excuse my language in the title, but that was my first reaction to this image. It is not a photoshop.

 

is that a tractor?

sidemarker

 

Tractor racing... It's nothing new... Kind of funny to look at and watch.

 

its on espn alot

 

Sidemarker, you oughta be ashamed of yerself man! That's tractor pulling, not racing. There are modifieds, supermodified, stocks, and super stock classes (different weights, engine configs, blown, unblown, etc) that pull a sled 300 feet. There is a weight transfer box that starts at the back of the sled over wheels that gradually ends up over the hitch thereby putting greater weight on the tractor's real wheels and over the sled tray creating more drag. Not all tractors make a "full pull" and are beaten by others who go further down the track. If there's more than one full pull, they have a pull off w/ greater weight and they keep goin. I woulda thought Sidemarker wld have seen this before in Texas (lots of farms like NY) that's why I was bustin' yer balls! Art Arfons uses a Pratt & Whitney helicopter turbine to power his super modified tractor, ya oughta see the thing light up at nite!

 

you can just hear the dueling banjoes song...

 

Nothing new. I've watched tractor pulling contest on car channels before. If you think that's weird, wait till you see the 6 V8 engine brackets.

BTW...he's doing a wheelie not because he's going fast...but its because he's pulling a small building.

 

Can you say MULLET FILLED ARENA????

Actually, I used to watch tractor pulling and had forgot all about. The neatest thing was thin they had the monster trucks pull the sled.

 

If u think thats cool then u haven't seen the wheel standing school bus. A yellow full sized school bus that cat-walks down the quarter.


Juker008

 

Wow, where have you been hiding that you have never seen tractor pulls?

 

white boys and their tractors with like 8 engines spinning only 2 big tires!!! I love it!

 

At a local track near my house every year they have a demolition derby, and the feature event is the School Bus Demolition Derby, where only full-sized school buses are allowed. That's some serious carnage watching 20 of those biotches smash into each other.

 

must be a pretty big arena too, pianoman

 

Yep, usually a 1/4-mile or larger track with no permanent fixtures in the middle. Observe:

http://members.tripod.com/seat_slasha/busdemo2.html

 

You can catch this on TNN? What about the SWAMP BUGGY races? Now that Sh!t is funny.

Look at that picture closely. I challenge anyone to find a face that isn't white.