Friday, February 15, 2013

Tough Luck in Louisvillle

The Speedo DirtSlinger pulled at the National Farm Machinery Show Tractor Pull on the opening night (Wednesday).  Hopes were high for the kickoff to 2013, but unfortunately a good pull pull wasn't in the cards. 

The DirtSlinger started down the track strong but it was short-lived.  The rear passenger side engine seemed to give out, and Bill was left with a pull of only 138.00 feet.  It was later discovered that an electrical glitch shut the engine off, so luckily the repairs won't be too costly. 

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Interesting finds

While I was doing some searches for relevant places to link to, I came across these interesting finds...

One of the Gottman Toys 1/16 size DirtSlingers on Ebay
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dirtslinger-Unlimited-Modified-Pulling-Puller-Tractor-1-16th-/261167826294?pt=Action_Figures_Diecast_US&hash=item3cced0c576


A custom 1/64th size DirtSlinger on Ebay
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-64th-Custom-Made-4-Engine-Dirtslinger-Pulling-Tractor-/181077858023?pt=Action_Figures_Diecast_US&hash=item2a2914d6e7


The real Dirt Challenger may be in the process of being parted out, but you can own a 1/64th version of it for around $20-$30 on Ebay
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=Dirt+Challenger&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313&_nkw=%22Dirt+Challenger%22&_sacat=0



And how about this blast-from-the-past... a story from 1988 in the Chicago Tribune about the tractor pulls at the Illinois State Fair.  Bill Leischner is heavily quoted in it!
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1988-08-17/news/8801230544_1_tractor-pulls-fair-officials

Re-Launch... again!

Okay, so I started slacking off on the updates in '11, and was asleep at the wheel for 2012.  I updated the page/site to reflect the sponsors for 2013, and will try to keep up better this year!