HISTORY OF OTTPA CHAMPIONSHIP PULLING

The sport of pulling can trace its roots back to the early days of draft horse pulling at the county fairs in the early part of the 20th century.

One of the first recorded “motorized” pulling event took place in 1929 at Bowling Green, Missouri. As the sport of tractor pulling started taking shape, it grew throughout the 1950’s and 1960’s. What it lacked through the years was a uniform set of rules from county to county and from state to state. Competitors never knew what the rules were going to be from event to event. By the 1970’s different associations across the country were formed to establish uniform rules and give the structure it needed. One of the associations formed was the Outlaw Truck & Tractor Pulling Association.

Since its founding in 1982 OTTPA has placed high priority on keeping pulling a safe and competitive sport for the competitors and the fans. The OTTPA rulebook has evolved to meet that goal. Today OTTPA has one of the safest records in all of motorsports.

What began back in OTTPA’s infancy has grown into a major motorsport, with some 400 members, who compete in 19 different classes throughout the Midwest from South Dakota to Texas. The OTTPA has come a long way since its humble beginnings to become one of the most recognized sanctioning bodies in the motorsport of truck and tractor pulling, stressing safety and fair competition.