Jim Austin served on the ITPA Board of Directors for 15 years. He also pulled in the 2-wheel drive class.” said Mike. “Just a few years ago in 2014, we lost one of John’s best friends, Jimmy Austin, to cancer. Mike Miller, the President of the ITPA, said the pulling community has suffered a great loss. As a result of this, it made him a top-notch puller.” Leroy is looking forward to continuing a relationship with the Midnight Motorsports Team. Leroy also said that “from being a tech person for the ITPA, he new the rule book from front to back. When you meet him once, you were a friend for life!” Leroy chuckled and stated that “John was loud and didn’t have an ‘inside voice’ that included some colorful language, but was fun to be around. Leroy Schluter, an ITPA announcer and good friend of the Mumma family said “John didn’t know a stranger. He was a multi-National Champion for PPL, a multi-State Champion for ITPA and won the National Farm Machinery Show pull in Louisville, KY twice.

John was on the ITPA Board of Directors for 33 years and held the position of Vice President for 9 years. John started as a track official at our tractor pull then started pulling at our fair in 2010. We loved when John and his Midnight Motorsports Team came to pull at the Mo-Do Fair.

Tractor pulls 2016