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Matti Herlevi won European championships gold in the 3.5 t pro stock class in Bakel in the Netherlands. Good success was completed with bronze medal taken by his sister Johanna. Father Pekka took fourth place.

- the track was slippery and it got worse towards the end. It was difficult to get grip, but fortunately end results are quite good, tells Matti.

Matti Herlevi was among those 10 competitors out of 14, who easily made full pull at the first round. In the pull off victory was achieved with 82,41 m pull. Second place was taken by Martin Nicholson with 80,26 m pull. Johanna got bronze with 78,12 m pull and Pekka was 4th only 4 cm behind his daughter Johanna.

- I was disappointed after my pull. I was pretty sure that the distance I made was not enough to take me in top 5, because there was still 7 tough tractors to come, says Johanna Herlevi.

Matti is now double European champion. He won gold also last year’s European championships in Sweden. Johanna got EC silver last year and EC gold in 1998. Father Pekka got EC bronze last year and won in year 2000.

European tractor pulling championships 2003 will be held in Alahärmä Finland 6.-7.9.

They are expecting to have 15 000 spectators. In Bakel there was some 30 000 spectators.

Results Pro Stock

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