The Van Wert Agricultural Society and Van Wert Community Club announce the return of The Off Road Challenge to the Van Wert County Fairgrounds Friday through Sunday, June 3-5.<\/p>\n
That Friday evening, the entertainment begins with the Tuff Truck competition at 8 p.m., while there will be a Blow Up contest at 9 that night and Double Kik will perform in the beer\/entertainment tent at the same time.<\/p>\n
On Saturday morning, things get rolling with an “all you can eat” pancake and sausage breakfast from 7-11 a.m. From noon-4 p.m., there will be a sanctioned MRA Mudd Drag points meet. Entertainment begins in the beer\/entertainment tent at 1 p.m. with the band Section Ate. Also at 1, there will be a Burn Out contest and a chance to meet the Mudd Drag drivers.<\/p>\n
There will be a break after the drags for everyone to enjoy the Peony Festival Grand Parade and Mudd Drags will resume at 7 Saturday evening and another Blow Up contest will also begin. Entertainment will also start at the same time in the beer\/entertainment tent with Cincinnati-based band Ground Floor.<\/p>\n
At 1 p.m. Sunday, the Michindoh Pulling Association will hold one of the year’s first points events featuring a large number of pullers. After that, there will be a countywide pull for local pullers not affiliated with Michindoh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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