SUMMIT STATION — Not yet as tall as its rear tires, Piper Marcus gripped the steering wheel of a John Deere tractor Wednesday evening at the Schuylkill County Fair. Ahead lay a clay drag strip. Behind ...

Heart-pounding stock car races. Action-packed demolition derbies. Vibrant Charros performances. Stunning tractor pulls. And gravity-defying linemen going head-to-head in a utilities rodeo for the ages ...

MENDON, Ill. (AP) - Ray Arnold isn’t certain how long he’s been sitting in the grandstands at the Adams County Fair watching tractor pulls, other than it’s been “a long time, probably around 40 years.

A heavy drag sled is a weighted contraption attached to the tractor or truck. As the tractor or truck goes down the track, the weights on the sled are pushed ahead of the sled’s axles, which pushes ...

FARNHAMVILLE, Ia. – Bill Vote loves a good tractor pull. The roar of the engines and the sight of a machine struggling to drag a tremendous load down a track appeal to the Farnhamville man. And he’s a ...

It’s a hot August day, and you’re sitting on the metal bleachers inside a packed arena. In front of you sit two souped-up tractors with large sleds attached to the back, waiting in anticipation for a ...