LaGrange Engine Club
The New Era Tractor Pull
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Featuring The White Family of Tractors

Pull starts around 2:30 pm, immediately following the Antique Tractor
Pull. Entry both opens at 1:00 pm and closes at 2:30 pm
Printable Flyer/Entry Form

New Era Tractor Pull Classes
Year 1972 and older tractor
 
  • Class A: 8,000 lb 85 HP Tractor
  • Class B: 9,000 lb 95 HP Tractor
  • Class C: 11,000 lb 110 HP Tractor
  • Class D: 13,000 lb 130 HP Tractor
  • Class E: 16,000 lb 160 HP Tractor

Entry $15 per class per pull. No Refunds. Must be a LaGrange Engine Club Member to pull. You can sign up to be a member the day of the pull.

For more information call Don Crawford (440) 774-6045 (after 4 pm)
or Chip Benton (440) 647-4597 (after 6 pm).

General Rules
  1. Weight includes driver.
  2. Minimum drawbar length is 18 inches from center of rear wheel to point of hook. Drawbar to be stationary in all directions. Drawbar height maximum 20 inches from ground to top of hitching device parallel to the ground. Driver to furnish bolted clevis. No devices to be hooked by hydraulic lifts. Hitching device not to be more than 1.5 inches from back edge to hitching device.
  3. No pressurized fuels allowed, except LP gas. No oxygen allowed.
  4. No pre-dyno after pull starts. Time limit of 10 minutes on Dyno.
  5. All exposed turbochargers or portions thereof must be shrouded with steel 1/16 inch or thicker.
  6. All exhausts must discharge vertically upward above the highest point of the tractor with the exceptions of roll bars and be securely attached.
  7. No homemade tractors. No dual wheels or tire chains. Weights on rear are as follows: (1) If put on lift arms, must be secured to frame of tractor. (2) Also must have room to hitch from standing on front of transfer sled; if not, tractor will be disqualified.
  8. All stock tractors must be equipped with a hood and grill. No cut or special designed pulling tires allowed.
  9. The contest is to be governed by three judges; all decisions will be final. The judges have the right to stop any pull if it is being operated in an unsafe manner. All protesters must make a $25 deposit for rechecking.
  10. All minors must have a written consent of parents or guardians to enter contest.
  11. Only one pull allowed each contestant unless judges declare a tie. Pull is ended when tractor engine stalls or forward motion stops. No jerking allowed. Shifting permitted if forward motion isn't stopped.
  12. Driver in seat at all times while pulling in contest.
  13. Ladies are welcome to participate in any class.
  14. Stock tractors are agricultural tractors having a standard block, injection pump and crankcase for the make and model being entered, and power take-off, single fuel, single turbo charge, also factory standard seat.
  15. The tractors will remain in front of grandstand after they have pulled and the top eight tractors will be checked for weight and drawbar immediately following the class. The drivers will remain in their seats after pulling and no helpers or spectators will be allowed on or around them until they have been checked. Drivers: It is up to you to keep them off or you will be immediately disqualified.
  16. Driver allowed one helper while pulling,
  17. Conduct: Participants will conduct themselves in a sports-like manner. NO ALCOHOL OR DRUGS will be permitted on the premises or in possession of drivers or assistants. Immediate expulsion will result if these rules are broken.