Derby Info & Rules

Ride it right

Rider registration, Friday Night Lights classes and the rules of the trail.

Three separate things to pay forCamping is booked online. Derby rider registration and Friday Night Lights class entry are paid on site.

Derby rider registration

Riders in rain gear and helmets line up at volunteer tables inside the big white registration tent
Saturday registration in the big white tent.

$40 per machine (2027 fee).

  • Pre-registration: Friday, 5:00–7:00 PM, in the beer gardens
  • Registration: Saturday, 9:00 AM–12:00 PM, in the big white tent

All sales are final. The event runs rain or shine.

Friday Night Lights classes

A rider on a mud-caked Can-Am Renegade throws a wave of mud rounding a corner of the pit as a flagger watches
Two riders race side by side across the flooded pit, machines and spectators lining the far bank
Drone view of machines parked in a ring around the figure-eight mud pit
Two young riders race side by side through a flooded lane between cones, spectators behind the tape

Entry fee per class · 2027

Paid on site, Friday night

  • $30Kids classesper class
  • $40Stock classesper class
  • $60King & Queen of the Pit, SXSper class

Adult classes

  • 400cc–599cc
  • 600cc–800cc
  • 801cc–1000cc
  • UTV/SXS — anything goes
  • “Queen of the Pit” — anything goes
  • “King of the Pit” — anything goes

Youth classes

  • Youth 1: 0cc–125cc, ages 4–6
  • Youth 2: 0cc–300cc, ages 6–12
  • Youth 2: 300cc–500cc, ages 9–15

Derby rules

  • Riders 16 and under must be accompanied by an adult
  • Helmets must be worn at all times when riding an ATV
  • ATVs and UTVs must be registered
  • If you brought it on the trail, bring it home. Clean up your garbage.
  • Stay on marked trails
  • No drinking and driving. Be responsible.
  • No unapproved marketing or promotional signage on the trail or event grounds

Most of all, be safe and have fun.

Ride the trails

40 km along the Red River

The trail runs along the river and never strays more than about 3 km from town. Volunteer crews spend weeks clearing and checking it so it’s ready and safe on derby day.

~40 kmTrail length
≤ 3 kmNever farther from town
4Checkpoints on the trail map
$40Per machine to register (2027)
  1. 1

    Checkpoint 1

    First stop on the river loop.

  2. 2

    Checkpoint 2

    Toilets.

  3. 3

    Checkpoint 3

    Food and toilets. Homemade soups, chili, burgers, hot dogs, snacks and drinks, about halfway through.

  4. 4

    Checkpoint 4

    Quad wash and toilets, next to a mud hole.

Riders on the derby trail
See the official trail map. The route can change every year.

Save your spot in the mud.

Weekend camping is $80 per camper or tent. Book online in a few minutes. No account needed.

Book Camping

Trail Map

Official derby trail map. The route starts at the Start/Finish registration tent beside the Red River, follows numbered markers 1 to 30 in a loop along both banks, and returns past a mud hole at Checkpoint 4. Checkpoints: 1; 2, toilets; 3, food and toilets; 4, quad wash and toilets.

The route can change every year. Open full size