About
Gary Bywaters - Founder
Western Pennsylvania’s oldest and largest off-road race series for racers, by racers. Established way back in 1989.
The Month of Mud is a very unique race series. We don’t focus on just one style of racing. We have a cyclocross race, two cross country races, a short-track cross-country race and a downhill time trial. You can compete in as many races as you wish or compete in all the races and qualify for the series championship. We welcome racers of all ages and abilities, there are 15+ classes to choose from. All the races are held within a 50-mile radius from downtown Pittsburgh. Our races are typically held on Sunday morning, during the months of September and October, check our homepage for more information. We work with the local parks to do trail maintenance and we donate money to parks for maintenance projects.
HALL OF FAME
INDUCTION YEAR: 2003
Gary “The Sheriff, By” Bywaters • Jerry Bliton • Chris Huffman
INDUCTION YEAR: 2004
Frankie Ross • Tom Bell
INDUCTION YEAR: 2005
Gerry Pflug
INDUCTION YEAR: 2006
Beth DeSanzo • Matt Tinkey • Ty Musser
INDUCTION YEAR: 2007
Brad Kriley • Ed Lustic • Joe Fotia
INDUCTION YEAR: 2008
Jim Yankush • Tom Clayton
INDUCTION YEAR: 2009
Justin “J-Pok” Pokrivka
INDUCTION YEAR: 2010
Dave Krack • Andrew Crumpler
INDUCTION YEAR: 2011
Don “Dahn Pahrs” Powers • Rob Spreng
INDUCTION YEAR: 2012
Tad Riddell• Mike Briggs
INDUCTION YEAR: 2013
Dana Tinkey • Gunnar “Beast from the East” Shogren • Jim Sloane
INDUCTION YEAR: 2014
Rob Riddell
INDUCTION YEAR: 2015
Christa Ross • Jason Henze • Charles Patterson
INDUCTION YEAR: 2016
Bob Anderson • TJ Platt
INDUCTION YEAR: 2017
Steve Hutter • Ryanne Palermo
INDUCTION YEAR: 2018
Greta Daniels • Rege Ricketts
INDUCTION YEAR: 2019
Scott Ogden
INDUCTION YEAR: 2021
Jim Litzinger
INDUCTION YEAR: 2022
Joe "The New MC" G. Fraas
INDUCTION YEAR: 2023
Ann Burr • Anthony Grinnell