Updated August 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM MDT

LANGFORD, N.Y. — For two days in August, this small hamlet south of Buffalo becomes a can't-miss destination for fans of a distinctively agricultural motorsport: the tractor pull.

Spectators gather on wooden bleachers flanking a long dirt runway, forming an arena that seats 4,000 people — more than the surrounding area's total population.

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"Everybody looks and waits for this first weekend [of August] to come to Langford," says Richard Love, one of the officials at the 79th annual competition this year.

"It's non-stop action and it's just kind of a big party here," says Love. "It's grassroots, it's motorsports — this place is unbelievable."

Tractor pulling was created in the 1920s by farmers wanting to show off their machin

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