Pullers return to Licking for FFA Pull

By Editor | June 25, 2025 |

Photo by Shari Harris
This youngster has his John Deere working hard pulling the Stubborn Mule sled.

The Licking FFA Truck & Tractor Pull was held on Saturday at R&S Track on Shafer Road. WW Productions put on the pull, and the Stubborn Mule MiniRods also took to the course for an evening of pulling entertainment.

A good crowd turned out for the event, and volunteers were busy. Roy and Shellie Ogden and family, FFA members, city employees, firefighters, other volunteers and many sponsors made the event possible.

The changing of an alternator on the Intimidator Sled created an intermission in the truck and tractor pulls, but the mini-rod pulls continued. The sled was repaired and the trucks and tractors returned to the track..

Jake Buckner, of Licking, won the Small Block Super Stock category with a pull of 304.91 feet in a 1968 GMC he calls Hard Times.

The winners for the Licking FFA Truck & Tractor Pull in the other categories were as follows:

Small Block 2WD – Daigeen Parrish, of Pomona, in Midnight Rider (237.19)
Hot Street – Billy Knight, of Dell, Ark., in Blue Devil (262.53)
Stock 2WD – Tracey Mock, of Caulfield, in Turner Loose Deuce (123.87)
Hot Stock Trucks – Caleb Winrow, of Lebanon, in Lil Rusty (223.49)
6200 DOT 2WD – Verlan Coble, of Koshkonong, in Goin for Broke (325.28)
Work Stock Diesel – John Ball, of California, in a 2002 Dodge (332.93)
13000 Stock Tractors – Josh Allen, of Fordland, in Tangerine Tugster (271.16)
6200 Super Street – Paul Payne, of Lebanon, in Oddly Modified (284.57)
7000# Hot Stock Tractors – Lincoln Dame, of Conway, in Little Red (270.72)
Pro Stock 4WD – Rusty Sheppard, of Mountain Grove, in Glory Bound (314.11)
6500 Light Limited Super Stock Tractors – Josh Wegner, of Sparta, in Carbon Credit (287.5)
Pro Stock 2WD – Colton Lewis, of Mountain Home, Ark., in Pure Evil (348.36)
10500 Altered Stock Tractor – Doug Hoeft, of Beaufort, in Dirt Donkey (302.58)
P Pump Combo Tractors – Jeff Stegner, of Rogersville, in Half Cocked (346.57)