Oakboro Pull

Since I have a head cold, I feel onery enough to repond some of the asine comments already made. * Casepower you weren't there - if I had been scared of being beat, I would have stayed home myself. Had you been there you would have been treated the same as everyone else. If you want to duke it out about preferential treatment, I'd be glad to pull against you using whose ever rules we have to use. It made no difference what club someone usually pulled with, at Oakboro each puller was treated the same - the rules were SATPA's rules, that's how it was advertised and that's how it was run. OTTPA, CATPA or whatever PA it was, you pulled according to the rules in effect, and NO ONE was treated special.

*Flogger knows SATPA rules - it may seem unnecessarily wrong, but rules are rules. All PA's have their rules and unfortunately for Flogger, he doesn't meet SATPA's. NO ONE has anything against Flogger, and I personally think he's a fine individual, but rules is rules. *Mike - there were over 300 hooks, just what the h*** did you expect? The last tractor choked down at 11:57pm, and you knew there would be trucks there - correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't OTTPA run trucks??. We were never behind, we finished by the requested midnight deadline = averaging 1 pull every 2 minutes. If you had a problem with something, why did you not discuss it during the pull?

There was someone at the starting line for each class to ensure all pullers were in line correctly and ready to hook.

Yes, the track conditions did have something to do with adjusting the sled, or moving the start line, but know that SATPA had NOTHING, absolutely NOTHING to do with the track conditions. The adjustments that had to be made were made so everyone had the same advantage. We could have had a mud bog, we could have had a dust storm with each tractor, but overall the track was good.

Yes, I'm proud of my 2 2nd place tropies, and my one first place trophy, but by god, I earned them and NO ONE within SATPA did anything to help me. Only the good Lord and good driving earned me my trophies.

I hope everyone has a nice Sunday afternoon.
Linda Benton
aka THE Bulldog

I was probably wrong to bring an illegal tractor to a satpa pull but I thought maybe if it said Super M on the hood and 264 on the block it was pretty close. Right is right and wrong is wrong though and yall certainly have a right to allow and not allow what you want. I primarily came to support Mr Hinson and his new facility. I reckon it was just a unhappy coincidence that satpa was the club doing the pull. What I feel really bad about is getting out-pulled by 2 more tractors after the protest and seeing the little feller who did the protesting go away empty handed since you only had first and second place trophies. I'm pretty sure I've got a few third place satpa trophies, with several sizes and colors to choose from. If Mr Byrd will give me a holler, I'll try to pick him out a nice one.

I'd like to commend Mr Hinson on a great track and facility. I'd like to see one of the other clubs who allow tractors like mine to pull have one there sometime.

Best Regards! John Hinson

To all the whiners --- as the old proverb goes..IT IS BETTER TO KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT AND BE THOUGHT A FOOL--- THAN TO OPEN IT AND LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT YOU ARE ONE..... Sorry but sometimes my professionally has to go out the door when I see such untrue and rude statements.. Hats off to THE BULLDOG... AND ALL THE GREAT FOLKS IN SATPA...LOOKING FORWARD TO PULLING WITH YOU GUYS AGAIN.... THANKS FOR THE OAKBORO PULL..

THE OAKBORO PULL WAS ONE OF THE BEST I'VE BEEN TO. YES, I'VE PULLED WITH ALMOST ALL THE CLUBS IN NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA AND FEEL THAT I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TREATED FARE. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ALL THIS FAVORTISUM SHOWN TO MEMBERS THAT WHINERS KEEP WHINING ABOUT . DR. SR.

They are more then welcome to tell you if they want, but when I was told the way It was descibed to me it was like hearing my own story a couple of years back and I have no reason to question or doubt what I was told. I went to Stanley County and got the same treatment. Here is a picture of a friend the same day he stood the tractor up on it's wheelie bars without moving the sled and the picture was taken on the way down so his tractor was almost straight up before the picture was snapped. In the same class a Oliver 60 pulled 150 feet while using the choke to keep it running and did not spin or raise the front at all off the line. You just be sure and remind your sled operator when you do crap like that you are taking a chance on killing someone. Say what you want and talk all the crap you want about me. I will keep pulling CATPA and OTTPA at least they are fair. The next OTTPA pull is next Sat. at 5:00 PM and Sun at 1:00 PM at the pumkin festival at Goldston, NC. and the next CATPA pull is OCT. 5 at 12:00 noon at Four Oaks, NC. I pull 3500, 4000 super and 8000 and 9000 stock with CATPA and 3700, 4200 super and 8200 and 9200 stock with OTTPA and I am sure you will get treated as fair as anyone else. If it wasn't that way I wouldn't be pulling with them. I don't pull for points so I am considered a outsider to both of these clubs and have no problems at all.