Umcjifr Farming, Saturday, May 3. 1975
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"The Sting", a tractor owned by
Lester Landis, Lititz, was one of 17
tractors on display last week at Park
City. The Southeastern Tractor
Tractor Pullers Set
To Open ’75 Season
Although their tractors
didn’t roar, spit fire and
smoke, or churn dirt, Lan
caster County tractor pullers
did get their season un
derway with friendly
competition before a crowd
of thousands last week at
Park City.
The pullers trucked 17
tractors into the Watt &
Shand Mall. Giant super
stock tractors, souped up
garden tractors and
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Pullers Association staged a show
there in the Watt and Shand Mall to
herald the beginning of another
season of tractor pulling.
everything in between were
on display.
An estimated 25,000 people
looked at die machines, and
701 of them stayed long
enough to cast their votes for
the best looking tractor.
When the votes were
counted, the winner was
Elwood Funk’s modified
Farmall F-30. The tractor
was built in 1939, but is now
powered with an 1100 cubic
inch V-8 Ford engine
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originally designed to power
tanks.
Funk is president of
Chemgro Fertilizer Co. in
East Petersburg. He’s also
president of the Buck
Tractor Pulls, the country’s
first track built especially
for tractor pulling. Funk’s
tractor, “Boss Moss’’, will be
seeing plenty of action this
year.
Elvih “Oz” Ament,
Ephrata R 2, was chairman
of the Park City display. He
said the pulling season in
Lancaster County will open a
two-day event May 9 and 10
at Kinzers. The Southeastern
Tractor Pullers Association
will stage that pull at the
Rough and Tumble
Engineering Grounds on
Route 30 about 12 miles east
of the City.
The Buck Track will open
its season a week later on
Saturday night, May 17. That
track is located 12 miles
south of Lancaster on Route
272. Buck .pulls have also
been scheduled for May 24
and May 31. More in
formation about any of these
events can be had by calling
717-354-8600.
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