The Lucas Oil Pro Pulling League , now known as the Pro Pulling League, (sometimes abbreviated as PPL) is an American professional truck and tractor pulling series sponsored by California-based Lucas Oil featuring Super Modified Tractors as well as Pro Modified Four-Wheel Drive Trucks, Super Modified Two-Wheel Drive Trucks, Pro Stock Tractors, Super Farm Tractors, Super Stock Diesel Trucks, Lightweight Super Stock Tractors, Unlimited Super Stock Tractors, and hot rod Semis on their national "Champions Tour." It bills itself as "...showcasing the most extreme vehicles and the most talented pulling drivers in the world." It has been described as the "premiere pulling series" in the United States.
6-634: Lucas Oil began their foray into American pulling when they became the title sponsor for the now-absorbed American Tractor Pullers Association in 2003 when it became known as the ATPA Lucas Oil Pulling Series. Forrest Lucas , the founder of Lucas Oil, created the PPL in 2005 after the ATPA folded soon after Lucas Oil's initial sponsorship. Lucas Oil discontinued ownership and operation in November 2022. In 2023
12-514: A job with Mayflower Transit . He built up a fleet of 13-14 trucks, and started freight brokerage. Following the deregulation of freight in 1980, he was the first to get a full licence to deliver freight in 48 states. In 1988, he founded Lucas Oil . In 2018, he founded Forrest Films , a film production company. Lucas is a founder of Protect the Harvest, a nonprofit organization which opposes "the radical animal rights movement" and particularly
18-500: A wide presence in digital media. The PPL offers pulling content through their in-house live streaming service, Pro Pulling TV and broadcast partners MAVTV and CBS. The PPL also utilizes popular social media outlets such as YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Tik Tok, and X In 2013, PPL announced the creation of its own magazine titled, Pro Pulling Magazine . The magazine went on indefinite hiatus when Lucas Oil discontinued ownership. Forrest Lucas Forrest Lucas (born February 1942)
24-574: Is an American businessman, the founder of Lucas Oil . Lucas was born in February 1942, in Ramsey, Indiana , where he grew up, the eldest of four children. His parents Raymond and Marie had a small farm in Elkinsville , where he and his three sisters lived in "rural deprivation". He was educated to a high school level. Lucas bought his first truck when he was 19, and his first semi-trailer at 21. He got
30-555: The League, only hobbyists (sometimes serious) who are "trying to have as much fun as possible." Many of the pullers in the league are associated with the automotive or farming businesses, and some come from unique unrelated fields, such as dentistry. As of 2016, the PPL has over twenty classes of pulling vehicles one can participate in. As of 2016, direct family members of registered PPL pullers who are graduating high school seniors are eligible for college scholarships. The Pro Pulling League has
36-623: The Pro Pulling League emerged under new ownership with Lucas Oil returning in a sponsorship role. Now based in Sellersburg, Indiana, the Pro Pulling League is in its 19th year and the largest pulling organization in the world, with 300 events held by the organization and its member-states. Rules in the PPL are similar to other pulling leagues. Competitors compete for cash purses in four series: Champion Tour, Silver Series, Midwest Region, and Western Series. There are no full-time pulling teams in
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