This resulted in Morgan having a more challenging rookie year than most, not only fighting her nerves that result as a new driver, but also being faced with mechanical failure. Naturally, when a new combination is being tested out many gremlins show their nasty head. Morgan’s rookie year began with the development of a new truck for her to drive. Ever since I knew what pulling was I knew that I wanted to be in the drivers seat one day too!” My dad has been pulling 25 years, and I’ve been involved with the sport my entire life. It was only natural for Morgan to follow in the footsteps of her father and brother and become a driver when her time came. Morgan’s family have deep roots in the sport of truck and tractor pulling, with her dad being a 25 year veteran of the sport. 2015-2016 may have been her rookie year driving, but she is no rookie to the sport of truck pulling. She competes at a Grand National level with the National Truck and Tractor Pullers Association throughout her summers. Her truck features a 1923 Ford T-Bucket body and a 526 Keith Black Hemi. Morgan is the driver of a super modified two wheel drive truck that she calls Blade Gone Sweet. One of those drivers is seventeen year old Morgan Bartley from Saluda, South Carolina. Morgan Bartley | Blade Gone Sweet Truck Pull In fact, it is becoming so popular that last year at the National Tractor Pulling Championship in Bowling Green, Ohio, in the super modified two wheel drive class of 53 competitors, 11 were female drivers. Women like Rodalyn Knox, the driver of the Sassy Massey, were the trailblazers in the sport, leading the way for the dozens of female drivers today. ![]() It is quickly growing into a more popular form of motorsports, and with that there has been a dramatic increase in female drivers. Fast forward to 2016 and the role of women in truck and tractor pulling has dramatically changed. I can only imagine what the woman’s role was in the early years of this sport, probably preparing lunch for the men to have after a full morning of competition. Its easy to imagine men taking their horses (and later tractors) out into their back field, and competing to see who had the strongest team. The sport of truck and tractor pulling is just about as “grass-roots” as motorsports gets.
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