Manassas Recap

John

A  first timer in the winners bracket at  Manassas. With the 25 hooks we still had some tough pullers to show up this year.

 The 10 Super Pro Farm was the first hook of the night. 7 pullers in the class. Chad on the first hook and turned his pull down to have Clayton on the second hook. A reset on the sled made Clayton Sweeney on the Barnstormer the lucky dog for the night. Clayton did not lay down a winning run by no means. A little hop, is not the word for it, a Big hop and out of the throttle was the best. The setting was a little tight with a 270 range and that made Bill Catlett up next to be the test puller. I was sure that Sweeney was going to come back and get in the transmission by one gear setting less, but no, he came back and pulled the same gear with a much force at the starting line. Breaking the tires loose on the line gave Team Sweeney the chance to gain some ground on Adam Richie on the Ford 9600 that was in the lead from the second hook after the reset. Well, it worked for the ole boy and Clayton ends up with his first win with DMP in the pro farm class. Richie second, Nesselrodt third, Catlett fourth and Shandy Turner in fifth then Harlow then Tanner. 

In the 6400 Pro Stock 4x4 was no stranger to the winners circle. Eric Ritenour on the Crazed Obsession ford flat put 11 feet on the field of trucks. Great run for Eric, like he has done so many times before. By this time you could see the track at the starting line start its decline on the conditions. The low spot as always was getting to worse. Eric was the seventh hook to have two tuff trucks to follow in the class. Ole Goat driven by Captain Smith turned his run into the third spot for the night. Seldom Seen moves up to second after turning down his first hook from a 304 to a 310 distance. Scottie Neil on the fourth and Gray rounding out the top five. 

The 7800 Light Pro Stocks Smokers was Paul Schrock on the IH 1066 to have his fourth win for the season. Both Paul and Ed have worked to be up in the top three in the class and has been the points leader for the last couple of pulls. Ricky Tavenner on the Case IH has placed second on every hook since Madison and it will be soon for his win also. Team Cox on the Demo Deere having a starter problen or so not being to hook after his first attempt places him on the fifth place. Team Collier third and Steve Flint fourth. 

The last class for the night was the 6200 National 4x4. 5 trucks in the class with one having trouble in the pits and not able to pull. First hook was Bryan Cubbage on the Bounty Hunter. Bryan laid down a keeper of a 303.95 to second guess his self to turn it down. He gave up the winning pull right then, but we all know that now and thats pulling. It  was not in the Chevys favor for the night that the Fords claim a win in  both truck classes. Wyatt Sours, the points leader pulled a 302.32 to drive out John Dugan on the Damage Plan ford to second with his 302.31 distance. Thats right. It is not a miss print. Just one hundreds of an inch. In some countrys that is as good as a foot. In pulling, that's second place. Aaron Smothers on the Money Hog to be third, Cubbage fourth and Woody Campbell fifth. 

As I mention at the start of the pull, we ask that you say a prayer for Woody's grand daughter as she recovers from an injury just this week. Katherine, 11 years old, received and injury while work was being done to her pulling truck. We ask our Lord for a steady and smooth recovery for Katherine. 

Intimidator

John we thank you and everyone for the prayers for Katherine...she is doing well just lots of pain, but each day she will get stronger....she got home at midnight last night...will be on crutches for the next 6 weeks....she will be back in her truck before you know it...