Start your engines and mark Saturday, 18 October in your calendars for when the The Downunder Modified Tractor Pulling Association's brings their first event of the 2025/26 season to Grenfell.

Downunder Modified Tractor Pulling Association's Brendan Cornfoot said there will be 20 to 25 modified tractors coming to the Grenfell Showground for the event, coming from around NSW, Victoria and South Australia.

These tractors will range from 500 horsepower to 3500 horsepower and will compete in seven categories which is based on weight class.

Each class has a different weight with the lightest class coming from 950kg and goes up to 4.5 tonnes.

Mr Cornfoot said the competition will take the same form as usual tractor pull competitions people see, with the tractors pulling a weight transfer sled over 100meters.

The main difference is that these tractors are all custom built to compete, with drivers putting up to 12 months designing and constructing the tractors.

Mr Cornfoot said the Downunder Modified Tractor Pulling Association are very pleased and very honoured to come to Grenfell for the first tractor pull.

"We hope it's a very good success and looking forward to making relationships," he said.

Grenfell will host the first event of the seven round season, with points counting to the club, Mr Cornfoot said, with everyone bringing their best game to get the points.

The Downunder Modified Tractor Pulling Association have been hosting this competition for the last seven years, though tractor pulling competitions started around 42 years ago.

Mr Cornfoot said some people got into modified tractor pulling because they wanted to see the tractors go a bit harder and a bit louder during the competitions.

The Downunder Modified Tractor Pulling Association brought two tractors and modified mower to the Grenfell Show this year, and Mr Cornfoot said they would like to thank the Grenfell Show committee for having them there.