Monday, June 20, 2011

Pull results from 6/17 & 6/18/2011

The Dirtslinger Pulling Team pulled twice over the weekend - first at the Corn Belt Shrine Truck & Tractor Pull in Charleston, IL on Friday night (6/17) then at the Clinton County Fair Spring Nationals in Wilmington, OH on Saturday (6/18).  Here are the results of the Dirtslinger pulls, as posted on the PowerAndNoisePhoto.com website:


On Friday night, Bill pulled the Rockstar Dirtslinger a distance of 307.070', which was good for 2nd place in the 7800# class, while Shannon pulled the Dirt Challenger a distance of 266.080', which was good for a 5th place in the class.


On Saturday, Bill pulled the Rockstar Dirtslinger a distance of 354.200', which was good for another 2nd place in their class, while Shannon's pull of 264.420' in Dirt Challenger was good for only a 15th place finish, in a VERY crowded field.


Charleston was not a PPL Points pull, but Wilmington was.  The Lucas Pro Pulling League site doesn't have the points standings updated to reflect Wilmington yet, but if I understand them and calculate them correctly, Dirtslinger moves up from 4th place, to a tie for 2nd place in the points, and Dirt Challenger drops one spot from 5th to 6th.


The next pull listed on the team schedule is at the Tomah, Wisconsin Super National Pull.  The Modified tractors are scheduled to pull on Thursday evening (June 23rd), and again on Friday at Noon.  That pull is a NTPA pull, and does not pay PPL points.  The next PPL-points pull on the schedule is at Henry, IL with the Lucas Oil America's Pull on July 9,2011.

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Dirt Challenger - Decatur Macon County Fair - 6/8/11 - 100_8774.avi

Rockstar DirtSlinger - Decatur Macon County Fair - 6/8/11 - 100_8767.avi

Dirtslinger Pulling Team finishes 1st and 3rd at Macon County Fair

Bill pulled the Rockstar Dirtslinger clear out to 403.48 feet (way beyond the marked 300 foot end of the track) in the "extended track" setup.  By far winning the class.


Shannon pulled the Dirt Challenger immediately afterwards and finished with a pull of 341.47 feet.  That distance was good for third place in the class. 


Not too shabby, guys!

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

New Pictures page

Just added a Pictures page.  So far it links to a Google Picasa web album I have of recent DirtSlinger and Dirt Challenger shots.  Will add more as they become available!

Click the Pictures link in the red page links bar above!