Farmersville Old Time Saturday Recap

As the Duncan Motorsports Team rolled into Farmersville, Texas for the Old Time Saturday Pull, Lane Duncan and crew were confident that a good performance was in store for the great crowd of pulling fans.  Both the 'Texas T-Rex' tractor and the 'Twisted Kitty' tractor were prepped and ready, after a great showing and a victory from the previous event.  Riding in second place, in the LSGTPA 2017 points standing, Lane was excited at the opportunity to pull closer to the top spot, and make a run for the title at the season finale.

During the card draw, to decide the pulling order, Lane placed his 'T-Rex' tractor atop the run sheet, with an 'Ace' card from the deck.  With the 'T-Kitty', Lane would draw a 'Deuce', placing his two machines in a one-two order for the day.  The team was pretty excited to open the show, and looked to be in great shape, after posting two Full Pull's in the opening round.   That's when the rule book bit us.

A rule in the LSGTPA book, taken from other associations, calls for an adjustment to the sled in the case of the first two pullers posting a Full Pull.  This rule, is commonly used in pulling organizations that only provide one hook, to score the event.  The LSGTPA group, uses a combined total of two hooks, to score the event, making the rule unnecessary, and sometimes ignored.  On this day, however, officials chose to recalibrate the sled.  The effect on our team, was to take away our first two pulls, and place us last in the line of pullers with two hot tractors. 

The 'Twisted Kitty' was able to return and make a decent pull in the opening round, and make up some ground in the second round, to post a fourth place finish.  The 'Texas T-Rex' tractor, on the required re-hook, was on a decent run,  when the tractor suffered a couple of hard bounces, that knocked the transmission out of gear.  Not to make excuses, only providing the unusual chain of events that provided for a very challenging day for the team.  We enjoyed a great day for pulling, and visited with some awesome fans, but did not turn in the performance that we had expected.  On this day, it just wasn't in the cards !

Going forward, we have already formed a game plan to prevent such an event from occurring again.  So, lessons learned !  The team apologizes for the lackluster performance on the day, to our fans and supporters, but we are hoping to rebound at the 2017 season finale, and look forward to capping the year with a great event in Sulphur Springs.  Our final event will be contested at the Help-A-Child-Benefit, held at the Hopkins County Civic Center in Sulphur Springs.  Lots of activities are planned for the day, and we are excited to once again be a part of this great event !

Come support us, and all of the LSGTPA pullers, as well as an awesome event at the Help-A-Child-Benefit !