Monday, April 22, 2013

LSGTPA 2013 Season Opens

The 2013 LSGTPA tractor pulling season is underway !  Several teams attended the Test and Tune event, held at the Bonham pulling track, to undergo the annual technical and safety inspection.  The teams in attendance were then able to hook to the sled, and dial in the tractors for the season opener, to be held in Bonham on May 4.
Some of the Youth Class drivers catch up.

Safety and technical inspection underway at the Bonham Testing  event.

Youth Class track maintenance.

Several new tractors were on hand for some testing.

Steve Hovind takes a look at the Bonham track.

First puller of 2013 was Jared Stephan, waiting to make a hook in Bonham.

Lane Duncan takes his 'Texas T-Rex' out for a little clutch testing.

Kolby Langham dials in his 2013 entry.

Cassidy Bramlett tests her new extended wheel base tractor.

Jared Stephan made several practice laps, during the Bonham Test and Tune event.

Kolby Langham aboard 'Texas Thunder' during the Bonham Test session.

Pullers head to the track for test pulls in Bonham.

John Aufdenkamp dials in a new fuel system, during the Bonham Test and Tune event.

Ken Langham makes a hook with the Langham Team diesel.

Youth Class drivers Lane Duncan, Kody Langham, and Aidan Hovind.
The LSGTPA teams will open the 2013 season in Bonham, in conjunction with the Bonham Heritage Days Celebration, on Saturday May 4.  The event will begin at 3pm, with our National Anthem presentation by Bailey Melvin and Morgan Dellow.

Thursday, April 18, 2013

LSGTPA Tractor Pullers Testing in Bonham

The 2013 LSGTPA tractor pulling season has arrived, and the teams will be converging on Bonham Texas for a test session at the Old Ector Road pulling track !  A few sneak peeks of some of the new or improved tractors, have been leaked !!









The test session is scheduled for Saturday, April 20 at 11am.  If you would like to check out some of these machines, or bring your project out to be classified and teched for competition, feel free to stop by !