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Crawford County Fair Antique Tractor Pull results
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Forty-one tractors participated, producing fifty-two hooks, in this year’s county fair pull. Top finishers for each class were as follows: 

• 3100 pounds: 1. Mark Saegrove, 1950 Ford 8-N

• 3600 pounds: 1. David Saegrove, 1951 Allis Challmers  WD; 2. Mitch Baker, 1942 Farmall H.

• 4100 pounds: 1. Aaron Johnsrude, 1940 Farmall H; 2. Mike Murphy, 1950 Oliver 77; 3. Shannon  Adkins, 1950 Oliver 77.

• 4600 pounds: 1. Anton Sime, 1949 John Deere B; 2. Mike Murphy, 1956 Ford 860; 3. Sophie Peterson, 1948 Farmall H. 

• 5100 pounds: 1. Mark Saegrove, 1958 Oliver 880; 2. Dan Engh, 1954 John Deere 50; 3. Jim Crogan, 1953 Massey Harris 33.

• 5600 pounds: 1. Gary Morovits, 1948 Farmall M; 2. Dave Mickelson, 1951 Farmall Super M; 3. David Saegrove, 1950 Minneapolis Moline U.

• 6100 pounds: 1. David Saegrove, 1958 Farmall 450; 2. Paul Johnsrude, 1959 Farmall 460; 3. Donald Johnsrude, 1959 Farmall 460.

• 6600 pounds: 1. Fred Olson, 1950 John Deere G; 2. Mark Saegrove, 1948 Minneapolis Moline U; 3. Dan Wedeberg, 1950  John Deere G.

• 7100 pounds: 1. Phil Olson, 1958 Minneapolis Moline 5-Star; 2. Thurman Vangen, 1958 Minneapolis Moline 5-Star.

• 8100 pounds: 1. Dan Wedeberg, 1956 John Deere 720; 2. Ron Ellefson, 1956 Minneapolis Moline 5-Star.

OrganizersmJim Wedeberg, Thurman Vangen and Al Sime wish to thank all who helped in any way, including those who brought tractors to pull, and those who volunteered to ride the sled. Special thanks to Charlie Fisher and Ron Hartley for announcing, Al Bark from Pioneer Seed for providing the scale, and Crawford County workers for manning the pull-back tractor and grading tractor. Thanks also to Anton Sime and David Saegrove for helping weigh and register tractors.