Benton Neighbor Day event holds Mud Race

A vehicle speeds through the dirt while mud flies in the air at the Mud Race as a part of the Neighbor Days event on Saturday. (Nathan Gladden ~ Southeast Missourian)

A vehicle covered in mud speeds through the dirt at Neighbor Days on Saturday. (Nathan Gladden ~ Southeast Missourian)

A truck gets towed out of the mud with a tractor at Neighbor Days on Saturday. (Nathan Gladden ~ Southeast Missourian)

Mud covers the tire of a truck after it made it's way through the dirt on Saturday. (Nathan Gladden ~ Southeast Missourian)

The audience looks on while trucks and other vehicles make their trek through the wet dirt at the Benton Mud Race on Saturday. (Nathan Gladden ~ Southeast Missourian)

A truck climbs through the mud while surrounded by the exhaust in the Mud Race on Saturday. (Nathan Gladden ~ Southeast Missourian)

A family poses for a picture while they enjoy their time at the Mud Race at the Neighbor Days event on Saturday. (Nathan Gladden ~ Southeast Missourian)

(Nathan Gladden ~ Southeast Missourian)

Exhaust fills the air while a dirt covered man tries to drive his Jeep through the mud  at the Mud Race in Benton on Saturday. (Nathan Gladden ~ Southeast Missourian)

(Nathan Gladden ~ Southeast Missourian)

(Nathan Gladden ~ Southeast Missourian)

Bennett LeGrand goes around on a prop motorcycle on a merry go round at the fair grounds on Saturday. (Nathan Gladden ~ Southeast Missourian)

Monroe Butler smiles while she enjoys her time going around on the Slime wheel on Saturday. (Nathan Gladden ~ Southeast Missourian)

(Nathan Gladden ~ Southeast Missourian)

Siblings Emersyn and Maddox Roslen sit and take a break from their time at the fair grounds on Saturday. (Nathan Gladden ~ Southeast Missourian)

Brothers Easton and Gatlin Payne ride around in the air at the fair grounds at Benton's Neighbor Days on Saturday. (Nathan Gladden ~ Southeast Missourian)