A tractor barrels past the flagman during the Heartland Truck & Tractor Pull event Saturday, Aug. 3 at the Event Center at Archer. (Jared Gendron/Cap City News)
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Youth displayed their proficiency in sheep and goat breeding Saturday at the Laramie County Fair.
The annual weeklong festival at the Event Center at Archer opened its midway carnival area to visitors this weekend. Youth animal breeding competitions and a tractor pulling show headlined Saturday’s entertainment offerings.
The midway will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. for the remainder of the fair. Entertainment in store for families includes inflatable water slides and bounce houses, a petting zoo, pony rides, magic shows, mini-golf, carnival games and more.
The day’s premier event was the Heartland Truck & Tractor Pull at the center’s motorsports park. In a manner not dissimilar to drag racing, tractor drivers shot across a dirt path while competing for the fastest times and distances. Their vehicles displayed immense horsepower as they tugged along heavy tractor sleds.
“Any of us could win it,” said William Pfiser of Nebraska, a tractor driver competing in the classic modified category. The event featured tractors across six categories, each one based on a tractor’s weight. “It just depends on where you go on the track and leave.”
A driver needs to constantly be reading the track as they maintain control of their tractor, Pfiser added.
The high-horsepower competition is part of a series hosted by Outlaw Truck and Tractor Pulling Association. Aside from Wyoming, the organization is holding shows across Nebraska, Kansas and Iowa this summer.
To view the full list of fair events and shows, click here.
A boy peers toward the judge as he holds his sheep close during the fair’s Youth Breeding Sheep Show on Saturday, Aug. 3 at the Event Center at Archer. (Jared Gendron/Cap City News)The flagman signals to the driver to go during the Heartland Truck & Tractor Pull event Saturday, Aug. 3 at the Event Center at Archer. (Jared Gendron/Cap City News)A girl checks over her goat during the Youth Breeding Meat Goat Show on Saturday, Aug. 3 at the Event Center at Archer. (Jared Gendron/Cap City News)Two ducks stick together in the fair petting zoo Saturday, Aug. 3 at the Event Center at Archer. (Jared Gendron/Cap City News)A boy makes a splash at the bottom of a water slide at the fair Saturday, Aug. 3 at the Event Center at Archer. (Jared Gendron/Cap City News)A tractor thrusts forward carrying a sled on its back during the Heartland Truck & Tractor Pull event Saturday, Aug. 3 at the Event Center at Archer. (Jared Gendron/Cap City News)A girl peers over at the judge as she kneels beside her goat during the Youth Breeding Meat Goat Show on Saturday, Aug. 3 at the Event Center at Archer. (Jared Gendron/Cap City News)A boy holds his goat close as he prepares to hear from the judge during the Youth Breeding Meat Goat Show on Saturday, Aug. 3 at the Event Center at Archer. (Jared Gendron/Cap City News)Finn, 3, rides a pony at the fair Saturday, Aug. 3 at the Event Center at Archer. (Jared Gendron/Cap City News)A goat climbs on a woman as she prepares to feed the animal at the fair Saturday, Aug. 3 at the Event Center at Archer. (Jared Gendron/Cap City News)Liv, 5, flies down an inflatable slide at the fair Saturday, Aug. 3 at the Event Center at Archer. (Jared Gendron/Cap City News)The flagman awaits another driver during the Heartland Truck & Tractor Pull event Saturday, Aug. 3 at the Event Center at Archer. (Jared Gendron/Cap City News)A pig nibbles on a snack from an attendee in the fair petting zoo Saturday, Aug. 3 at the Event Center at Archer. (Jared Gendron/Cap City News)The magician Disgo, left, and a helper show off a trick during the comedy magic show at the fair Saturday, Aug. 3 at the Event Center at Archer. (Jared Gendron/Cap City News)Two girls look at the judge during the Youth Breeding Meat Goat Show on Saturday, Aug. 3 at the Event Center at Archer. (Jared Gendron/Cap City News)A tractor pull contestant is shown during the Heartland Truck & Tractor Pull event Saturday, Aug. 3 at the Event Center at Archer. (Jared Gendron/Cap City News)Thick diesel smoke rises from a tractor’s exhaust pipe after crossing the finish line during the Heartland Truck & Tractor Pull event Saturday, Aug. 3 at the Event Center at Archer. (Jared Gendron/Cap City News)
