Ripley County Event to Receive National Exposure
Subscriber Benefit
As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowA high-performance tractor pull event in Osgood this weekend will be in the national spotlight. The Louisville-based Battle of the Bluegrass Pulling Series event at the Ripley County Fairgrounds will be covered by NBC Sports Network and air nationally later this year. June 25, 2014
News Release
LOUISVILLE, Ken. (June 22, 2014) – The Howes Lube/Battle of the Bluegrass Pulling Series (BOB Series) makes it first journey north of Kentucky this weekend, June 27-28 to the Ripley County Fairgrounds in Osgood, Indiana. “This promises to be one of the largest events we have sanctioned in the Hoosier state, with NBC Sports coming to film the pull on Saturday night,” said BOB Series CEO Tom McConnell.
“This event will feature all the classes the BOB Series has to offer, as well as giving fans a chance to visit one of the largest Antique Tractor and Agricultural Heritage Shows in the State of Indiana.” The event is being sponsored locally by Southern Indiana REMC and Ripley County Tourism.
The F.A.R.M. Club is a non-profit organization that stands for Farm & Antique Related Machinery. The group is focused on the collecting, restoration, exhibiting, and preservation of the farming lifestyle. “The F.A.R.M. Club wishes to preserve the heritage and knowledge of the agricultural lifestyle that could be lost if it is not taken care of, and that has resulted in our Annual Show in Osgood” said Chuck Heck, one of the Innovative Machine is putting up a $1,000 Bounty on Jerry Sipes and his “Family Driven” LLSS to the first puller or the first two pullers that can beat Jerry Sipes two weeks in a row. They started the Bounty this past weekend in Williamstown, where the Sipes team won yet another victory. Innovative Machine sponsors the “Till the Money Runs Out” 570 Cockshutt, which is sure to be a crowd favorite this weekend among all the Antique tractor fans.
Innovative Machine is putting up a $1,000 Bounty on Jerry Sipes and his “Family Driven” LLSS to the first puller or the first two pullers that can beat Jerry Sipes two weeks in a row. They started the Bounty this past weekend in Williamstown, where the Sipes team won yet another victory. Innovative Machine sponsors the “Till the Money Runs Out” 570 Cockshutt, which is sure to be a crowd favorite this weekend among all the Antique tractor fans.
Directors of the F.A.R.M. Club. The show features Antique Tractors, Stationary Hay Baling, Steam Engines, Corn Shredding, Sawmill and Planer, Working Blacksmiths, Tractor Games, Homemakers Demonstrations, crafts, flea markets, as well as a Pedal Pull that is being sponsored by MoonPie. “MoonPie will make sure every kid gets to taste a MoonPie when they enter the pull,” commented McConnell.
The Howes Lube/Battle of the Bluegrass Pulling Series will be hosting two days of pulling, June 27 and June 28 at the Ripley County Fairgrounds during the show, with the pull starting at 7pm each night. The pull will feature all the classes the BOB Series has to offer including the Light Limited Super Stock Tractors, Outlaw Super Stock Tractors, Diesel Trucks, Two Wheel Drive Trucks and for the first time ever in Osgood, Semis.
For a complete listing of classes, and show information, please go to the Battle of the Bluegrass website at www.bluegrasspulling.com.
Source: Battle of the Bluegrass Series