1:00 PM EDT.  It a beautiful afternoon.  Sunny a few puffy clouds.  Temperatures in the mid to upper 70's with a moderate breeze from the northwest (starting line).

Modified Four-Wheel Drive Trucks

Foolish Farmer driven by Mike Manke is the test puller.   The sled is reweighted after his pull and he drops last.  Matthew Davis driving Outrage is the next test puller and he goes a distance of 292 ft.

Close pulling as we would expect in this class.  Ed Garner in Ratical moves into second place for now with a pull of 289.5.  Dave Fischer in Oh My misses taking over second with a pull of 289.0 ft.  Everyone moves back one place as Yankee Blue driven by Scott Phillips goes into the lead with a 300.55 ft pull setting up a potential pulloff.

Rob Foster in Simply Red moves into second place for now with a pull of 295.9 ft.  Larry Peterson comes up just short of taking the lead, but forces a pulloff by going a distance of 300.52 ft in Profab.

The Lean Meat Machine piloted by Jeff Smith goes to the lead and the pulloff pulling a distance of 302.9 ft.  Wow!  Great run by Jim Mootz in Buckeye Shaker -- 324 ft to take the lead by over 20 ft which knocks Profab out of the pulloff.   R. B. Moler in To the X-treme pulls 305 ft, making the pulloff and knocking out Yankee Blue.

Ron Newell in Temporary Insanity pulls 300.4 -- a good pull but not enough for the pulloff.  Donald LaBonte pulls 302.0 in The Rock coming less that a foot short of making the pulloff.   Daniel Bosch in Midnight Raider starts slowly but goes 303.7 ft to make the pulloff and displace the Lean Meat Machine.  The home state guys are doing well as Jim Holman runs out to 313 ft knocking Midnight Raider from the pulloff.

Rhonda Harstad in Maybe Baby makes a nice 307.1 ft pull and takes over for To the X-treme in the pulloff.  The ink isn't dry and Scott Smith in 3 Bears pulls 317 ft displace Maybe Baby from the pulloff.  Jason Brammer makes a good 301 ft pull in Mr. Recovery.

It's Pulloff time!   Jim Mootz in Buckeye Shaker sets the bar high with a pull of 331 ft.  A good pull by Jim Holman in 4-Play but only enough distance for second at 308 ft.  Last puller is Scott Smith in 3 Bears and he goes 304 ft for third place.

Congratulations to Jim Mootz and the Buckeye Shaker for their win in Modified Four-Wheel Drive Trucks!

Super Farm Tractors

Here we go.  We have 50+ tractors in this class.  The Albino Deere driven by Nathan Frey is scheduled to be the test puller, but elects to drop last.   Tracy Nauman in Lil' Rascal sets the mark with a 285 ft pull.  Brock Ooman runs to the top with with a 292 ft pull in the Bad Oomen.

Harley Sietsema takes over the lead with the Wolverine Deere III pulling 295 ft.  No sooner was that pull in the books than the Diesel Addiction piloted by Toby Kramer runs out to 301 ft potentially setting up a pulloff.  Ryan Salenbien pulls into second place with a 297.9 ft. pull in Never Satisfied.  Mark Stuckmann misses taking over second in In Dew Time with a 297.3 ft pull.  Larry Steinmann takes over second place with a 298.38 ft pull in Gateway Deere.

John Strickland comes up just short of second place in Get a Load of This with a pull of 298.16 ft.  Henry E. Smith comes up less than an inch short of taking second place pulling 298.31 in Assorted Nuts. Arlyn Smits in Wolverine Deere II takes over fourth place by one one-hundredth of a foot by running 298.17 ft.

Roger Liermann in Runnin' on Red goes 297.8 ft -- a top ten pull for now.  Cauzin' Conflict pulls 297.2 with Jerry Wisel at the wheel.

No other tractor tractor pulls more than 300 ft, so Toby Kramer and Diesel Addiction take the victory in Super Farm Tractor.

Modified Two-Wheel Drive Trucks

Jason Gibson in Young Blood is the test puller.  He goes 241 and they lighten up the sled taking out two weights.  Roger Simon in Simon Sez Chevy is next test puller.  He goes 273 ft, declines the distance and drops last.

Eddie Carry in Bulletproof pulls 262 ft as the first recorded pull.  Andy Teasley in Hytek pulls 286.8 ft to take lead.  R. J. Simon in Ol' Blue goes 282 ft, a few feet short of the lead.

Mike Zeysing in All Jacked Up tosses the rubber band, er blower belt, early ending up with a distance of 148 ft.  Stan Shelton takes the lead with a 293 ft pass in the Cutting Edge.   Dave Skinner in Bad Company comes up about a half a foot short of taking second place from Hytek with a 286.2 ft pull.   Roger Simon pulls 285 ft in the Simon Sez Dodge.

Dave Richardson drops 6 with his Kodiak S-10.   Trevor Cox in Dr. Hook also loses a blower belt and stops at 252 ft.   Don Nelson in Gunsmoke has problem with the drive trains and stops at 161 ft.

Dan Walsh takes over second place with a nice pull of 289 ft.  Jessie Petro in the Buckeye Hauler takes the lead with a 296 ft distance.  Two pullers later, Jack Cline in Blast from the Past blasts (pun intended) into the lead at 297 ft.

William Sisson pops the supercharger on Totally Exhausted and comes to a stop at 45 ft.  Andy Teasley takes over third place in Bad Boy with a pull of 294 ft.

Everybody takes a step back as Shannon Leischner in Dirtslinger runs 298 ft.  Everybody takes another step back as Jessica Jacks in the Cenpeco Pair of Jacks pull out to 304 ft, potentially setting up a pulloff.   Dave Richardson in the Kodiak T has problems getting off the line and stops before 100ft.  On the repull, the engine bangs in a ball of flame and stops at 232 ft.  Rod Cochrane driving the Twister takes the lead with a 312 ft pull and forces a pulloff.   Rover Simon comes up just short of making the pulloff in his Simon Sez Chevy with a pull of 299.87.

It's Pulloff time!   Jessica Jacks pulls 300.8 ft in the Cenpeco Pair of Jacks.  Now it's up to Rod Cochrane.  His Twister goes 298.9 ft.

Congratulations to Jessica Jacks and her Cenpeco Pair of Jack for their victory in Modified Two Wheel Drive Trucks!

Open Super Stock Tractors

Keigm Parobek in My Other Deere is the test puller. He has trouble getting the RPMs up, so he stops and is pulled back for a repull.  He goes 239 ft, declines the distance and drops last.

Todd Foglemann in the Alcoholic Harvester makes a nice pull at 304 ft to tentatively qualify for a pulloff.  Sid Broughton in Desperado runs strong out to 313 ft to force a pulloff.  Tim Howell in Ryan's Toy pull 324 ft to make the pulloff.  Larry Roberts takes the lead with a 329 ft pull in The Big Toy, making the pulloff and bumping out the Alcoholic Harvester.

Tracy Varns in his Head Games Oliver has problems pulling only 23 ft.  Allen Baballe comes all the way from California to pull in his Under the Influence;  unfortunately he's DQ'd after going out of bounds.  Robby Crutchfield in Brutal Force goes 315 ft to make the pulloff.  The Silver Bullet piloted by Jordan Lustig makes a good pull, but at 303.5 ft, it's not good enough to make the pulloff.

Brent Payne drifts out of bounds in the Color of Money and comes to a stop at 297 ft.  John Evans in The Big Toy II virtually duplicates Lustig's pull at 303.1 ft and also fails to make the pulloff.   Jeff Hirt then duplicates Evan's run with a 303.2 ft pull and is unable to get into the pulloff.  Insanity (Alcohol Addition) driven by Larry Phillips pop a turbo around 50 ft and comes to a halt at 87 ft.   Patrice Beaudry is all over the track and comes to a stop at 299 ft.

Nice pull by by Delynn Kale in Ride the Lightning at 301 ft.  Extremely Armed & Dangerous driven Terry Blackbourn for Mike Chizek makes the pulloff with a strong pull of 317 ft.  Brent Long piloting Mining for Dollars pulls 307 ft., a bit short of making the full pull.  Keigm Parobek on his repull in My Other Deere again has trouble getting the RPMs up, so he stops and is pulled back for a repull.  This he goes 107 ft for his official distance.

It's Pulloff time!!  Sid Broughton has engine problems with Desperado and stops at 176 ft.  Tim Howell makes a real good pull in Ryan's Toy II stopping at 321 ft to lead in the pulloff.  Larry Roberts runs into second place with a pull of 311 ft in The Big Toy.  Randy Crutchfield takes third place for now in Brutal Force with a pull of 287 ft.  Extremely Armed & Dangerous driven by Terry Blackbourn makes a nice pull of 304 ft to take over third place and moves Brutal Force to fourth.

Congratulations to Tim Howell and Ryan's Toy II for their victory in Open Super Stock Tractors!