Pro Pulling League Makes Significant Rule Change for 2023
Sellersburg, Indiana (January 27, 2023) – Motorsports have evolved from their rustic beginnings in the early 20th century, all under the premise of the need to acquire more speed, more power, more performance. Truck and Tractor Pulling is no different; from the moment that Ed Hart mounted that first set of 30.5x32 tires to his D21 for m
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-If you haven't been to Shipshewanna for the Midwest Winter Nationals, put it on your list of events to attend. Now.
-The Michiana Event Center has given Klint Tucker and company room to move and grow...basically freeing them of some limitations that Gordyville had. Much due respect to the work and efforts at Gordyville, but the MEC is on a whole other level.
-Competition as always w
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Champion Seed Returns as Pro Pulling League Western Series Sponsor for Seventh Year; PPL All-Stars in Action at Midwest Winter Nationals
January 12, 2023 - Sellersburg, IN - Champion Seed returns in 2023 as the title sponsor of the Pro Pulling League's Western Series, their seventh year in that role.
PPL Series Director Johnathan Mears offered, "we are proud to have Champion Seed as a
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Solid Junk was a cool tractor but not a controversial tractor. It offered a glimpse of what could happen when the stars aligned and an alcohol tractor ran to its potential. The Conner John Deere was pulling 5-7-9 I believe and that was far more worrisome; the Bad Medicine 2-180 was the tipping point where pseudo-component driveline of a Oliver/White platform was utilized and consistent laps sta
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You stick a roof over an event and that expense is likely #1 or #2, depending on if an event is sanctioned or not. Building rental has always been expensive but since the COVID year fees have risen dramatically. Many facilities get real expensive when the clock strikes midnight and a new layer of expense kicks in. The promoter wants to be done before midnight more than anyone else.
Sled rent
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Anyone watch the segment on Pawn Stars with pullers from the OTTPA club in North Carolina tonight? Brief, but nice look at an antique club.
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Two memories - One was at Freedom Hall for a TNT show that had a pulling track and a monster truck racing track also. My parents and I were seated on the monster truck side opposite the pulling track. I vividly remember one of the Banter 6 engine machines rattling the building.
Chapel Hill 1990, 1991? Sitting on rhe starting line and Engler with the full tilt Mission Impossible in the Heavy
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The current Dixie Deere has to be in that conversation. I can't remember for sure if it hooked SS initially or the precursor to PS but PS - SF - 4.1 now, so potentially 4.
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From the PPL Office -
"December 22, 2022, Sellersburg, IN - Pro Pulling League is proud to announce the continuation of exciting pulling events under new ownership 2023 and beyond.
Lucas Oil Products transitions from an ownership role to a sponsor of the largest pulling sanctioning body in the country, which enables them to maintain a high caliber presence in grass-roots motorsports.
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There are multiple tractors that have had this name but probably the more well known is Josh Miley's High Maintenan$e
Probably the most appropriate name for a pulling tractor or any motorsports competition vehicle for that matter.
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Black Widow, Tennessee Tracks, Mean Gene, Bad Medicine, Kentucky Sledhunter,
and a local favorite - Blue Knight (a 7000 Ford SS from late Seventies and early Eighties)
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QuoteLewis Conner
is it or is it not practically a rerun every year im 2 hours from the farm show and 2 hours from Murfreesboro i would rather go south
The reality is that every indoor event has X number of pullers that are there every year, by whatever measurement or metric the invitational committee decides.
It doesn't matter if it is Louisville, Murfreesboro, Shipshewanna, or wherev
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QuoteThe Original Michael
The problem with any "reality " show is they always try a put a bad spin on it. Pulling is a legitimate motorsport. Points, champions, fair and honest results. Totally opposite than what a reality show will portray. There is nothing real in a reality show.
Dick, that is not necessarily true all the time. There are cesspools like Tiger King and Sister Wives, but I ha
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QuoteFlagger guy
ME! ME! ME!
May Jungle Pam rest in peace!
Jungle Pam ain't dead.
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PPL press release coming soon. thats all I can offer at this point.
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Its December 2nd...refer to my previous post.
Be. Patient.
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Letters were sent out around December 8th in 2021 for the 2022 show. I don't have any idea about the time frame for the 2023 acceptance letters but if I hear anything, I'll post it.
In the meantime,
Be. Patient.
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QuoteOG
Put it best. Turn out the lights, the party's over. They say that all good things must end.
Approaching this situation with patience and more specifically as a challenge/opportunity/re-organization is FAR more productive than as a closed door never to be opened again.
Our instant-gratification, gotta-have-answers-right-now world has conditioned many of us to demand answers
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12 Months of Team Green action!
Buy early for timely delivery -
Small sample of included photos!
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"Farm Stock" Binders Calendar Order Link
-Sample of photos included-
Deere Calendar to Follow -
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First up, 12 months of V8 Power!
Just a sample of each month, action from Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana!
V8 Power! 2023 Calendar
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Jake,
Not complying and standing our ground are not solutions. Here's a thought, lets be PROACTIVE rather than REACTIVE to any perceived challenges that face the sport. Get ahead of the curve, demonatrate and articulate changes, perceived or real, to protect this sport we love.
Advocating and adopting biofuels isnt a horrible idea and its not naive. Marketed and promoted correctly we
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Jake -
You have every right to disagree with me and you know I respect your opinions whether I agree or not.
That being said, you failed in your reply: a suitable alternative to my solution. You more or less in your statement acquiesed to the radical environmentalists, that they control the narrative and there is nothing we can do to counter that.
We might as well give up.
Not me ho
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There is fantastic opportunity to sell pulling as the only motorsport where it's competitor base produces it's own fuel as a renewable resource. Overcoming the challenges of those fuels is urgent.
Thinking three steps ahead, and this is all posturing of course, a motorsports venue could proclaim X number of acres associated with the property that is wooded/grassland to remain tha
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Video
-haven't been on a tractor in 8 years
-shoulda been up a gear
-shoulda moved 75# to the back
-could not have had more fun-win lose, draw, fail, or fool.
Thanks to all who have donated!
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Ill for sure make a hook Saturday on the tractor, pulling the Heartbreaker 2 sled. While the sled is much different from when the NWOTPA had it, I am looking forward to hook to possibly the most iconic sled ever built...to pull a sled that all my childhood heroes hooked to. Video to follow...and thanks again for the support!
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I received a phone call from a very charitable puller in Wisconsin...
"Bryan, I want to donate to the project, x,xxx"
Me - "gasp" - "Awesome!"
"Who do I make the check out to and where do I send it?"
Me - "Send the check to me...make the check directly out to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital so I can submit it and keep track of it on my end."
"Will do. Text me your addre
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We're at $3,320 now, so that means by my simple Kentucky math $1,680 from the goal of this challenge.
Hit the link to make the difference for a worthy cause.
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