• May 20, 2014-ATTENTION: Pullers of the 12 mph 12500 and 14500 classes there has been a major rule that has been brought to our attention that needs to be clarified there will be no tractors with P style fuel pumps allowed. This has been overlooked in the rules we are very sorry.
• January 18, 2014- There was a mistake made at the meeting. The rule should state, "All tractors must be no longer than 13 feet from the center of the rear axle to the front of the weight bracket".
• January 12, 2014- Results Updated, 2013 Points Updated, Officers Updated
• January 12, 2014-Annual meeting updates: Joe Heard, Secretary has resigned from his position and Karent Nehrkorn was appointed to be the Secretary. Matt Niedbalski, Treasurer has resigned from his position and Andy Schaefer was appointed to be the Treasurer. 11,000 lb Pro Farm class will now be 12,000 lb Pro Farm class. For all classes in the IHFSPA tractors can now be 14 feet from the center of the back axle to the face of the weights on the front of the tractor. IHFSPA is working on two new farm stock classes, 12,500 lb and 14,500 lb 12 mile an hour class. Rules and regulations for the new classes are in the works.
• January 11, 2014-The annual meeting/banquet will be held at Tamaroa Community Center at 6:00 P.M.
• June 16, 2013=The schedule and results page is updated.
• Feb. 27, 20132013 Schedule is updated. We are waiting on a couple contracts to come back.
• Dec 1, 2012=Our annual meeting/banquet will be at Tamaroa this year. It will be Dec. 15 at 6:00 p.m. at the Community Center.
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• June 17, 2012=The results page is updated.
• June 2, 2012=The schedule is updated.
• April 6, 20122012 Schedule is updated. We are waiting on a few contracts to come back.
• March 26, 2012=It took me long enough, but I finally got a new computer. I will get the schedule put up by the weekend.
• December 26, 2011=Our Annual Meeting and Banquet will be onn Sunday, January 8, 2012. It will be at the same place our meeting was held at last year in DuBois, IL.
• July 16, 2011=The schedule is now updated. I am sorry for taking so long. My computer is still on the fritz, thanks to Tyson Conner for letting me use his computer.
• December 29, 2010=As you can see above we are now offering a 7500 pound Limited Pro Stock Diesel Pick-Up class for 2011. I also added a video page with some videos from YouTube. Our Treasurer Matt Chesnek has resigned from his position. We would like to thank him for his service to the IHFSPA and wish him the best.
• December 12, 2010=Our annual meeting was canceled due to the weather. The meeting has been moved to next Sunday, December 19th, 2010 at 1:00 PM.
• November 16, 2010=Our annual meeting will be in DuBois, IL on December 12th at 5:00 pm.
• August 8, 2010=There are 9 new pictures from Albion and Montrose, IL pull on the 2010 picture page. Thanks again to Lindsey Youngblood for the excellent pictures.
• July 26, 2010=There are 3 new pictures from Mt Vernon, IL pull on the 2010 picture page. Thanks to Lindsey Youngblood for the pictures.
• July 23, 2010=The 8000 lb class points is a tight one this year. Anybody could win this year.
• June 19, 2010=2010 Picture page is updated with new pictures.
• June 18, 2010=2010 Schedule has been updated. We have a new hook at Montrose, IL on Saturday, August 7th for the 9000 Hot Farm and the 11000 Pro Farm. The time shows 2:00, this start time may change to a later time. I will let everyone know the exact time if it changes. There pull is starting at 9:00 that day with many other classes. I will post there full schedule of pulling for that day when I get the information.
• June 7, 2010=2009 Picture page is updated with new pictures.
• May 16, 2010=2010 Schedule has been updated. Tamaroa is having a pull this year. They have asked if we could pull there to help support there event.
• April 4, 2010=2010 Schedule has been updated. Happy Easter.
• January 16, 2010=2010 Schedule is now updated. Hope to see everyone at the banquet next Saturday. It is at Little Nashville at 6:00 p.m..
• December 19, 2009=The 11000 Pro Farm rules are now updated.
• December 13, 2009=Points is updated. Glad to see everyone at the meeting. The biggest news from the meeting is the 11,000 class will now be a Pro Farm class. I will get the rules posted soon.
• November 27, 2009=We will be having our annual membership meeting at Dubois, IL. It will be held on Sunday, December 13, 2009 at 5:00 p.m.. Hope to see you there.
• May 31, 2009=Updated the 2009 Schedule Page. We will be certifying tractors on both evenings of Pinckneyville. It will be at F/S in Pinckneyville, IL starting at 4:00 pm.
• February 21, 2009=Updated the 2009 Schedule Page. Hope to see everybody at the banquet tonight.
• February 16, 2009=Updated for sale page and 2009 Rules is updated.
• January 31, 2009=We will be having our annual banquet at Little Nashville on Feb. 21, 2009 at 6:00 p.m.
• January 12, 2009=2009 Rules had a few changes in our meeting yesterday. Will get the rules updated soon. I have updated the RPM chart on the rules page. Will be some intercooler changes to the rules and a Minneapolis Moline will be allowed a P-Pump.
• December 13, 2008=Our annual Meeting has been moved to January 11, 2009. It will still be at 5:00 P.M. at DuBois, IL.
• November 30, 2008=Updated for sale page. Added video page.
• November 27, 2008=Updated for sale page.
• November 9, 2008=Our annual meeting will be held at DuBois, IL at the community center. It will be on December 14, 2008 at 5:00 p.m.
• Novemeber 9, 2008=The web site is back alive again. Will be updating everything in the days to come. If any of the members have a picture of their tractor please email it to me in jpeg form. Would like to get a new picture page put up..
• June 11, 2004=The first DuQuoin pull has been cancelled. Certification will be before the Pinckneyville pull starting at 3:00 pm. Try to be as early as possible.
• April 18, 2004=I have added a couple of pulls to the schedule. Contact your directors on the time and place of certification. When I get the info I will post on here.
• Feb. 16, 2004=Tamaroa, IL will not be having a tractor pull this year. We have a couple of pulls waiting in the wings so watch the mail for an updated schedule. I will be mailing out puller profiles to everyone who wasn't at the banquet. If you could please fill these out and get them back to me I would appreciate it.
• Feb. 16, 2004= I have updated the schedule. You should have received your newsletter in the mail. The Annual banquet for our members and sponsors will be on Sunday, February 29 at Little Nashville Restaurant in Nashville, IL at 6:00 pm. Hope to see everybody there.
• October 19, 2003= I have the points updated now. Everyone should have gotten their newsletter in the mail. Our anuall meeting will be on Sunday November 9th, 2003 at 1:00 p.m. at the Tamaroa Comm. Center in Tamaroa, IL. See you there.
• July 19th, 2003= I Have had some e-mails about pictures. If any of the members have a picture out there they want posted give it to me at the next pull or e-mail it to me in jpeg form and I will get it posted.
• May 28th, 2003= My computer died on me and just got it up and running again. Anything that was e-mailed to me proior to May 8th or so I did not get. Sorry for any problems this may have caused you. The for sale page has been updated and the schedule is updated. There are a couple of pulls not on there yet. When I get the contract I will update the schedule.
• February 11th, 2003=I got the 2003 rules page updated. Look for your copy in the mail soon along with the date for the banquet. The banquet will be around the middle of March. Don't forget that dues are due by April 1st, 2003.
• October 16th, 2002=I got the 2002 points page updated. See everybody at the meeting on the Sunday, November the 10th.
• October 8th, 2002=I will get the website all updated when I finally get moved to our new residence. Hope everyone had a wonderful pulling season.
• June 17th, 2002=The Terre Haute, IN pulls time has changed from 1:00 to 12:00pm.. See you at Pinckneyville, IL.
• May 30th, 2002=Added a pull to the schedule. Also Note that Butler, IL time has changed to 3:00 rather that 4:00pm. I'll send out a new schedule in the mail soon. Joe
• March 24th, 2002=I added some items to the for sale page. Also for all of those members out there the dues for the 2002 pulling season are due by April 1st, 2002. $100.00 for the tractor and $25.00 for an additional driver. Any questions call Dale or myself. Thanks Joe.
• Feb. 26th, 2002=I made some changes on the web-site's main page. Put the sponsors and the officers and directors on their own pages. I hope this is a change for the good. I added a couple of things on the for sale page.
• Feb. 11th, 2002=I got the schedule updated, and some more for sale stuff.
• Feb. 3rd, 2002= I got a bunch of items on the for sale page put up. We have a schedule together. I'll get it posted as soon as I get time.
• Jan. 15th, 2002= Got some more stuff on the for sale page. Our anuall member banquet is Feb. 10th at 5:30pm at Little Nashville Truckstop at Nashville, IL. Give us a call if you have any questions.
• Jan. 6th, 2002= Got the new logo on the website. It was the most popular with everybody. I added some stuff to the for sale page.
• Dec. 24th= I got the for sale page updated. Merry Christmas!
• Dec. 23rd= Rules page is updated. Hope everbody that surfs on the web-site lets me know what they think of the ideas for the new logos. Just send me an e-mail and let us know what your favorite one is. If my baby boy stays napp'in long enough I'll get the for sale page updated. I did get another pic. on the 2001 pic. page.
• Dec. 15th= Points page has been updated. Added a RPM Chart to the rules page. I will update the rules next weekend.
• July 8th= I added a 2001 Picture page. Got a few pics. on there, I'll add more as I get them.
• May 19th 2001= I added a for sale item and one more new link.
• May 10th 2001= Yes I am still alive. Between tax season, farming season, and getting ready for the upcoming pulling season it has been busy. Hope everybody is further along with the tractors than I am. I will let everyone know about the certifiction date in the days to come.
• April 7th 2001= Added a couple of new links to the links page.
• March 18th 2001= I wanted to thank everybody for attending the banquet today. For those of you that didn't attend I will mail you a schedule. Put two more pictures on the 2000 pics. page, added a couple of ads to the for sale page, and updated the schedule page.
• March 10th 2001= Put three more pictures on the 2000 pics. page.
• March 2nd 2001= It is March already, does everybody out there have them tractors ready for the track? If you don't have it done don't feel bad I have started doing anything as well. I put an ad on the for sale page and removed one. Our anuall IHFSPA Member Banquet will be March 18th, 2001 at the Little Nashville Truckstop at Nashville, IL. Hope to see everybody there!
• February 24th 2001= Put three more ads on the for sale page.
• February 19th 2001= Added some good John Deere parts on the for sale page. Put a new pull on the schedule page.
• February 10th 2001= Added a couple more things on the for sale page. Some good Massey parts and a tractor.
• February 3rd 2001= I added a few more items on the for sale page. Added a new pull to the schedule page.
• January 27th 2001= I put the 2001 schedule on the schedule page. This is not a complete schedule. There are other pulls pending contracts. All of the old news that was below is going to be on a page of its own. Just in case someone wants to know what all has happened in the past. Don't forget Valentines day is just right around the corner. You got to keep them women happy!
• January 20th 2001= I added some more pictures for everybody to look at. Any members wanting there pictures on the web site e-mail them to me or send them by land mail. Joe
• January 15th 2001= I added a couple of more pictures for everybody to look at. Also put a few more items on the for sale page.
• December 24th 2000= I added a 2000 Photo Album and organized the links page. "Merry Christmas!"
• December 10th 2000= Would like to thank everyone for being at the meeting today. I updated the rules page and put the new directors on the main page. At the meeting today it was also voted in that the officers will have a three year term and the directors be voted on every year. Added a couple more links to the links page. Would like to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season.
• November 21st 2000= Added a for sale page, if anyone has anything they would like added drop me a line. All IHFSPA members should be getting a news letter in the mail, in the next couple of days. Our annual meeting is going to be December 10th. The news letter will fill you in on the details.
• October 21st 2000= The final point results are now posted on the results page. As time allows I will get the distances finished as well.
• September 30th 2000= We will have our last pull at Pinckneyville, IL at the American Thresherman Assoc. Fall Festival. It will be on October 22nd. We will be pulling the 7,000 and 9,000 pound classes. See you there.
• August 26th 2000= We will be pulling the 9,000 lb. and 11,000 lb.classes at Xenia, IL on Sept. 2nd, 2000 and the 9,000 lb. class at Ingraham, IL on Sept. 4th, 2000. These are not points hooks. The points race is done for the year. When I get the final results tallied up I will get them posted on the web site.
• August 22nd 2000= "Put a new picture on the 99 photo page. This fall I will make a 2000 photo page. I would also like to personally give thanks to "Photo Jake" being at all the pulls this year to take pictures. We now have our own domain name for the web-site, www.ihfspa.com
• August 6th 2000= The points page is updated to the Waterloo, IL pull. Next pull is at Marion, IL on Aug. 11.
• July 29th= Wanted to welcome one more new member to the association, Larry Diener of Jewett, IL with his 1466 International. On the other hand I have updated a little more on the pull results. The points totals are current up to Paris, IL pull.
• July 25th 2000= Totaled points and added some of the results from the pulls. I put the points and the distances on the same page. I'll get the rest of the results posted as I get time.
• July 17th 2000= Added the Great Heart Seed link to the home page.
• July 4th 2000= Added some more links on the the links page.
• July 2nd 2000= Added a cubic inch calculator to the web site.
• June 30th 2000= The association would like to welcome four new members to the IHFSPA. Luke Miller of Arthur, IL, Keith Barr of McLeansboro, IL, Mark Bussman, and Allen Buenker of Effingham, IL. Luke has a 1155 Massey, Keith has a 930 Case, and Mark and Allen have a 886 IH. We are glad they have decided to "HOOK" up with us. I have added a points page to the web site. I will post the points after each pull. I have a updated date on the page so you can make sure I am keeping it current.
• June 12th 2000= I added another picture to the photo album.
• June 9th 2000=I added a new pull to the schedule page.
• May 21st 2000= I made a few changes and added a local antique tractor pull rules and date of pull. Come help support our local American Thresherman Association preserve the farming past. There shows are always on the third weekend of August and October.

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