Participants await the Mud Bogs at ET Motopark - AZ Speedway in Gilbert. [David Jolkovski/East Valley Tribune]

Trucks enter the park as the sun goes down before the Mud Bogs and Sand Drags event at ET Motopark - AZ Speedway in Gilbert. [David Jolkovski/East Valley Tribune]

Joe "JD" DeLorenzo, of Mesa, puts a log in the fire during the Mud Bogs and Sand Drags event at ET Motopark - AZ Speedway in Gilbert. [David Jolkovski/East Valley Tribune]

The Mud Bogs and Sand Drags event at ET Motopark - AZ Speedway in Gilbert. [David Jolkovski/East Valley Tribune]

Franky Dupler prepares to drive through the mud during the Mud Bogs and Sand Drags event at ET Motopark - AZ Speedway in Gilbert. [David Jolkovski/East Valley Tribune]

Mike Locke drives throught the mud during the Mud Bogs and Sand Drags event at ET Motopark - AZ Speedway in Gilbert. [David Jolkovski/East Valley Tribune]

Queen Creek resident Mike Mabbitt helps clean the windshield of a mud covered truck during the Mud Bogs and Sand Drags event at ET Motopark - AZ Speedway in Gilbert. [David Jolkovski/East Valley Tribune]

The Mud Bogs at ET Motopark - AZ Speedway

in Gilbert. [David Jolkovski/East Valley Tribune]

A truck is towed away after retiring from Mud Bogs for the night at ET Motopark - AZ Speedway

in Gilbert. [David Jolkovski/East Valley Tribune]

Spectators turn to watch the Sand Drags duing a lull in the Mud Bogs at ET Motopark - AZ Speedway

in Gilbert. [David Jolkovski/East Valley Tribune]

A mud covered truck sits on its trailer at the closest gas station after the Mud Bogs and Sand Drags event at ET Motopark - AZ Speedway in Gilbert. [David Jolkovski/East Valley Tribune]