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With everything going on in the world lately I thought this could be an interesting thread to start. Hopefully others will join in. With the recent passing of Bruce Hutcherson I thought it would be fitting to start this thread with some memorabilia I have of his. The hat was actually one that Bruce himself was wearing. We were at Bowling Green in the mid to late 80s and my dad was talking with Bruce and asked him where we could get one of those hats like he was wearing because I really would like one, without hesitation he took it off and handed it to me. It's one of those things that I'll never forget from my childhood. I'm thankful for all the memories he provided and his part in the evolution of the sport. RIP |
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Ralph Banter is another tractor pulling great that we lost in February. Today's picture will be in honor of him. Talk about someone who was constantly pushing the sport forward with innovation. As most of us know, it wasn't just Ralph doing it by himself. It was the duo of Ralph and Dave that made the Banter Bros. name synonymous with tractor pulling. This is one of their team hats along with a patch that they had to put on their crew uniforms and such. Unlike yesterday I don't have a memorable story to tell on how I ended up with these. I know my dad got these from Ralph, just don't remember the details. To another one of the sport's legends RIP! |
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Rupp Arena
Lexington KY 1979 |
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One of my prized possessions is this program from Pull-O-Roma from the old Richfield Coliseum near Cleveland, Ohio. I am not sure when this was but I think it was late 70s??? I am surprised that my dad even bought me a program but I am glad he did as it brings back good memories every time I see it. |
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Picked this up on Ebay a few years back |
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Memories of the Wrangler credentials pouch and what is still in it. |
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I have a few of the NTPA / Firestone posters circa 1982.
A nice tribute to another legend John Hileman |
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Today I'll honor the late Bob Smith. I was lucky to have gotten to know Bob and Scott while traveling the GN circuit before they retired from the sport. In fact Bob's sister Myrna was my canoe buddy at Chapel Hill one year on our canoe trip. I always enjoyed talking with Bob. One of my childhood memories is the teddy bear that always rode in the passenger seat of the pulling truck. The picture is one of their hero cards and a hat pin that I got from Scott. |
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While looking through some of my stuff I found these that go along with my posts from earlier in the week. I knew I had the hero card of the Banter Bros., but had forgotten about the Makin Bacon t-shirt. |
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Bumper sticker and hero card that I got at BG. |
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From part of my dad's collection |
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My dad's red denim participant jacket from Louisville 1978. |
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A patch of my dad's. It is the size of a playing card. |
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A NTPA t-shirt that I wore all the time and a hero card both from the early to mid 80's. Interesting that the shirt has a monster truck on it. We pulled against the Thumper tractor a few times. A very tough tractor in those days. |
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A couple more things from the 80's. |
Nice Jaske's Meister Brau Express Nothing like a Super Mod 4x4 with 2 Arias motors / that thing would haul that Thumb sled at the USHRA events 
Gary Collins Bud Boss-Little KW was similar / 2 kb hemis |
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A couple more hats from my collection. |
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Ok, I'm going to need a little help on this one. The Summer Nationals hat I don't know how or where I got it. I can't seem to find out either, so does anyone know where this event was held or anything about it? As for the Wrangler hat, I got it in BG. I'm guessing around the late 70's early 80's. My mom told me I could get one souvenir that weekend. The Wrangler hat was the thing that I saw and liked immediately. It did have a pretty hefty price tag on it compared to all the other merchandise though. That led my mom to telling me "let's look around the rest of the weekend and see if there's something else you see that you like" AKA let's see if there's something cheaper. Needless to say I didn't see anything else that I liked more than that hat. Even though my dad thought it was too much money to spend on a hat my mom spent the money and got it for me. I guess it was a good investment as I still cherish it and the memory of it to this day. |
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A model kit from the mid 80's. |
