Columbus, Ohio—The hook is in. The green flag is out. And the NTPA’s 54th championship season is on!
The National Tractor Pullers Association and the Lorain County Fair of Wellington, Ohio will join forces to present the Friday Night Spectacular on Friday, August 23 at the fairgrounds in Wellington. The Grand National event will be conducted in one session starting at 6 p.m.
In truck and tractor pulling, specialized vehicles of a similar build take turns dragging a weight transfer sled along a straight dirt course as the sled’s resistance increases. The winner is the driver whose vehicle moves the sled the greatest distance. In NTPA Championship Pulling, competitors travel across the nation to perform at the motorsport’s most prestigious venues and in front of the world’s most passionate fans for purse money and season championships.
Four Grand National divisions and one Regional National division will compete at the Friday Night Spectacular: Light Super Stock, Classic Super Stock, and Yoder Popcorn Pro Stock Tractors and Mini and Unlimited Modifieds.
Competitors will pull for the posted Grand or Regional National event purse for each division. Registered vehicles will earn points toward their divisions’ respective GN or Region II championships and berths in the 37th annual Enderle Pull-Off scheduled for Saturday, September 14 at the Champaign County Fairgrounds in Urbana, Ohio.
Online event entry (including the completion of driver full-year or provisional licensure and vehicle full-year or provisional registration) is required for entrants into all GN classes at this event. Instructions for online entry into this and all NTPA GN classes in 2024 may be found on the front page of NTPAPULL.com. The competitor entry deadline for the Friday Night Spectacular is noon Eastern on Monday, August 19. No entrants into GN classes will be accepted after this deadline or on-site.
Online entry for the Region II Classic Super Stock Tractors will be available but not mandatory. On-site entry will still be conducted for that class only,
For more information about the Friday Night Spectacular, visit the fair’s website: LorainCountyFair.com. To discover more about NTPA Championship Pulling, check out NTPAPULL.com.