What is Tractor Pulling?
Tractor pulling is a competitive motorsport in which modified farm tractors drag a metal sled down a prescribed course. This sled contains a heavy payload of metal plates which are mechanically winched forward as the sled progresses along the course. Tractors pulling this ever-increasing load eventually lose forward momentum and torque, although a rare few may indeed reach the end of the course. The distance from start to finish is measured in hundredths of an inch and the tractor which pulled the sled the farthest distance is declared the winner. In the event that more than one tractor crosses the end of the course, a run-off is held with heavier weights or a greater distance.
