Mud Runner

Our bold bodgers are nearing the end of their 1,000-mile odyssey. Today, our super scrappers must turn their weary wheels into bog-busting, border-breaking Mud Runners as they race through a maze of deep and dangerous muddy moats and across the finish line into Scotland. Reigning champions the Chaos Crew are neck and neck with the Knuckleheadz on the championship table but the competition is wide open because the vehicles must cross the finish line to be in contention for the Scrappy Races title. First the teams must head for a local scrapyard full of useful old junk, where they have just eight hours to repair, reshape and refine their scrappy racers one final time. The judge Our judge is Neal Redpath, Scottish 4×4 champion and tyre expert. He runs Redpath Tyres (with his brother) which is one of the biggest specialist tyre companies in the UK and has competed in some of the most gruelling 4×4 events in the world. He first took to driving in the extremes of the Australian Outback where he lived for two years. Neal soon mastered driving over sandy conditions and when the opportunity arose to compete in the Baja Mexico 1000, he jumped at the chance and remained a team member for three years. A little closer to home, Neal competed in (and won) off-road events all over Europe. Now Neal is concentrating on winning one of the most difficult 4×4 events in the world, the Outback Challenge in Australia.