Valtra team successful in tractor pulling

25.09.2009

The Euro Cup champion this year was also a Valtra tractor, albeit belonging to the Dutch team Next Sensation. Pekka Herlevi, who builds the Valtra Shell Team's tractors, has helped the Dutch Valtra team over the years, and even built a competition engine in the past. The Valtra tractors are competing in the popular Pro Stock 3500 kg class. The Euro Cup consists of six individual competitions held during the summer in various European countries.

“The season went quite well considering the kinds of problems we had along the way. Second, fifth and ninth position in the Euro Cup is also respectable amidst such tough competition. Valtra tractors certainly performed well in Bettborn, taking five out of the top eight positions,” comments Pekka Herlevi.

The Valtra Shell Pulling Team’s tractors began to find their form only towards the end of the season. Going into the European Championships the team tried to maximise its performance, for example by cutting their tyres to save weight. The team looks like it is well prepared for the next season, as the tractors are already in fine shape.

“The first thing we will do is a hold a little meeting. We will introduce some changes for sure, but we can’t say yet exactly what. In any case we will begin building the tractors nice and early so that they are totally ready for the start of the 2010 season at the indoor event in the Netherlands next spring.”
 

Euro Cup final results and total points, Pro Stock 3500 category:

Pos.	Tractor Name		Bryne	Bernay	Made	Putten	Herning	Bettborn	Total Points
1	Next Sensation	NL	20	x	10	20	8	12	70
2	Caesar	FIN	6	5	20	10	3	15	59
3	John Deere	DK	8	5	8	15	20	0	56
4	Rocky	NL	10	5	5	8	6	20	54
5	Sigma Power	FIN	12	5	15	6	5	8	51
6	Extreme Temptation	NL	15	5	3	5	15	5	48
7	Neighbours Nightmare	NL	x	5	12	12	10	3	42
8	John Deere 2	DK	3	5	6	0	5	10	29
9	Doris	FIN	3	5	0	3	12	5	28
10	Bukke Bruse	DK	5	5	5	3	3	5	26
11	Blue Bambino	DK	5	5	0	5	5	0	20
12	Rough Justice	GB	x	5	5	3	3	0	16
13	Tonja Harding	N	5	x	0	5	0	x	10
14	Red Attraction	NL	x	5	x	0	x	3	8
15	Baby Bear	GB	x	5	3	0	x	0	8
16	Runaway Deer	NL	x	x	x	0	0	6	6
17	Mannheim Magic	D	3	x	3	0	x	0	6
18	Ice Bear	GB	x	5	0	0	x	0	5
19	Bad Boy's Toy	NL	x	x	x	0	x	3	3
20	Il Tempo Gigante	DK	x	x	x	0	x	0	0
21	Mysak	N	0	x	x	0	x	x	0

 

Additional information

• Visit the Valtra Shell Pulling Team official homepage: pulling.valtra.com