Tractor pull gone bad!

Posted by Tara Z on April 19, 2004 at 22:27:19 from (169.207.124.17):

This past weekend we put on an indoor tractor pull in Wisconsin. Things were going extremely well, that should probably should have been our first clue that something bad was coming. It started out when our antique tractor classes began. At first one person sandbagged, then the next sandbagged more, and it just progressed into our biggest entry class. The first place prize money was $202, and people were sandbagging like crazy. One person, I'm not proud to say was a family member, sandbagged and won the class. The flag man didn't stop the first sandbaggers because as he said it, "I made a bad call that really got taken advantage of. I couldn't call anybody on sandbagging because I made a bad decision not to call a person who sandbagged just a little bit." Now all the people that sandbagged are angry at each other and are saying that one is more guilty than the other. I say they are all equally guilty. The fact of the matter is that we are supposed to have another pull in a month. We would really like to put it on but with the cheeting that goes on, does it really pay? Long time friends are turning on each other, and I hate to see that. On Sunday, my dad said at the drivers meeting, well more like yelled, at everyone. He told them that if they planned on cheating they should go home because it wasn't going to be tollerated. He explained to the people that weren't there the day before about the flag mans bad judgement and how as the night went on it was really taken advantage of. On Sunday the flagman called people on sandbagging and really cracked down on all the rules. I felt it was the best pull I had ever seen, at least was judged fairly. Some people had a complete fit about some of the judgement, but as the event coordinator, my dad felt that he couldn't undermind the fladmans calls because then things would have turned ugly again. I really need feedback about this whole issue. Please respond freely.

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