2018 fair-print

Page 176 2018 Logan County Fair Lincoln Daily News July 29 - August 5, 2018 THURSDAY, August 2, 2018 Tractor Pulls an exciting part of Logan County Fair more than 50 years W ith their high energy, loud engines, and lots of horsepower, tractor pulls have been an exciting part of the Logan County Fair tradition since 1966 . The Pulls are the main grandstand attraction on Thursday evening, Aug. 2nd. In tractor pulls, sometimes known as “power pulling,” the goal is to be the best driver of the strongest machine and pull a weighted sled the farthest. Darrell Ebbersten, superintendent of the tractor pull department, a “full pull” may be about 320 feet, though few machines make it that far. He said more often, the average full is 220 to 300 feet since it gets more difficult the farther the sled is pulled due to the weights transferring to the front of the sled and causing resistance. Track conditions are important. With premiums for all the classes and prizes totaling $13,800, the pulls are very competitive. Logan County Fair’s Tractor Pull includes seven different weight classes ranging from as garden tractors as small as 1,050 pounds to pro-stocks as large as 9,500 pounds. Class 1255 is the Garden Tractor Pull. These are 1,050-pound tractors which are the size of CONTINUE 00