Exciting Pulling competition in Herning
Pro stock class was driven on a very warm Saturday afternoon at Herning pulling Arena. Competition was tough and very exciting. Nearly all 15 tractors were running well and crowd was enjoying the even race and well-matched competitors.
Still the track in Herning was not at its best and that caused troubles in balancing the tractors and controlling the tyre pressures. At the first round 10 pro stocks out of 15 made an easy Full pull, including three Valtras.
Matti (Caesar) started the pull off and he achieved a nice 94 metres. Father Pekka (Sigma Power) managed to pull further than Matti, but soon both of them were dropped out from the top-3. The success of Valtra team was now left on Johanna’s (Doris) shoulders.
Johanna pulled just across the 110-metre line and qualified to double pull-off together with Martin Nicholsson (Rough Justice) and Niels Damgård (Blue Bambino). Johanna came second after Danish Damgård. In final results Pekka got fift place and Matti was sixth. This time luck was not on their side. Despite of that Herlevi family is still leading the pro stock cup.
Next Valtra team will compete in Nordic Championships in Lidköping, Sweden 2.-3.8.
Tractor/Driver |
country | 1st pull | 2nd pull | Pull Off | Pull Off 2 | |
| 1 | Blue Bambino (Ford)/ Niels Damgaard |
DK | FP | FP | 88,02 | |
| 2 | Doris (Valtra)/ Johanna Herlevi |
FIN | FP | FP | 86,1 | |
| 3 | Rough Justice (Case IH)/ Martin Nicholson |
GP | FP | FP | 79,15 | |
| 4 | Rocky (Case IH)/ Barend Huybregts |
NL | FP | 107,39 | ||
| 5 | Sigma Power (Valtra)/ Pekka Herlevi |
FIN | FP | 104,72 | ||
| 6 | Caesar (Valtra)/ Matti Herlevi |
FIN | FP | 98,06 | ||
| 7 | Bukke Bruse (Case IH)/ Jakob Jensen |
DK | 89,16 | FP | 94,86 | |
| 8 | Moving Mountain (Ford)/ Jan v/d Veeken |
NL | FP | 88,84 | ||
| 9 | Gejl Special/ Poul Gejl |
DK | FP | 81,32 | ||
| 10 | John Deere/ Allan Nielsen |
DK | FP | - | ||
| 11 | Trial 'n Error (John Deere)/ Mark Edgington |
GB | FP | - | ||
| 12 | Geddy Up Go/ Bjarne Jensen |
DK | 81,74 | 86,38 | ||
| 13 | Herkules (Ursus)/ Hans Erik Gammelby |
DK | 34,62 | - | ||
| 14 | Tonja Harding (Ford)/ Seven Klingsheim |
N | 18,2 | 23,59 | ||
| 15 | Green Hope (Deutz Fahr)/ Bjarne Hansen |
DK | 2,23 | 1,81 |
Matti Herlevi and Caesar
Johanna Herlevi and Doris.