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Greg H.
08-13-2004 10:25:55
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I usually don't post here;I'm not pulling currently,and have nothing to add and I just read the discussions. However,I witnessed something last night at our county fair's antique pull, that is still making me smile. It has nothing to do with what type of tractor that finished first, but rather the pulling order and a terrible rain storm that ensued, and the surprising finish. It started, sort of a cool mist in the air when the 7500# class was finishing up. By the time the 8500# rolled around, it had turned into a sligh drizzle. The pullers, though they thinned out, because of the impending rain,remained undaunted. The first few pullers still had decent track conditions, but with a 3.5 MPH rule, there wasn't much momentum to be had, and when the sled dropped the tractors stopped. It was like this threw most of the class, with some really big cubed boys opening up their mighty throttles,as the pan would drop, in hopes of inching past their preceeding puller,all for nothing. Finally as the last two puller came up to pull, the rain really began to fall. I retired to the press box to watch as a 720 diesel hooked up as the next to the last puller. All the other boys in the press box laughed and said they were glad they weren't this poor guy, who was only going to go about 50ft, before spinning out. It was like you knew the other guys were counting their money. However,he took off in second gear,because of the muddy conditions. As he approached the 200ft mark,where the sled operator had been dropping the pan; short tracking people, to hurry up and get out of the rain, and something funny happened. The 720 didn't stop. He kept his bite. The track had become so slick, that the pan just slid on the mud, and he just kept going, and didn't stop until he had traveled 390 ft, and was up against the stadium fence. The last tractor didn't go as far as the 720, but still made 260 on his pull, and placed 2nd, leaving everyone else back at 200ft or worse. I know this is a long post, but it just goes to prove, that anything can happen on any given night, and in tractor pulling sometimes it's better to be lucky than be good. For those of you out there with a small budget, pulling for fun, you'll have your rainy night, or perfect balance, good track night too. Good luck to everyone puliing this week end. Later, Greg H.
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