Hy-Strung Motorsports of Gallatin took second at the 2019 Championship Tractor Pull at the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, KY, on Feb. 16, culminating the best season that they have had since they began competing. The Louisville event, according to Brice Terry, is possibly the most prestigious indoor pull in the nation.
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“If you ever win at Louisville, you’ve really done something,” Brice says.
There were five sessions at the show, each with several classes, and each class had 12 tractors competing. Contestants are chosen by a committee after making application to the show.
Brice and the Hy-Strung crew competed on weekends throughout the summer. Hy-Strung won the Pro Pulling League (PPL) Western Series Championship for the season, which was from May through September. Out of six PPL events, Hy-Strung earned two first place finishes, two seconds, one third, and was disqualified once for running out of bounds.
They also won the National Champions Tour at Wheatland, MO, on Sept. 14, and competed in the Outlaw Pulling Association, winning pulls at Macon, MO, the Missouri State Fair, and both nights at Wisner, NE. Out of the 12 pulls they attended this past summer, they took first place at seven events.
Hy-Strung is in the 6400-lb. lightweight super stock class. It is a custom made component tractor, with an ag block, a tractor hood, and a component chassis. It has 3 turbochargers and runs on methanol (alcohol) fuel making in excess of 4000 horsepower.
Throughout their summer competitions, Brice and his son Tayton alternated driving, but Brice was the driver at this event.
Hy-Strung fans who attended included Brice’s wife Cydney, daughter Tannah, Shelby Lager, and the Hy-Strung crew which consists of Bryan Conner and Danny Clevenger.
Brice has been competing in tractor pulls off and on for nearly 40 years. Tayton has been pulling since he was 10 years old.
You can watch the winning pulls on Brice and/or Cyd’s Facebook pages or the team’s page Hy-Strung Motorsports.