60,000 people are expected to fill the grandstands at the Wood County fairgrounds this weekend.
Last August, the stands were full. Instead of wearing jerseys and shouting team names, fans repped John Deere trucker hats and hollered for horsepower, as tractors of varying size rolled onto a dirt track for the National Tractor Pulling Championships in Bowling Green.
“Who’s ready for truck and tractor pulling?” an announcer bellowed into a microphone.
Thursday marked the start of the world-class competition’s 58th year. People from all over the world bring their tractors to Bowling Green to pull heavy sleds in a low mileage but high octane show of competition…