—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 23,1978
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The tractors roared at the Penn Fall Nationals
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speaks of his hours spent on
his big machines.
“They’re powerful
machines,” he noted. “The
most powerful things that a
person can drive. There is a
real thrill in competing, and
I really like it.”
“I like the people you meet
at the pulls,” he continued.
“They’re very friendly, and
very real people, a lot of
them are farm folks. It’s
very much like a big farm
family.”
From Beaver County, Carl
Vogel and Russell Zahn,
were found before the pull
preparing for their classes.
The t vo young men travel
around the state for tractor
pulls, estimating that they
have travelled to about 30 of
them this year.
Vogel, 18 years old, has a
427 Chevy engine powered
tractor called the
Clodhopper which he uses in
the 7000 Modified class. He
got started by travelling to
fairs to see tractor pulls and
“does it for fun”.
Zahn, who uses a FarmaU
400 powered by two 427
Chevy engines that is called
the Orange Squeezer, has
been involved in tractor
pulling for three years. He
In the 7000 Super Stock division, Craig Leggett, from Boonsboro, Md., shows
his tractor’s style. He drove a John Deere 4020, and pulled 240 feet.
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tells that he just “wanted
one” and so he now
estimates that he has about
$3,800 invested in his tractor.
He thought tractor pulling
appeals to everyone, being
the heaviest sport on wheels,
“It’s a growing sport,” he
noted. “The crowds just
grow and grow.”
There were eight classes
held at the Buck stadium
between the two nights of
competition.
In the 9000 Modified, Ron
Bickel, from Versailles,
Ohio, took first place with is
Massey Ferguson 55,
powered by an Allison air
craft engine and pulling 250
feet, three inches.
Dennis Wilson, Greenville,
Ohio, and his Cockshutt E 4,
with a 427 Ford engine, won
the 7000 Modified, with a pull
of 272 feet, three inches.
Danny Dean, South
Charleston, Ohio, with an
International 1066 won both
the 9000 Super Stock and the
12,000'Super Stock. In the
9000 Super Stock, he pulled
258 feet, six inches; and* in
the 12,000 Super Stock, he
made two free pulls.
In the 7000 Super Stock,
Harry Savage, Monrovia,
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class with a pull of 290 feet,
four inches.
Wayne Ross, Concord,
New Hampshire, took the
5000 Modified, with his
Oliver 1650 powered by a 454
Chevy engine. He had a full
pull followed by a pull of 241
feet, five inches.
In the 5000 Super Stock,
Tim Stauffer, Ephrata, with
his Deutz 8006, won the class
pulling a total of 269 feet, six
inches.
And in the 12,000 Unlimited
Class, John Shaul,
Fultonham, New York, with
his Cockshutt, powered by
an Allison aircraft engine
won the class by making a
full pull, the only one in the
class.
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1. Ron Beikel, Versailles,
Ohio; 2. Maurice Gayer,
Casselman, Canada; 3.
Ralph Banter, ,Lafontaine,
Indiana.
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Greenville, Ohio; 2. Ralph
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Westminister, Md.
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