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Mark Ruf Memorial Class
ATTENTION ALL 466 Hot Farm Pullers from BSTP and Tri State Pullers: We will be honoring long time puller and friend of Whatssmokin Promotions & our events held at Gordyville USA. During the 2026 Midwest Spring Nationals, March 5-7, the 9,500 466 Hot Farm Class will be the Mark Ruf Memorial. We are hoping to honor one of the most recongizable guys in the pits for anyone who ever attend previous events at Gordyville or around the Midwest! We are calling on any 466 Hot Farm comp
Ryan Zoellick
Feb 81 min read


2026 Midwest Spring Nationals -- The Return!
Whatssmokin Promotions is excited to make the return back to Gordyville USA near Ratoul, Illinois March 5-7, 2026. This event will be a mix of classes we have offered before with some new classes to showcase some of the local pullers in the area. 5 sessions of great local, regional, and national level pulling under the famed Gordyville roof! Test passes will be held Thursday afternoon, not Wednesday night like before. Session 1 is 6:00 PM Central Thursday March 5th. Session 2
Ryan Zoellick
Jan 241 min read


2026 Midwest Winter Nationals Toy Tractor Raffle Online Tickets
The 2026 Midwest Winter Nationals Toy Tractor Raffle Online Tickets are now available! This year, the tractor is the 8,500 Light Pro Stock "Fast Forward" driven by Mark Smith. The winner can also choose to accept $1000 in cash. This year, 100% of the proceeds will benefit the Tunnel to Towers Foundation . Online Raffle Tickets Click Here Tickets will also be sold during the event and the winner will be drawn during session 6, Saturday January 17, 2026. Thanks to Justin Stucke
Ryan Zoellick
Jan 61 min read


2026 Midwest Winter Nationals Updated Lineups & Media Form Now Available
Attention Pullers, Fans and Media Members, here are the updated lineups. We appologized for those that were missing or incorrect information. They have been corrected will all pullers who are confimred as of 12/31/25. There still may be some addictions in the coming days. If you still seeing some errors or need a correction, you can reach out to Ryan via email zoercwi@gmail.com . He will make those corrections as some as he can. 2026 Puller Packets will be sent out Friday. It
Ryan Zoellick
Dec 31, 20251 min read
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