it’s good to always be back home to put on a show.” Brandin MacDonald says he's glad to be competing on his home track at the 40th annual P.E.I. “It’s good to be back for my hometown pull,” said MacDonald.
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The tractor that goes the farthest wins its class.īrandin MacDonald piloted a custom-built rig down the strip as the only Island competitor in the 8,500 lbs Pro Farm Tractor/ ASTTQ Hot Farm class. The object of the competition is to pull the drag as far as possible down the track as the weight gradually increases. Tractors are grouped by weight and level of modification. She is also the director of the Crapaud Exhibition. Truck and Tractor Pull Championships on Aug 6. There were double the visitors of 2019, with an estimated 5,000 people coming to see the pulling power of everything from souped-up lawnmowers to “hot-stock” or custom-built tractors. It’s been a busy couple of days,” said Albrecht.Īn extra field for parking at the 2022 event meant no one had to park on the highway, and the extra bleachers were packed for the nighttime pulls, she said. Volunteer Fran Albrecht, director of the Crapaud Exhibition, the umbrella under which the tractor pull falls, said Friday is usually the biggest night for attendance and Aug. The gates were steadily admitting spectators at 4 p.m. Glenn Stewart waits in the shade for his event - the 9,500 lbs Pro Farm Tractor - to be called at the 40th annual P.E.I. “Now we can double our speed of the show, there’s always something going on, on both sides,” he said. “We’re running two tracks, two drags or sleds, two nighttime pulls,” said Stewart.Ī new partnership with a Quebec group, the Association Sportive to Tires de Tracteurs du Québec (ASSTTQ), means there are a few more tractors in the yard and – significantly – a second drag for the competitors to pull.
For 2022, there are two pulling tracks and a larger staging area for competitors to weigh in and wait their turn to roar down the 400-metre strip.
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