Madison Recap

John

I believe in, what you ask for, you will receive. This comes true on what was done at Madison. When you have the right equipment the job becomes easier. When it comes to a thank you words mean more. On behalf of Dragon Motorsports, I like to say THANK YOU to the track crew at Madison. Thank you Madison Young Farmers, Superior Paving, E L Harlow, Chris Matthews and the sponsors that supported this pull. All night I was told that the "Track Conditions" were the best track to pull on. 

In the early part of the day was a nice sunny day with no wind and very pleasant. Then the sun went down and the Madison cool air rolled in. This made the diesels perform on peak and it showed by the results.

15 tractors in the 12 Hot Farm. The win streak was to come to an end for the Lightsout tractor with a fourth. Allen Burner on the top spot with a win on the IH 1066. Second was Randall Young on the Ford and Robert Riley third on the John Deere. Bill Catlett rounds the top 5 in the class.

The 7800 LPS tractors had one new face in the class. Sue Johnson on the Ford. It was to be a 9 tractor class with 4 in a pulloff. Sims Pulling Team dropping out of the pulloff on the Out of the Forest Deere to get fourth. It was the three Fords to shoot it out. It was Mark Smith on the Ford 9600 with the win. Smokey Smith on the Fast Forward second and Adam Collier on the "Hookin Ain't Easy" third. 

E l Harlow on the Harlow Harvester with the win in the 10 SPF. This tractor having the bugs worked out with a great run. Chad Nesselrodt on the Recap This to be second and still the point leader. Brad Gentry third with a breakage at the end of the run. It might be what has been the common problem on the diesels, a burnt piston. Line to Line Sweeney on the fourth spot and the Junk Yard Dog of Howard Meredith's fifth. 

It has come to a brothers battle in the 6200 Altered class. Steve Simmons on the "Still Grumpy" with the win. Brother Bob on the "Fools Gold" on the second spot. Dwayne Griffith on the " Running Rampant" third, Blake Hawkins fourth and Gregory Griffith fifth.

The biggest excitement was in the 6400 Pro Stock 4x4 class. It was a four point difference between first place truck and the second place truck in the points chase. Tonight was true to form, come off the line and jump on the throttle and it was the Haymaker of Gerry Young to bring home the win. This makes a three in a row wins for this puller. This moves Haymaker and Seldon Seen of Kevin Schools to be a tie in points with Gerry having the advantage with the most wins. Tommy Henley jumps in between them for a second and Kevin a third. Ole Goat of Jerry Smith's to be fourth and Brad Diggs to be fifth.