I’ve been a tractor pulling fans since I was about four or five years old. Some of my earliest memories are going to tractor pulls with my father and occasionally my grandfather. Back in those days the local circuit was the Western New York Tractor Puller Association (WNYTPA), the name has changed to Empire state Pullers (ESP), but some of the faces that I grew up admiring are still the same. In fact, I proud to admit that I’ve made some great friends in the sport, and some of those friends are the same ones I watched when I was just a little kid.
In 1997 I graduated from college and moved out to Colorado. My father and I had started going to more national events a few years earlier and my move incorporated our third trip to Bowling Green. I had a little spare time on my hands once I got settled in Colorado and I had a ton of pictures from all the years, so I decided to start a pulling website.
I didn’t know anything about websites, computers, or computer programming, but I didn’t let that get in the way. I muddled (and continue to muddle) my way through the learning process with the goal to help promote this motorsport, as well as, to give a good avenue to facilitate the sharing of information.
I’ve moved back to Western New York, and since that time I’ve had the opportunity to help build an alcohol Super Stock, as well as the opportunity to help with: multiple other Super Stocks, a Mod, and a Twd truck. It’s been a fun experience and I’ve made some great friends through the sport.
My father and I still travel around to local and national pulls, and I couldn’t think of a better guy to hangout with on some summer days. It’s hard to believe it’s been more than a decade since this all started!