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Event Coverage: Pulling Action At The 2020 National Farm Machinery Show – Horsepower In Louisville, Kentucky!
(Words and photos by David Whealon) – All I can say is Holy Cow!! My first trip to the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville Kentucky was nothing short of astounding. I was well aware of...
Captured Horsepower: David Whealon’s 2019 Photographic Year In Review – Racing, Pulling, Cornering, and More
(Photos by David Whealon) – There’s a tiny part of us that actually might feel bad for David Whealon. See, we know lots of guys who are into cars and racing, and the whole thing but few...
NTPA Pulling Action Photos: More Cool Photos, More Flying Clay, and More Late Fall Pulling Fun!
(Photos by David Whealon) – Last week we showed you the front half of David Whealon’s killer photo collection he shot at the NTPA pull during the North Carolina State Fair. Well, today...
Horsepower and Dirt Photos: NTPA NC State Fair Southern Showdown Tractor Pull Action!
(Words and Photos by David Whealon) They say “Nothing Could Be Finer” here in Raleigh North Carolina every October since 1853 with the opening of the NC State Fair. And once again the annual NTPA...
Monster Truckin’: Action Photos From The GALOT Motorsports Park Monster Truck Throwdown!
(Photos by David Whealon) – You know when the boys and girls at GALOT Motorsports Park throw a monster truck party it is going to be a good one, right? That was the case with the recent...
Kentucky Truck Tuggers Action Coverage: 4-Wheel Drive Combat At 4,300 and 6,000lbs!
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Truck Tug-o-war. This is an event that likely began once there were two trucks in the same vicinity as a handy length of rope. The Kentucky Truck...
Tuggers! Check Out These Photos Featuring Tug Of War Trucks From The Scott County Fair In Kentucky
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – While the four-wheel-drive truck tuggers are entertaining, the two-wheel-drive rigs are a completely different animal. As you might guess, steering is not...
T-N-T Pulling Action Photo Coverage: The Ground Was Thundered At The Scott County Fair In Kentucky
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – So we left after the 4thclass was complete because my youngest son and I weren’t feeling well and hungry. Oddly enough stopping off at waffle house...
TNT Tractor Pull Coverage: Some Of Kentucky’s Coolest Iron and Best Pullers Came Out To Test Their Mettle
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Five classes were to be contested on this rather hot and humid evening, but we only stayed for 4. Sorry diesel trucks. Maybe next time. We’d been...
Gravelrama 49: Elimination Hill – Eyes To The Sky And Foot To The Floor!
The second part of Gravelrama 49’s Sunday schedule is the part of the show that, in my mind at least, is the root of the whole week of activity: Elimination Hill. Four stories of sand and pea...
2019 Capital City 300 Pull Photo Coverage: Killer Photos Of Trucks and Tractors Getting Down With The Sled!
(Words and photos by David Whealon) –Our NTPA Region 4 United Pullers of the Carolinas 2019 season is up and running and we’re back to the NC State Fairgrounds for one night of awesome...
2019 NTPA Mule City 300 Pulling Action Photos – Wheels Up, Soot Up, Power ON!
(Photos by David Whealon) – We’re back with more awesome David Whealon photos from the 2019 NTPA Mule City 300 from GALOT Motorsports Park. The facility is great and the hundreds of...
Pulling Action Coverage: 2019 NTPA Mule City 300 – Horsepower, Carnage, and Big Tractor Counts!
(Words and photos by David Whealon) – As always, the first weekend in June marks the time when Galot Motorsports Park gives the 1/8 mile dragstrip a break and opens the up the back gates for...
Mud Chuckin’ Action Photos: Blown Alcohol Madness and The Fastest of The Fast At Lee County Mud Motorsports Complex!
(Words and photos by David Whealon) – If you like massive horsepower coupled with flyin’ dirt or tenacious sloppy mud you’re gonna dig this. The Lee County Mud Motorsports Complex had the...