The New Hampton Truck and Tractor Pull is hosting the headline event for their sport this weekend.
20 years ago, several North Iowan's set out to create a pull just for this state.
But now this area pull, is on a whole new level.
Imagine having a second full-time job, that makes you travel across the country.
"We've got a big semi that we load it up in and we have living quarters in the semi so we can stay out on the road," says Esdon Lehn.
The NTPA season lasts from Memorial Day all the way to Labor Day, with stops anywhere from Vermont to New Hampton, Iowa.
"You've got to have a good crew and a good family. Pulling is a family business, it's family oriented. It's not like NASCAR and Drag Racing, our help is our family," says Kathy Archer
Lots of families, and pullers are in New Hampton this weekend for the NTPA Kenwood Avenue Grand Nationals.
"New Hampton has had an event for several years. They've never had an all Grand National event. It's always been a regional show, with a couple Grand National classes added, this time its all Grand National classes, says Larry Richwine, NTPA Event Operations Director.
And with the national stage coming to town, the organizers had to make sure, they put in the work, for a national event. On the final day of competition, the pullers say, its been a great event.
"This is a really big step, with all of the competitors and the sponsors, and people coming over here, we can make it into a big national event," says Lehn.
"You've got to have good facilities, people willing to come to your pull to really make an event like this. This is the first year we have had unlimiteds out here and we love it," says Archer.
"For a show that's only going to have one or two nights, that can only put on 4 or 5 classes, this is as good as you can get," says Richwine.
Now that the event in New Hampton has become popular, it's attracting the country's best pullers, all with the same goal of winning.
"In the beginning of the year, there is a lot of testing going on. You've got to keep up with the competition. You can't stay with the status quo anymore, it just doesn't work," says Archer.
