So how great was that, being back here at Liberty Antique Tractor Pullers with everyone and on such a fine day! The overcast skies and cool breeze were welcome conditions for our pull. The recent rains were perfect for our track, enabling us to work it up and pack it back again for a tight, sticky run. We are definitely ‘back on track’ at Liberty.

Tim Lamb and his son, Steve not only made it back to compete but went head to head again one another in a great show of sportsmanship. We’re glad Tim was able to join us once again after recently being down and out for so long.

John Lokey competed with the only Case tractor registered to pull. Craig Wagner pulled with the only Ford. Of course, if Joe Hawkins had taken the time to dust the cobwebs off of his Ford to bring it along with him to pull instead of just showing up (which are we very glad he did), then Ford would have had more representation.

Bill Adams, too, did not bring his tractor to compete, although he did bring his lovely new wife, Debra. Debra assures us that Bill will be being his tractor back to show her how well he pulls. We’re hoping maybe Debra will try her luck, too.

Ronnie and Ryan Yearwood had a great day pulling as they usually do. Ryan, who has been pulling with us since he was big enough to reach the pedals, graduated high school this year - can you believe it? Best of luck to Ryan with all his future endeavors! It was great to see Elliott Lindsey pulling, too. Elliott is one of our longtime track personal so it was good to see him on the track as well as working the track.

The truck pullers were out in force and gave us a fine show of their horsepower. They never fail to elicit many ooh’s and uh-oo’s from the crowd. Although we didn’t have many pedal tractor racers actually sign in, we did have a great many kids racing down the track. It is a toss up as to who enjoys those kids racing more - the racers or the spectators.

Don’t forget to check in on our web site regularly. Ryan and Sybil Merritt keep current news and picture footage posted. The web site address is www. Libertyantiquetractorpull,com. And we’ll be back here at the end of this month,

June 26^th, to do it all over again!! See you then!!