By Mitchell Banks | The Tribune

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The 56th annual Grassy Fork Volunteer Fire Department Truck and Tractor Pull and Fish Fry is coming to Tampico in two weeks.

The event will be from June 16 to 18 at the fire department, 5358 S. County Road 450E, Tampico. Both admission and parking will be free.

The schedule for the opening night features pedal tractor pulls for children, antique tractor pulls for machines that were manufactured in 1961 or older and a garden tractor pull sanctioned by the Southern Indiana Pulling Association.

A 7 mph Antique Tractor Pull class will be a Phil Teipen Memorial Class.

Registration for the pedal pull start at 6 p.m. with the pulls beginning at 6:30 p.m.

June 17 events begin at 7 p.m. and feature two 12,000-pound open farm tractor pulls, hot farm tractors and super farm tractors.

The hot farm and super farm tractor pulls will be sanctioned by the Lucas Oil Pro Pulling League.

Five classes are featured June 18, starting with 11,500-pound A and P pump open farm tractors (no JD big blocks), limited pro stock diesel trucks, hot farm tractors, super farm tractors and 8,000-pound open diesel trucks.

The limited pro stock diesel trucks, hot farm and super farm tractor classes will be sanctioned by the Lucas Oil Pro Pulling League.

An entry fee of $30 is required to compete. No entry is allowed after a class has started.

All pullers must be present a half-hour before pull starts for a mandatory drivers meeting.

Sanctioned classes follow Lucas Oil Pro Pulling League rules.

No glass bottles or grills will be allowed on the grounds, and the fire department is not responsible for accidents.

For information about antique tractor classes, contact Scott Teipen at 812-569-1761.

For event information, contact Steve Wischmeier at 812-525-8842, Tracy Wehmiller at 812-528-0664, Brian Tape at 812-521-1241 or Clint Tape at 812-216-3965.