race day with $75, a current license, helmet and a roadworthy fourby, fill in a form, stand in line and wait to be called up and directed to the track. It's literally that easy!

In reality, this is how many mud racers have started their love affair with mud racing and gone on to fill the Classes and introduce their partners and kids to the sport.

Once you've taken the first plunge into the mud and the racing is in your blood you'll find the whole mud racing crew to be very friendly and helpful when it comes to getting started and continuing in the sport. Why? Well it's called a love affair in simple terms.

Everybody who races has a ball, a blast, and a radical time, to name a few expressions used. Overall they love the competition, the family involvement and it's a bloody fun way to get involved in a fantastic recreational sport!

With the mud and excitement pumping through your veins there are a couple of options. You can still race every now and again or you can join the Mud Racing Association and really get involved in the sport.

Joining is easy, fill in the application for in the rules and regulation section and contact us to find out more about the fees, to which you will find that is being a motorsport club, is quiet cheap to get into.

After joining the club it's time to locate a race fourby. Again there are several options available. Over the course of the year, especially towards the end of the season, fully prepared race vehicles come up on the market. These can range from $1000 up to $10,000 plus for the more heavily modified vehicles. Or you can build one up yourself by following the guidelines provided in the rule and regulations booklet supplied when you join the club.

The best thing of all is that you choose when and where you want to race, how often and with plenty of help available from club members you'll be able to build a mud racer to suit any Class and to suit your own budget. It really is a great form of motor sport!

Understanding The Classes....

In an effort to create evenly matched racing, Classes have been established in the mud racing competition. This means that the Juniors in their 1-litre 4WDs are not going up against more capable seniors with high-powered V8s.

There are a range of special modifications that need to be fitted to the mud racing vehicles including roll cages, splash guards, kill switches and more for the safety of both the drivers and the marshals. More detailed information can be found in the Mud Racing Association Rule Book in the rules and regulations area of our website.

Essentially Classes One through Five must be built on a four wheel drive platform incorporating off-the-shelf production fourby components that are commercially available for the running gear.

All new vehicles entering the sport from 2003 must have four wheel disc brakes and all drivers from the 03/04 season onwards must wear a driver's suit.

Class One - Road Registered
This Class is open to all roadworthy, Road Registered vehicles running street legal tyres and legal modifications including suspension, brakes and general mechanicals. Anyone wishing to compete in this class can do so by rocking up on the day and don't have to be members.

ClassTwo - ToyhatsuJuniors
Kids make up a large portion of the mud racing fraternity and to give them a fair go all Class Two vehicles run naturally aspirated engines (no turbos or superchargers) up to 1 -litre in size. All the relevant safety gear as per all Modified Classes still applies. The Juniors start racing at 10 years of age and can race in Juniors until they are 18.

For families this is a great way for all the kids to go racing, as they are all allowed to race in the same vehicle. It's fun for them and cheap for the parents.

Class Three - 0 to 2.8-litres
This class allows for turbos and superchargers and must conform to the major standards as set down in the rule books i.e. the racing vehicle must be built on a production vehicle chassis and body. Engines can be bored out but not stroked to increase the cubic capacity of the engine.

Class Four - 2.801 to 4.3-litres
Class Four is probably the most popular Class being raced as
it allows the racer to use most of the popular small block V8s
on the market including the 253 Holden and 3.5-litre Rangie
engines.

Class Five - 4.301 to 6-litres
Class Five is for the bigger boys with the high powered small block V8s. This Class is only fractionally smaller, as far the
number of drivers competing goes, than Class Four. Class Five contains the big bangers, the 350 Chev, 5-litre Holden and Ford's 351 V8s that will send a shiver down your spine when the throttle is opened.

Class Six -Open 6.01 onwards
The guys in Class Six run the big guns and all the same rules from Class Two to Class Five apply except that any type of engine can be used.

If a driver from Class Two through to Five wants some really hot competition they can't put themselves up one grade, however they can, if they have the vehicle, put themselves in Class Six and go for it! More detailed information on the safety requirements, engine sizes and allowable mods can be obtained in the Mud Racing Association's guide, come rule book.