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WELCOME -   OMRPA WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME BELMONT AUTOMOTIVE TO OUR 2008 SEASON SPONSORS. THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE UPCOMING SEASON IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.

(GO TO THE BOTTOM OF ANY PAGE TO SEE DETAILS ON ALL OUR SPONSORS)

TECH TALK

Block Preparation, Rotating Assembly, Heads & Camshafts, Superchargers

GENERAL INFO

Transmission & drive train rules have been updated for 2008. Go to the RULES page and look under Eligibility of Mini Rod   Rule #'s 20 - 23.

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SPRING NEWSLETTER

2008

We'll be kicking off the 2008 season soon. We hope everyone's ready to hear those engines come back to life.
Our Annual Spring General Meeting /Practice Pull/BBQ has been scheduled for Saturday May 24th in St. Marys. The meeting & BBQ will begin at 11:00 am with the Practice pull to follow. (RAINDATE: Sunday May 25th, same times)
PULLER'S DON'T FORGET you receive 5 POINTS for attending the meeting and 5 POINTS if you hook at the practice pull!
Due Date for Memberships & Insurance:   We are asking that all members have their season memberships ($45.00) and insurance ($55.00) paid on or before May 24th.
Members paying after that date will pay ($65.00) for a season membership and ($55.00) for insurance.
Thank you for you're co-operation in getting this done early!
You can mail your payment into: OMRPA, c/o Colleen Sarksian, 1036 Governor's Rd., R.R.# 1, Princeton, Ont., N0J 1V0.
YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS OUR KICK OFF PULL!
DOUBLE POINTS & BRAGGING RIGHTS UP FOR GRABS!
We're kicking off the season on Sunday June 8th at the Paris Steamshow. Start time 1:00 pm. Pullers won't want to miss this opportunity to start the season off right by earning DOUBLE POINTS! (Sorry, no prize money & $20.00 entry fee still applies).

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE!

OMRPA ON DISPLAY AT

on March 28, 29 & 30, 2008

Special thanks to Peter Van Den Berge, Jamie Vicary and Dave & Leigh-Ann Rosebrugh

for displaying their tractors. We'd also like to thank everyone who helped set up

or volunteered to take a shift at our display. We appreciate everyone's effort.

A Journey of a

thousand miles

begins with a cash advance.

The Obsession Pulling Team is

PULLIN' FOR A CURE

In Memory of Chris Sarkisian

Proudly supported by the Canadian Cancer Society (Brant-Norfolk Unit)

Donations will be going towards Brain & Spinal Cord Tumour Research

A donation can be placed in the "BIG PISTON" at any OMRPA event or contact Colleen Sarkisian at obsessionpulling@sympatico.ca

Donations over $20 are tax deductible, a receipt will be mailed out to you by the Canadian Cancer Society.

TOTAL DONATED FOR THE 2007 SEASON

$560.85

The Obsession Pulling Team would like to thank all those who donated at the events listed below. Your support of this special cause is greatly appreciated.

London Auto Expo - ($66.47), Canadian Crank & Chromeplating - ($300.00), Embro Pull - ($189.38), Dunnville ($5.00)

THIS PHOTO COURTESY OF:

ROGER WOOLLEY PHOTOGRAPHY

See our 2006 Event Results page for a complete list of results

We are the only mini rod pulling club in ontario

What is a Mini Rod? The sport of Tractor pulling has evolved over the years and began with farm tractors out of the field. However, it is represented today in a variety of forms. A Mini Rod doesn't look like a tractor. They have a homemade chassis powered by an automotive engine. We are unique from other clubs because all of our classes use V8 automotive engines such as,

CHEVY DODGE FORD

The OMRPA runs our pull a little different from most tractor & truck pulls. Usually at a tractor pull you have a class of tractors that come out and pull in a certain weight class. In that class they will have there first hook and then any who "FULL PULL" will come back in a "PULL OFF" to determine the winner. When they are done pulling in that class they add more weight to there tractors and then come out again in a different weight class and do it again. In this case you may see the same tractor pull 4 or 5 times.

OMRPA has three classes, each Mini Rod will get a "QUALIFYING" hook in there class. Then only the top Mini Rod distances will return and compete again in the "PULL OFF" for there class.