LEGENDS OF MUD RACING - MUD RACING HALL OF FAME

Welcome to the legends of mud/mud racing hall of fame. The home to the many guys and gals who have made a rut in the sport of mud racing. This is the place where we will honor the men and women and machines who shaped the sport into what it is today and what it will grow into tomorrow. The mud racing hall of fame is open to all forms of the sport, hill-n-hole, bogging, fast track, and side by side mud drags. We are always looking for potential hall of fame inductees so if you know of some one who has been mudding for awhile or who has done great things to help the sport out, drop me a line with how to reach them for their story and induct them into the mud racing hall of fame. In the future, most of these stories will be online at usamudracing.com- the home of the legends of mud/mud racing hall of fame. These articles are also published in USA Mud Racing Magazine.

 

HALL OF FAME 2009 INDUCTEE'S

Ennis Thomas    

by Dusty Degraffenried    

Ennis Thomas - Grovetown, GA
 
Years Pro= 28!
Racing since 1981(and still on the throttle!!!)
 
First race vehicle: 1980 Chevy Blazer on 38 in mud grip tires and a 500 cid bowtie engine.
Current vehicle: Rear engine, tube framed, blown mud dragster.
Favorite racers to race against:  Mark Lee, Gene Cutchens
Organizations raced for: NMRO,PROBADD, and several other events and groups.
 
 
Ennis has held numerous record times and won many class championships in his storied career in mud racing. A successful career spanning 28 years, Ennis has seen and done it all. When he is not repairing autos at his business, Thomas Auto Repair, in Grovetown, Ga, Ennis is busy getting his race car ready to go to the races. He boasts of his 200 foot record with a time of 2.32 which stood from 1993 to around 2006. He set that record in Dresser, IL and all with a brand new unproven car. He loved going to the big race in Phoenix City, AL. which had a prize of $5000 to win. TO WIN!!, Ennis was  the first to win that big payday and repeated this feat 5 out of 10 times this race was held. Ennis remembers the heyday of mud racing when the pits were muddy and they were all over television and enjoyed numerous races with big time sponsors kicking in some big time paydays. The sport has changed a lot since then, the racers are spending big bucks and racing for less money with less television exposure. The road to the many successes Ennis has accomplished wasn’t without its bumps too. In 1991 Ennis had a terrible crash, destroying his car and nearly ending his racing career. In fact he did walk away from mud racing as a result of this accident. But as all of us mud addicts know, mud gets in your blood, so in 1999 Ennis and his wife hit the road and returned to pro mud racing as a driver again winning 30 out of 34 events that year. What an accomplishment!. Ennis hopes that even with a poor economy, he will be able to hit the road and chase another championship to add to his list in 2009 and enters his 28th year of racing. With 28 years experience, Id say Ennis knows a thing or two about mud racing, and what it takes to be a winner and a hall of famer. Thanks Ennis for all your years of great racing! We welcome Ennis Thomas to the Mud Racing Hall of Fame.

 

3RD QUARTER 2009

 

Fred Wilhite   

by Dusty Degraffenried   


Fred Wilhite from Decatur,Il piloted the Money Pit, a blown alcohol mud dragster, down the track for many years. Along the way, he captured many national and track records. Although best known for the fiat bodied “money pit “ blown racer, Fred actually started out like many of us do, in a stock class racer. Fred’s first race was in Mount Zion,IL as the local Pony  Express Days mud drag races. That year, best as fred could recall would have been about the mid 80’s, he and a friend readied his 1973 Chevy with a healthy 292 under the hood and top loader 4 speed and headed down to the race. Fred almost didn’t get to make his turn, as race officials noticed he had a bucket(not a cup) of beer in his lap. Well, fred simply chugged the bucket of beer on the stage line and hung it on his side view mirror and they officials let him stage and run his race. This was the start of a successful mud racing career and a legend was born.
     After the thrill of this first race and some success in the lower classes, Fred decided to step up and build his first modified racer. A Chevy Luv fit the bill and was aptly named “Shagnasty”. Shagnasty was a very successful bog and mud drag racing machine. One event in particular stood out to Fred. At a fair race, a bog pit, they had placed a hill of dirt at the end of the shut down to act as a barrier between the trucks and an event stage that was on the back side of it. Fred lined up the shagnasty for its trip down the muddy strip. The ride was a fast and wild ride as Fred wrestled for control eventually landing on top of the dirt hill barrier. On the other side was a prettiest baby contest going on, which now had mud splattered all over them. Needless to say, their were some pretty upset babies and moms.
     Fred went on to build the “Money Pit” car and started racing it nationally  with the NMRO until he sold the car in 1996.  The first power plant in the Money Pit was a 420 cid small block chevy with stack injection. The motor was basically a circle track motor. After a few races with this set up, Fred knew he needed more horsepower. So in went a Jim Oddy built 496 cid big block Chevy motor with a blower on top. The motor posted some good numbers. 2000 horsepower at 7200 rpm and made 1632 foot pounds of torque at 5200 rpm. With this set up, he was able to be one of the early members of the “ elite 2 second club”.  This is the racer Fred saw his most success with.
     These days you can catch Fred at his auto body business in Decatur, Auto Body Repairs. Fred doesn’t make it out to the races anymore. He says it’s just not interesting unless “I have a car to race, although I do miss the pit partying and all my good friends”. “We had some good times!”. Speaking of good times, I was able to get a few stories from Fred to share of the lighter side of the sport. One of Fred’s fondest memories is of taking a cart out for a joyride at Indy one year, with his buddy Eric Meagher who was a driver for Bigfoot. They were being chased by security on their carts, which fred managed to ditch by turning  and hiding in a stable where they almost hit some people sleeping in the hay. My favorite story he told was about Ron Pense beer bottle bowling in the back of his travel trailer. Fred had a lot of stories to tell, some I don’t think I should reprint.
Fred best rivals were also his best friends. Ron Pense, driver of Tatar, was the man to beat at the time. “When you beat Ron, you knew you had just done something special”.
     Fred also loved racing against Jim and Paula Harbuck, drivers of Master of Disaster and Flirting With Disaster. Jeff Ballard, driver of Pork Brothers Express, and his travel buddy Dan Brown, driver of the Mind Games. He also mentioned Tom Meents, and Tom Martin. Speaking of Tom Martin, I learned the  story behind the alien antennae were directly in response to Tom’s showboating. Tom Martin drove the Mud Patrol, which was equipped with a working light bar and painted up to look like a patrol car. Fred grew frustrated with the whole show of turning on the lights, revving the engine, driving back and forth thru the stage beams, all in attempt to be seen according to fred. “Tom would do  so much fooling around with his show, he would damn near melt you down” Fred said, “so I came up with the idea of the antennae to sort of show off myself and in response to Tom’s display”. One time though a crash knocked one of the antennae off into the crowd and a child recovered it and offered it back to Fred.
     Fred also commented on the difference of the mud tracks. Back when he raced they were in mud pits, almost 2 foot deep and sloppy. “If you lifted or stopped in the pit- you sunk- you were stuck”,. “ We were on top of the mud”. “There was none of this sand racing like the guys today do.”
     If your ever in Decatur,IL, stop in at the shop and say hi. Be prepared to drink a cold Bud Light and hear the best stories on mud racings legends and future hall of famers. I think Fred might be mud racing first bad boy. At least his stories will give you that impression. Fred’s time in the sport mirrored todays- good times, good racing and good friends. We welcome Fred ‘MONEY PIT’ Wilhite to the mud racing hall of fame.

Perry Hicks

by Dusty Degraffenried

 

In the Midwest, there are two words that strike fear in the hearts of all bog pits. Those two words are Perry Hicks. Perry and his Jeep CJ-7 “The Mud Special” have been in every slop hole in the Midwest churning out mud and throwing rooster tails of mud showers to the delight of fans for nearly 30 years. Perry just doesn’t attack mud in the Midwest, his obsession with the mud has taken him to many of our united states as well as a trip into Canada.

Perry often talks fondly of a time he refers to as back in the day. Back in the day, there were thousands of spectators at local races, and most of the pits had bounties on them for whoever could make it out. Back in the day, the pits were so watery and deep that water would run inside his floorboard, thus a lot of waterproofing took place. Back in the day they built pits with humps in them and each stage the hole got deeper to where the last hole would be like six feet deep. Back in the day hardly anyone could get out of the pits.

Perry and his mother Anna, who many referred to as mom, have been a fixture on the local Midwest mud racing scene for many years. Anna, who passed away a few years ago, was always present at every race Perry attended and has recorded race results in a journal for nearly all of Perry’s 30-year racing career. Those journals are posted at www.Scotts4x4.com. As you view those journals, you will see the names of some future hall of fame members like Ron Pense, Jim McConville, Roy Butts, Jim Powers, Ernie Hibdon and others.

Perry is still going strong today, having raced in over four states already in 2009, and shows no signs of slowing down soon. There are too many stories and tales from Perry to tell here in this small section of print, so next time you see the legendary Missouri mud racer at an event, walk up to him and say Hi. Then the conversation will flow directly into mud racing and Perry is never short on words about the sport he loves, and most likely will pull out his old pictures and dvd’s of mud racing thru the years to share with you that are always ready to be displayed at events.

As a small boy, probably around age 5-6, I was at the local 4th of July Annual mud bog in Adrian,MO. It was at this race that I met Perry and his family. I was walking around with my Dad in the pits taking polaroids of the trucks. I went up to Perry and asked him if I could take a pic of his Jeep. He agreed and then he asked if he could take a pic of me in his Jeep. I agreed and have since been a huge fan of Perry and the sport of mud racing. We are now good friends and get together every now and then and watch the vast video collection Perry has accumulated over the years from bogs to indoor races he has attended from the various states and Canada. It is with honor that I get to welcome Mr. Perry Hicks and Mud Special to the Mud Racing Hall Of Fame.

Rick Running  

"The Mentor"

by Scott Graham  

Perryville, Missouri 1991.  A flatfender named Orange Juice pulls up to the starting line as the rumble of an alcohol-fueled 396 fills the air.  The driver adjusts his harness, takes one final drag from his cigarette, and slips the transmission into 3rd gear.  He knows the odds are against him.  Quentin Tainter and the Dig ‘Em Jeep were dominating Super Stock class that year in Missouri Mud Racing, and Dig ‘Em had already laid down a blistering pass.  But, when the green flag flew, Orange Juice roared away from the line looking at a sure win.  And then at mid-pit, the unthinkable happened.  The Jeep bounced a full 6 feet above the mud, and the engine stalled in mid-air.  From my lawn chair more than 100 feet away, I could clearly see the driver’s eyes widen as large as silver dollars.  And then miraculously, the Jeep pop-started upon touchdown, barely losing momentum in the process, and screamed on through to the finish line.

I didn’t believe it was good enough for a win, but it was – one of the few against Dig ‘Em over a several year span in the early 90’s.  I had just come to watch that day, but I later spotted Orange Juice down in the washdown area being cleansed of 800 pounds of red bootheel clay.  I slipped up to the driver to shake his hand and congratulate him on his win.  That was the first time I met Rick.

Rick Running was always a gearhead, and a bowtie man through and through.  And somewhere along the line, he discovered competition mud racing and embraced it with a passion.  He even brought a date to a mud race!  And he eventually took over a struggling Missouri Mud Racing Association as its President.  The once-thriving association had lost many of its best racers to the national circuit, and its schedule had dwindled down to just a handful of races a season.  Soon, Rick and his wife Shelly (remember that date from before?) would have Missouri Mud back to its former glory with 20+ races a season – the envy of every sanctioning body around.

In 1993, I campaigned a new racer.  I’d been in the sport for several years already, but had finally built a Jeep that could be competitive enough to race with Missouri Mud in the Street Stock class.  I had several friends already competing in this series, and would have the good fortune of having many more by the end of the year.  One of those guys was Rick.

Knowing my limited mechanical skills, Rick let me bring my next mud racer over to his shop where we attempted to assemble it together.  He stood beside me as I built my first engine, and how it is that it still runs now 10 years later is a mystery to me.  Most nights when we should have been wrenching, we talked mud.  And I learned a thing or two along the way.  One thing he taught me was that even if you know you’re right, and you know what you have to say needs to be heard sometimes it’s still best to bite your tongue.  Admittedly, it’s a lesson I often forget.

Of course I also spent a great deal of time with Rick at the mud races.  And I have many fond memories of those days.  Like the time in Owensville, MO when he lost the left front tire and wheel 42 feet from the finish line, and still managed a full run – and WON the class.  Or, the first time I saw The Juice (now sporting a 482 inch V8 on nitrous) pull a wheelstand in Platte City.  As was the case in Perryville so many years earlier, Rick’s eyes opened up like silver dollars again.  He got that same look when he inadvertently overheard a wedding-night proposition I received from my wife Jennifer.

Over the years, I stayed in touch with Rick, but we began to see less and less of each other.  The commitment of small children in my house and Rick’s declining health kept each of us from spending as much time at the races as we once did.  Rick had to give up racing completely just a couple years ago.  He dragged himself out, oxygen bottle and all, to come watch one of my events last Fall. 

And Rick continued to scheme and plan.  When the old SuperCenter closed this year, Rick called to ask my opinion on having indoor mud races there.  He talked often of selling this part, modifying that one, and using the result to create the next great mud menace.  He got his Harley, he got his ‘Vette.  And he had designs on a ’55 Chevy.  With that, he’d take his wife Shelly and drive over to pick up Jennifer and I for a night on the town. 

I last spoke to Rick a few months ago.  He had just survived a particularly harrowing stint in the hospital where he’d been told he’d be going home in a box.  Naturally, he shrugged that off and was still in search of that ’55 shoebox, still scheming still match-making, and still addicted to mud.  He struggled with his breath as he spoke, but it was clearly the same old Rick on the other end of the line.

Rick’s heart and lungs finally gave out about a month ago as he quietly passed away at home.  He never did get a chance to race that 604 inch engine he built awhile back, he never did get that ’55 Chevy, and we never did race indoors at Wal*Mart.  But, his son Cliff did fire that 482 up at the cemetery, just the way Rick would have wanted it.  And I can see Rick up there now, trying to squeeze a backhoe and water truck through the Pearly Gates.  I hope they have plenty of methanol and nitrous in Heaven ‘cause The Juice is Loose!

 

Rick Running 1961-2007

 

 

Tom Marsh & Chad Miller

by Scott Lemmon

Tom Marsh currently resides in Huber Heights, Ohio.  Chad Miller is in Tipp City, Ohio. These guys made a name for themselves in bog racing and the fast track dirt drag mud racing. They still consider themselves as Mud Boggers at heart. Mud Bogging in the state of Ohio is where it all began for them.

How does someone like Tom Marsh and Chad Miller qualify for Legends of Mud: Mud Racing Hall of Fame status? The record of racing in 135 cities, 27 states, and 3 countries and countless titles will help you get that status!

These guys have been in mud racing together since the beginning and are still at it. So it is necessary to declare both of these guys as Legends in Mud Racing together.

What they have recently been up to is working on a new racing project together. A new buggy with the goal of debuting at the Indianapolis  Jamboree  in 2010. And they eventually plan on having a couple of buggies racing again. 

Tom had a bad crash back in 2005 in Wisconsin and totaled his ride. He spent some time in the hospital and still has some injuries in his back and with his eye that he is living with. He said it was easy to say you’re going to retire when you are in the hospital in severe pain. But he has always had the desire to get back out and race again.  Chad had a bad crash in Lima, Ohio back in 2008 and totaled his ride as well. The guys took a break from the racing but decided it might be the right time to get back on the horse.

Chad says they started in the mud pits and then eventually moved to the dirt drags. They are Mud Boggers at heart. But the progression of the sport moved things in the dirt drag direction of the sport. The faster speeds lent themselves to the dirt tracks.

Tom says they got involved with USA Motorsports Spectacular about 1984 in Indianapolis. He thought it was really cool when he saw an advertisement for a mud race indoors. And it was the first time, he had a chance to see Dave Cook’s  jet powered mud racer. He says it was amazing to watch him run and he was a great showman.

During the early years of their racing, they got involved in the sport as it began to grow into something really big. They did lots of serious traveling. During the period of 1990 or 1991, they started participating in the Camel Mud and Monster Series and they got a taste for heads up racing. Not all machines were built for such competition. And if you could not make it around to make your next pass, your previous competitor got to take your place.  Tom says this was some of the most exciting racing he had ever done. Tom managed to win the event in 1993 at the Metrodome in Minnesota. And still has the oversized $1,000 check hanging on his wall. He said one of the biggest thrills was getting to race in front of 50,000 people.

I asked Tom why did he think Mud Racing took off so big back in the 1980’s. He said that he felt the shock value had a lot to do with it in the beginning. Mud Racing really started in the fields with bogging. You took your 4 wheeler out and had some fun and went for distance.  And when it moved indoors, it had a real shock value. Hauling in the dirt into the middle of a stadium and the spectators getting to see something that they had not really seen before.

That’s when Tom and Chad learned that there was an actual racing tour that went all around the country. Tom said he promptly went to the next race the following weekend and managed to win $550.  That turned out to give Tom a really great feeling and he was on top of the world. More money than he had ever won.That was not a bad chunk of prize money for the 1980’s.

Chad says from about 1987 through 1992, they raced just about every weekend….somewhere in the country. From local bogs to the indoor circuits.

Tom was preparing to go and compete at the race after that in Charleston, West Virginia. But before he went, he stopped by a friends place and bragged about the prize money he had just won in the sport of mud racing. This friend happened to be Gary Baker. (Who would later create the National Mud Racing Organization). Gary whipped a ride together at the last minute and went to the race. Tom says that is when Gary started introducing some new ideas for making vehicles competitive in the sport of mud racing. Gary already had a reputation for busting pits. But until this time, there was not much money in the sport.

During this time frame there was some really big racing going on across the country in the late eighties and early nineties. Tom said they went to about 35 or so races a year and they were all national caliber style races. Whether they were indoor arenas or outdoor stadiums. Even on a bad weekend Tom said he would come home with $500.

I asked Tom why he felt the sport had taken a downward turn from what it had been. Tom says shortly after events like the Camel Mud Racing Series was at its pinnacle, the  government started stepping in and limiting tobacco company advertisement. The Camel Series really became important to mud racing, and this along with the economy, hurt the sport. There were no other sponsors coming forward to fill the void.  This along with the fact the initial shock value of the sport in the big venues had started to fade.

Tom also said he thinks the sport had raised the fan’s expectations higher and higher. This with more speed and power.  Just days prior to my interview, Tom said he was watching some old video from a Monster Truck show. Back in the early days of Monster Truck events. He watched as a Monster Truck came out and simply slowly drove over the tops of some cars. And the crowd went wild for this. Nowadays, if you watch programs such as Monster Jam, something as simple as driving slowly over some cars would not please a crowd. You probably won’t even win a competition if you stay right side up!

In Mud Racing, the fans expected so much because we gave so much said Tom. We were all making passes in a manner of seconds in the indoor arenas and stadiums. So the actual run time for the buggies ended up adding up to only a couple of minutes of action for the show. And we had become too fast for indoor facilities.  We could not go any faster and bigger. We could not let loose otherwise we would have been bouncing off the walls.  And Tom pointed out he did not have problems with the tracks….stopping at the end actually could be a big problem though. And this on top of losing the payouts that the Camel Series and Coors Series brought to the sport….there was just not as much money in the sport for payouts and venues.

Tom said he had been hesitant about getting back into the sport after his crash. Even the weekend in 2005 when he totaled the buggy and ended up in the hospital….he had almost went Sand Dragging instead. But he has noticed a resurgence in the sport and feels he has more years of good mud racing in him. The sport still provides the thrill and excitement that it had in his early bog racing days.

Back in the day he use to go over to Chad’s place after work and worked on the trucks. They shared an enjoyment of the sport and it was not long before they started teaming up and racing. They started out bogging and more and more places opened up which gave them a place to race. It was the days of building and rebuilding. And making improvements and repairs. Not only that, but getting better trucks to haul your rides with, and building bigger trailers. And then eventually everyone started getting enclosed trailers, as they wanted to look as professional as possible going out in public.

Tom thanks his Dad Bill Marsh for all his skills and influence over the years. Bill Marsh had a lot of drag racing experience . And if it were not for him and his knowledge of fabrication, he would have never had a chance to do what he has done. Bill has been the influence in allowing them the ability to race. Tom says there are a lot of great stories that never would have happened if it were not for him.

Tom has lots of memorable moments from decades of mud racing. One of the times that stand out was back in 1991. And this is when NMRO Mud Racing still had mud on the tracks. It was in McComb, Mississippi and Chad was behind the wheel of a new car Tom had built. This is when Chad Miller set the first 2.5 second pass and became the first member of the 2.5 second club in the NMRO records books. Ennis Thomas came over and asked Chad to sell the car to him. Chad told Ennis he did’nt have enough money to buy that car!

Chad says setting the national record back in 1990 with a time of 2.73 in Panama City was quite a memory. And then following up the next year with a time of 2.53 in McComb, Mississippi.  Chad said they were actually the top car in the country for 5 or 6 years.  And in 1990, they never lost a race from the beginning of the season in May to the end of the season in September.

Tom says another great memory was in 1993 in the state of Michigan. This was the first time Tom and Chad were dominating in the “Intruder” and the “Instant T.” First night, Chad took first and Tom took second. Second night, Tom took first and Chad took second. Third night, Chad took second and Tom broke! Tom says his favorite memories are actually from the first two days of that race!

For the future of the sport, Tom would like to see more big sponsors step up. Or even groups of sponsors working together. He had also been influenced by the Mud Racers Association as a good start and something that is going in a good direction for the sport.

Chad feels the sport could benefit from some authentic heads up racing. He feels it could really take the sport to the next level. Both for the racers and the spectators. Although some of the racers don’t care for the extra runs sometimes, the spectators would really enjoy two racers going at it in heads up competition. Not just timed passes where it gets confusing  as to why the loser of the pass is the new leader. But something where the crowd can see the winner. Heads up racing could really take things to the next level and get the sport moving again.

Chad would like to see more rewards for the guys going out and racing. Sponsors and television coverage really lacks today. And the Jamborees really make it more of a side show. Something like “Heads Up” racing might just be what the sports needs to get more attention.

As for the debut of the new racer, I asked Tom what it would be called. He said his old buggy was called the “Intruder.” While Chad has had rides called the “Cannibal” and “Pure Punishment.” And the last buggy was called “Instant T.” A term that was influenced from days at the drag racing track with Tom’s Dad. They are looking to call the new ride “Instant Speed.” This was taken from their chance to race in Aruba back in the early days of the NMRO. For some reason the announcer kept referring to the ride as “Instant Speed” instead of “Instant T.” So, with that name still stuck in their heads….they have decided to go with “Instant Speed” as the name of the new ride.

Chad says Tom and him have been working together and seeing what they can do. He feels they can compete with the best of the guys that are out there. There is lots of horsepower in the sport, but they really have to know how to use it.  And with his power train and transmission in Tom’s build, they plan on having some good times racing.

You will start seeing Tom and Chad back out and racing soon. Tom says not only has he missed the racing excitement, but he has missed the sportsmanship in mud racing. When it is your turn up and you are racing against the other competitors, you are focused on winning. But the rest of the time you are focusing on helping all your fellow competitors get to the starting line. Whether it’s with parts or helping with repairs so they can get in the race.

Tom Adds: “Chad Miller and Tom Marsh began mud bogging in Ohio in 1982. Tom with a Chevy V-8 jeep and Chad in a homebuilt "cut down” 2 wheel drive. After building Tom a T-bucket named “INTRUDER” and a 4x4 car called “PURE PUNISHMENT” for Chad they began traveling to find better places to compete. Once they began running the indoor circuits it was year round racing. With no “off” season running 30 to 35 races a year was normal back then. In 1986 Chad and Tom built what was one of the first all round tube chrome-moly chassis for mud racing. The original“Instant T” was a ‘27 T roadster with a 509 cid Rodeck with Hilborn fuel injection. The new car showed great potential and became very competitive, winning Chad lots of prize money along the way. In 1988 Chad had a top 10 points finish in the “COORS EXTRA GOLD SUPER SERIES OF MUD RACING”. In 1989 Chad finished second in points in the NMRO’s first ever points series. In the fall of ’89 Chad took his car and Tom’s new car to Miami, Fla. And put them on a ship to Aruba. A week later Tom joined Chad on the Island and they raced their cars in a baseball stadium in front of sell-out crowds. In 1990 after Switching to a blower and a clutch Chad finished seventh in the “CAMEL MUD & MONSTER SERIES” and that same year joined the NMRO’s 2 second club. In May of 1991 Chad ran the first ever 2.5 in 200’ in a brand new chrome-moly chassis built by Tom and Chad. Later that summer Tom joined the NMRO’s 2 second club with a 2.74 blast in a brand new chassis of similar design. For the next few years Chad and Tom chased points and won races with the “CAMEL SERIES” and did very well in the NMRO’s “ALL STAR SERIES” and the SPECIAL EVENTS “JAMBOREES”. Then after over a decade of running year round Chad and Tom began running just a few races a year. 2007 made it “25 years of playin’in the dirt” for M&M racing (Marsh & Miller).”

*Racing in more than 100 cities…*27 States…*3 Countries… USA, Canada, Aruba *Television coverage on NBC, ABC, TNN, SPEED, ESPN, OUTDOOR * In front of sellout crowds of more than 50,000 people…* Stadiums, Coliseums, Civic centers like the Silver dome, Superdome, Sky dome, Hoosier dome, Georgia dome, Metro dome, and Tampa Stadium. * Featured on Diamond “P” Videos * PROBADD member

Tom and Chad both had bad racing luck and destroyed their cars in spectacular crashes but have a new car they hope to debut sometime in 2010.

Tom Marsh and Chad Miller…..Welcome to the Mud Racing Hall of Fame! May you have many more great racing days ahead!