{"id":768269,"date":"2019-06-13T05:16:28","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T12:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangshift.com\/?p=768269"},"modified":"2019-06-13T05:16:53","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T12:16:53","slug":"2019-ntpa-mule-city-300","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangshift.com\/bangshiftxl\/2019-ntpa-mule-city-300\/","title":{"rendered":"Pulling Action Coverage: 2019 NTPA Mule City 300 – Horsepower, Carnage, and Big Tractor Counts!"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Words and photos by David Whealon) –\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>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 the first NTPA Grand National Tractor Pull of the season. The 6th Annual Mule City 300 was yet another show of spectacular pullin\u2019 action. Eight classes with over 100 competitors were on hand to deliver us a tremendous display of awesome sled yanking horsepower. The three diesel smoking classes of Super Farm, Pro Stock and Light Pro Stock gave the fans their favorite color to cheer for. Red or Green. And to add a bit more color to the mix in Light Pro Stock, the lone Orange AGCO Tractor \u201cGalot M\u201d brought the total up to 32 smokers on the property. \u00a0Rounding out the field of stock appearing tractors were the alcohol burning Super Stock Open class. Brought back after a two year hiatus from the show were the twin blown engine wheels up Light Unlimited accompanied by their hemi counterparts of Modified Mini, 4 Wheel Drive Trucks and the funny cars of pulling, the Modified Two Wheel Drive Trucks.<\/p>\n

With the show slated for two sessions on Friday and Saturday night, good ol\u2019 Ma Nature had something else in mind for Friday night. After about 1-1\/2 hours of non-stop action of the 4 Wheel Drive Trucks and the Pro Stock classes the sky opened up only to complete the 4 Wheel Drive Trucks class with Peyton Davis\u2019 \u201cPunisher\u201d crowned the winner. All but a few of the Pro Stock tractors got a chance at the hook before the rain and as per NTPA rules the session was a wash and all competitors were awarded first place championship points. All was not lost though. The pro Stockers got a test n\u2019 tune for Saturday night. \u00a0Saturday night was a different story. All classes were run on a great hooking track and the pull-offs were aplenty. As it is with this being the first hook of the 2019 NTPA season and the one and only session for the majority of the pullers, the off season tune-ups played a big part of the action. We saw some extra yardage hooks and some wild Mini Rod unruliness from the veterans along with tractors puking turbos.\u00a0 What an interesting night it was!!<\/p>\n

Class winners included: John Strickland\u2019s \u201cGalot 2\u201d in SSO, Ron Beasley\u2019s \u201cFarmall Fever\u201d in LT PS, Kaitlyn McDonald\u2019s \u201cRed Mule\u201d in SF and Darrin Hunt\u2019s \u201cD2\u201d in PS. Other class winners were Doug Theobald\u2019s \u201cFull Blown Wicked\u201d in Light Unlimited, Reese Shelton\u2019s \u201cCuttin\u2019 Up\u201d in Modified Mini, Russ Nichols\u2019 \u201cOn The Edge\u201d in Two Wheel Drive and Carmen Foster\u2019s \u201cFoster Child\u201d in 4WD.<\/p>\n

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