Tractor Pulling The Michigan Madman Born in ithaca, michigan, elon jack potter grew up on a farm repairing tractor engines, [1] which led to building motorcycles. in high school, he wondered if he could build a bike with a v8 engine. [2]. Ej potter dominated the tractor pulling world thinking outside the box with his love of allison aircraft put him at the top of the tractor pulling charts for quite a run.
Tractor Pulling The Michigan Madman And no one has been more associated with this than e.j. potter, affectionately known as the ‘michigan madman’. as gary werner, owner of a potter machine, described him, "e.j. wasn't your mom's. After surviving over a dozen years on the road with this show, ej retired the two wheelers and launched a second successful career as a tractor puller. all the tractors were powered by wwii era allison v 1710 aircraft engines, a lifelong passion for ej (his daughter was named alison). With e.j.’s help, it was stuffed, crammed, carefully installed into everything from a 57 plymouth 4 door sedan to a dodge dart station wagon. it’s amazing what you can do with determination and a welder. e.j. eventually put the v12s into tractors for the new sport, at the time, of tractor pulling. The first time i experienced ej potter i was nine years old at the hillsdale (michigan) fair grounds. ej was there with his tractor called “double ugly.” it was powered by two allison v 12s and was old and rusty. for a young menacing boy, i wasn’t interested in it.
Tractor Pulling The Michigan Madman With e.j.’s help, it was stuffed, crammed, carefully installed into everything from a 57 plymouth 4 door sedan to a dodge dart station wagon. it’s amazing what you can do with determination and a welder. e.j. eventually put the v12s into tractors for the new sport, at the time, of tractor pulling. The first time i experienced ej potter i was nine years old at the hillsdale (michigan) fair grounds. ej was there with his tractor called “double ugly.” it was powered by two allison v 12s and was old and rusty. for a young menacing boy, i wasn’t interested in it. Elon jack "ej" potter e.j. potter was an innovator of wild drag racing and tractor pulling machines. here are some of his career highlights:. All the tractors were powered by wwii era allison v 1710 aircraft engines, a lifelong passion for ej (his daughter was named alison). fabricated with theatrical roughness, the pullers carried the names tractor, ugly tractor, and double ugly, and won two national championships. I watched him pull. his tractors were always ugly, but they pulled! if it wasn't for ej half the other tractors wouldn't have run. he was always helping the other guys who ran. Yes, i remember ej pulling at our county fair in sandusky, it was one of the first allison powered tractors we ever saw in this area. i bought a video.
Tractor Pulling The Michigan Madman Elon jack "ej" potter e.j. potter was an innovator of wild drag racing and tractor pulling machines. here are some of his career highlights:. All the tractors were powered by wwii era allison v 1710 aircraft engines, a lifelong passion for ej (his daughter was named alison). fabricated with theatrical roughness, the pullers carried the names tractor, ugly tractor, and double ugly, and won two national championships. I watched him pull. his tractors were always ugly, but they pulled! if it wasn't for ej half the other tractors wouldn't have run. he was always helping the other guys who ran. Yes, i remember ej pulling at our county fair in sandusky, it was one of the first allison powered tractors we ever saw in this area. i bought a video.
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