Whitewright Tractor Pull Arena Photos (2024)

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How do you win a tractor pull? ›

Pulling this ever-increasing load eventually causes the vehicle to lose forward momentum and torque, although a rare few might indeed reach the end of the course, known as a “full pull.” The distance from start to finish is measured in thousandths of an inch and the tractor that pulls the sled the farthest distance is ...

AND THE WINNER IS…the one who pulls the weighted sled the longest measured distance. That's how to win. Children astride a pedal tractor go as fast as they can, pedaling as hard as they can, to pull the sled as far as they can.

Truck and tractor pulling, also known as power pulling, is a form of a motorsport competition in which antique or modified tractors pull a heavy drag or sled along an 11-meter-wide (35 ft), 100-meter-long (330 ft) track, with the winner being the tractor that pulls the drag the farthest.

Nearly 200 drivers will compete over several days before an audience of 80,000 attendees for the chance to bring home a share of over $300,000 in prize money.

Admission to the Pulltown National Tractor Pulling Championships varies. The Pulltown National Tractor Pulling Championship in Bowling Green, Ohio, is the largest tractor-pulling championship in the world.

Tractor Pulling is known as “the world's heaviest motorsport.” The goal of tractor pulling is to determine the strongest machine and the best driver. Different to every other motorsport in the world, it is not about the speed, but distance pulled.

Both hands must be on the steering wheel and both feet must be on the pedals. Standing is not allowed. The pulling tractor must stay between the lines of the pulling lane at all times. The contestant must remain seated at all times.

Just like a big tractor pull, kids, pull a weight transfer sled with a pedal powered tractor. The youth who pulls the farthest is the winner.

A bare, 32,000-pound sled is weighted up at various levels depending on the class in competition. For the Modified Tractor class, a full load of 14, 2000-pound blocks are in use to keep that class in check for a total sled weight of 60,000 pounds.

What are the rules of tractor pulling? ›

Drivers must remain seated during the pull with at least one hand on the steering wheel. *No tractor will exceed 3½ mph. Two warnings will be issued. Pull will be disqualified on third violation with no measurement recorded.

Just like a big tractor pull, kids, pull a weight transfer sled with a pedal powered tractor. The youth who pulls the farthest is the winner. Kids, ages 4-12 years old, complete against other kids from their own age group to win first, second, or third place medals.

As the tractor pulls the sledge down the track, the weight box travels forward adding downward pressure and load onto the whole of the pan, while simultaneously removing a proportion of weight from the sledge drive wheels. This is weight transfer in action.