Engines Roar Back to Tripoli for the Small Town Showdown

There are three things you can count on every summer in NE Iowa... mosquitoes, humidity, and awesome truck & tractor pulls!

We have your chance to win tickets to the 2025 ECI Pullers Association Truck & Tractor pull in Tripoli this month!

Get ready, Tripoli! The East Central Iowa Pullers Association is bringing the 2024 Small Town Showdown back for 2025!

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Returning to town on Friday, August 22, 2025, scroll down for a chance to enter and win tickets!

It’s small-town horsepower at its best!

What You Need to Know

The engines fire up at 7:00 p.m. at the pulling track, with plenty of loud, dirt-flying action from these classes:

9,500 lb 4.1 Limited Pro Stock Tractors
9,300 lb Super Farm Tractors
8,500 lb 466 Limited Pro Stock Tractors
11,000/12,000 lb 2 Hot 2 Farm Tractors
6,200 lb Super Stock 2WD Trucks
13,000 lb Farm Stock Tractors

Don’t miss it! Enter to win below!

And if you're looking for a nice getaway while it's still summer, hit an amazing area campground!

Here Are 20+ of the Top Campgrounds in Iowa (UPDATED 8/12/25)

We used Google reviews to put together a list of some of the best campgrounds in the state of Iowa! In order to be included on the list, each campground had to be listed as such on Google (not just "park" or "state park") and had to have a rating of 4.7-stars or higher with at least 50 reviews.

Gallery Credit: Courtlin