20 years of tractor racing "Bizon-Track-Show"

The 26 of May, the Bizon-Track-Show tractor race celebrates its 20-th anniversary.
For the first time, competitions for rural machine operators were organized in 2002 as part of an autocross for the prize of the commander of the North Caucasian Military District, Hero of Russia, Colonel General Gennady Troshev. Since then, the training ground on the 4-th km of the Rostov-Taganrog highway has become a traditional venue for tractor competitions.

16 machine operators from the farms of the Rostov Region, Krasnodar and Stavropol Territories took part in the debut tractor race. Competitions were held in 4 stages, each with a length of approximately 500 meters. Tractor drivers went to the start line in pairs, the winners were waiting for the next round. On the cross-country track, along with the speed of movement, the machine operators had to show complex driving elements. The last two stages were especially intense, during which the winners of the competitions were determined.

The first races on tractors took place between races of GAZs, UAZs and buggies. Belarus tractors equipped with a rear hitch were allowed to participate in the competition. The equipment was equipped with safety cages on the eve of the new territory of the Bizon company.

Mikhail Lihonin, a machine operator with 30 years of experience (LLC Grushevskoye, Aksai district), became the champion of the tractor race «Bizon-Track-Show 2002». He was rewarded with the main prize — an MTZ-82 tractor stylized «like a tiger» and equipped with fog lights, signal beacons, an audio system, tinted windows, central locking and an alarm system. The keys to the tractor were handed over to the winner by Gennady Troshev.

The second and third places were taken by Pavel Klimov (CJSC «Imeni Lenina», Tsimlyansk region) and Khugas Popovyan (SPK «Kolos», Myasnikovsky region). They were presented with a disc harrow and a seedbed cultivator. All participants of the competition received commemorative diplomas and sets of piston groups. And the finalist machine operators were additionally awarded with a TV-set, car radio and camera as well.

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