Posted by Banditfarmer on January 09, 2015 at 11:26:44 from (75.186.9.25):
Years ago I loved to go the fairs to see the pulls, This was back in the late 60s 70s and early 80s. 3 basic cases stock, Modified and Open class in tractors and trucks. Pulls lasted for days. In 79 the 4x4 truck pulls started at 10 am and got done that night at 11.30pm pulling all 3 classes. It was the same way for the tractors, An all day event. It was a fun time Stock classes were strict no fast gas and everbody had an even chance to win, Then the modified class was a different carb, fast gas, headers and sometimes tires. Open class was anything goes!
The last pull I went to at a fair was a joke, 3 hours and it was all done. And from what I can see now is the winner of the pull is the guy with the biggest wallet to buy the latest and greatest! I really took the fun out of the pulls, It the same way now in open wheel dirt track cars. I guess I am getting old now but I do miss the sound of an Oliver 88 with turbo blue fuel going down the track or a MH 44 diesel blowing smoke like an old freight train going down the track. I do miss the old pulls. One of the tractor shows close by had pulls for years but now all tractors that pull have to have wheelly bars on them to pull. It just don't look right to see a stock tractor with them on it to pull a stock class. They say its for safety, Still don't look right. I guess I miss the good old days of tractor and truck pulls. There is just not that much fun in it now to do it like years ago. Guess I'm showing my age now. Bandit
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