NTPA new Mission Statement missing something? March 03, 2025 07:02AM
NTPA's website has a new Mission Statement:

“The National Tractor Pullers Association, Inc. (NTPA) is the longest standing, premier sanctioning body for truck and tractor pulling, focusing on professionalism, safety, and a family-friendly environment. The NTPA strives to deliver top-tier motorsport events at local, regional, and national levels, ensuring safe and fair competition and exciting entertainment value for fans and participants. The NTPA shield symbolizes pride and loyalty for staff, contestants, and supporters alike, serving as a badge of commitment to the sport’s excellence and integrity.”

Professionalism, safety, and a family friendly environment are important, and agreed on all those.

One thing missing- keeping costs in line so the sport has a sustainable future.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/03/2025 07:02AM by The Original Michael.
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Re: NTPA new Mission Statement missing something? March 03, 2025 07:12AM
Also missing is "taking into consideration of the original Michael's feelings"....c'mon dude we get it, you don't like NTPA. If you're gonna sink to the depths of critiquing their mission statement, it's time to find a different hobby.
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Re: NTPA new Mission Statement missing something? March 04, 2025 01:22AM
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Also missing is "taking into consideration of the original Michael's feelings"....c'mon dude we get it, you don't like NTPA. If you're gonna sink to the depths of critiquing their mission statement, it's time to find a different hobby.

No, you don't get it at all. I have no hard feelings about them. NTPA has been around way longer than anyone else. To keep it going, somebody needs to be the adult in the room and make hard decisions to rein in costs. If I didn't care, I wouldn't have commented.

If that means some of their top pullers leave because they want to spend more and more, that's their choice.
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Re: NTPA new Mission Statement missing something? March 04, 2025 01:31AM
Hope springs eternal. I have waited for leadership to step up for years. Maybe someday.


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Re: NTPA new Mission Statement missing something? March 04, 2025 11:02PM
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The Original Michael

Also missing is "taking into consideration of the original Michael's feelings"....c'mon dude we get it, you don't like NTPA. If you're gonna sink to the depths of critiquing their mission statement, it's time to find a different hobby.

No, you don't get it at all. I have no hard feelings about them. NTPA has been around way longer than anyone else. To keep it going, somebody needs to be the adult in the room and make hard decisions to rein in costs. If I didn't care, I wouldn't have commented.

If that means some of their top pullers leave because they want to spend more and more, that's their choice.

For somebody who cares so much you sure do piss, moan, whine, cry and poke at every last single detail making it seem like pulling is the absolute worst thing ever. It’s really easy to sit behind your keyboard and have all the answers. If you have so much to offer, why aren’t you sitting on a board somewhere??
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Re: NTPA new Mission Statement missing something? March 04, 2025 04:02AM
Keeping costs in check is a missing goal of many organizations, pulling, farming, schools, government, families etc. Instead, all I hear is how can we raise more money or charge more money.
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Re: NTPA new Mission Statement missing something? March 05, 2025 01:40AM
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The Original Michael
NTPA's website has a new Mission Statement:



One thing missing- keeping costs in line so the sport has a sustainable future.
Can you give some ideas on how to keep costs in line? I don't know a competitor who wouldn't like it if they could spend less. But the drive to win keeps costs rising. And if you think about it whenever limits have been put on a class to save money, it usually drives the cost higher. Because all will try and figure out a way to get more performance with the limit involved. Then the limit ends up costing more. Just look at the PS class. I think we can all agree this "starter" class is not that anymore.
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Re: NTPA new Mission Statement missing something? March 05, 2025 02:25AM
That's why the ones that started the class and early supporters of the LLSS is tryn their very best to keep that class in check for what it's intended purpose was, but you've got certain ones that have plenty of money and don't care what they spend and are only thinking of what they want, it's got completely out of hand !!! Sry I know this has nothing to do with NTPAs mission statement but the previous post was about pro stock bein intended as a starter class Same as LLSS !!!!
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Re: NTPA new Mission Statement missing something? March 08, 2025 01:40AM
How to keep costs down? Start with getting rid of any X by Y, Z inlet, or J outlet turbo rule. Least cost is a spec turbo, everyone runs the same and you only buy a new one if it breaks. No more new turbo every year. There still will be R&D to optimize camshafts, piston bowls, and injectors, but everyone would stop chasing the latest turbo.

2nd option would be a restrictor plate ahead of the turbo. This would likely result in a couple years or R&D figuring out the optimal turbo for each engine and restrictor combo, but it would eventually stabilize. It would give moneybags a place to spend money chasing more airflow, so some will think they need to chase it too, but in reality there is a limit to how much air will go through a given hole size, beyond that the flow goes turbulent and the flow actually drops.
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Re: NTPA new Mission Statement missing something? March 10, 2025 01:07AM
Why is it always complaints about NTPA causing issues with cost being too high? Has anyone looked at PPL or Outlaw or any other organization with basically the same rules and complain about the same thing with them? Yeah PPL and Outlaw have rule variations from NTPA but none are for cost. Why don't we harp on the other organizations doing the same exact thing or in some classes making it worse?

I give NTPA credit for trying different things to keep the sport going. Sometimes they don't work but yeah they try and most clubs end up following in the same path.

They must be doing something right when there competitor numbers are up compared to some others. And we just need to get it in our head our sport is not cheap, it is expensive no matter what class you get into or what club you run.
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Re: NTPA new Mission Statement missing something? March 10, 2025 01:37AM
I have talked with different people that have worked for the NTPA, some in the late 90s and there was always an on going conversation about how to bring more entertainment to the shows. I don't think it was from a lack of trying, rather facing some challenges such as, diminishing rural population, youth that has lost interest in Motorsports, the short time that the vehicle is on the track visual entertainment, the shrinking of state and county fairs,, poorly run events that turn fans off, the list goes on as it does today with the pulling world


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