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Joe aider chassis for this 2008 season. >> man, he is flying! talk about some wheel speed! man, oh, man! well past the 300 foot mark, as well. man, oh, man. i didnt think he was gonna stop at all. >> stays on that right sideline. look at all that torque! its just amazing! you see him turning those wheels, getting on the brakes a little bit as hes dragging it on out there. man, those four heavies just on fire! >> well go on board here. he starts off nice and straight. [ speaking indistinctly ] he...

278.71 -- an all right distance there, but not what he was looking for here tonight. he will take the lead, though. >> the flutter of the fender wells on takeoff, there, the extra fuel being burnt, hid in the rev limited on the center motor. turning too many rpms there, shutting it off for a second, and then bringing it back to life as it powers its way down the track. >> it was a spectacular-looking run, the front end up there very nicely. it looks like it was transferring weight. for whatever ...

Not getting all the way into the throttle until you get a little further down the track, but the predator pours it on early, gets it going, has to hit the brakes and bring it back to center. lots of steering and lots of wobbling going on there for the predator. >> that is good for second place as it stands right now, but shawn swearingen is back with the joker. we saw him at the top of the show. he came out, went 355 feet, but since then, they changed the sled. of course, when they change the sl...

He will take the lead, though, at 296.96. >> a little extra fuel burning off earlier, but it cleans up. he drags it down the track to that left-hand side, brings it back with the breaker, tries to, and just doesnt have enough break over there. got too much horsepower pouring into the ground to bring it back. >> well, here comes one of the biggest characters in the business. of course, thats the son of brent nation, but l.d. nation is behind the wheel, and if you want to have a good time, just sp...

Take-it-out, put-another-one-in type of fix. as we watch bill lieschner back up his three-turbine tracker, this one called the dirt challenger, and he actually has two of these things at the competition here tonight. >> weve got the dirt challenger -- over 8,500 horsepower on these three t64s, and then hes got the dirtslinger, which we know hes been out on the lucas oil pro pulling league circuit with forever. two-time champion with that vehicle running four ares-howard motors three. >> so two d...

Up. not getting the 2,000 horsepower out of that motor that he needs to pour into the track in order to make it out there and try to be competitive tonight. >> and a tough ride for scott tedder, but this guy is very happy. >> l.d. nation, hey congratulations. what a run, man. you guys put on a pretty good show. nice job. >> yeah, ill tell you what, now, when you get in a punch like that, ill tell you what -- theres 15 of us, and any one of us couldve won, and when you get a win like that, i tell...

We took advantage of a new term called rural lifestyles. >> we show cattle here for many years and my dad sells john deere tractors for them. >> we traditional sell our hogs for the last 22 years in the swine barn and my kids and grandkids are now showing. >> if you want to learn how to do gardening or container garden, we want to show you how. you want to learn how to coupon and cut your grocery cost, were going to show you how. >> ali, joining us on the phone, hes on the road in wisconsin. wha...

Engine as well and youve got some people who are enjoying the tractor pull. what happens after that? the person who goes the longest wins. pretty simple, huh? theres 11 divisions. as i mentioned, a lot of competitives. and in this coliseum, which will be lined with 60,000 viewers cheering on their heroeses in agriculture, as they run down this track, which is still being graded, 300 feet of dirt being packed down for this weekends 43rd running of the national tractor pull championship. im rob ma...

>> just another joke. >> we spent some time in austin. >> another thing we have going on is new york pet fashion week. thats very important. >> i wish we had video of that. >> thats oddly disturbing. weve got the hampton classic horse show. a lot of things going on between the pet fashion show and horse show, a lot of pet things going on. bowling green, ohio, the national tractor pulling championships. take a look at this. >> reporter: you think your ride has some power? how about rims? look at ...

The big boys. wades got five engines, each one of them has the equivalent power of three nascar engines. they can crank 10,,000, 12,000 horsepower of five gallons each engine, only to run about 300 feet. not very good mileage. what are they doing? pulling this thing. theyve got sleds bigger than this. they hook on, get somebody in here who knows how to drive it, which wouldnt necessarily be me, but well give it a go. once they hook into this thing, the tractors get going. and they gun it. and th...