Fair 2007: Big Wheel Races
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Program: Fair 2007 #3806
Broadcast Date: Aug. 18, 2007
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Collection: Iowa State Fair
It's the Big Wheel races on the Grand Concourse. The machines and drivers might be a bit small but they’re really, tough competitors that not even rain can stop.
Tags:Post Date: August 21, 2007
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Fair 2007: Sale of Champions (#3806)
Hard work and perseverance are rewarded as the winners of the 4-H and FFA animal events sell their prize winning entries ... 06:00
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Fair 2007: 4-H Grand Champion (#3806)
It’s one of the high points for the young 4-H folks at the Fair. Everyone is excited when the 4-H Grand Champion is chosen ... 05:00
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Fair 2007: Sheep Dog Trials (#3806)
The State Fair Stock Dog Trials test the dog and its trainer's ability to control and drive a small herd of sheep or cattle.... 05:00
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Fair 2007: Hog Calling (#3806)
Iowa produces about a fourth of the nation’s pork. So it just makes sense to go to a hog calling contest at Pioneer Hall.... 03:30
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Fair 2007: Big Wheel Races (#3806)
It's the Big Wheel races on the Grand Concourse. The machines and drivers might be a bit small but they’re really, tough ... 03:30
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Fair 2007: Husband Calling (#3806)
Pioneer Hall competitions often harken back to the days before modern technology – like the days before husbands and wives ... 03:30
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Fair 2007: Cookout Champion (#3806)
With a dash of secret ingredients here and a soak in some special marinades there, bar-b-que cooks from across the state ... 04:30
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Fair 2007: Side Roads - Fair & Unbalanced (#3806)
Paul Berge is going down a Side Road again. As usual he’s trying to find a short cut. This time he’s looking to “borrow” ... 03:00
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Fair 2007: Chainsaw Carvers (#3806)
The Fair celebrates practical and fine arts that use different materials and tools. At Heritage Village meet an artist ... 03:30
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Fair 2007: Truck and Tractor Pulls (#3806)
Catch the action from the Grandstand Track as first the 8200 lbs. Super Stocks battle for the blue and then the two-wheel ... 06:00
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Fair 2007: Truck and Tractor Pulls (#3805)
It's the battle of the behemoths at the Grandstand track when the 7400 lbs. modified tractors and the 4-wheel drive trucks ... 06:00
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Fair 2007: Cow Chip Throw (#3805)
Fairgoers had a chance to put their throwing arms to the test this week at Pioneer Hall for the traditional Cow Chip Throw.... 04:00
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Fair 2007: Side Roads - "What Sounds Like Fun?"... (#3805)
Paul Berge takes a Side Road at the Fair to create a game show he's calling "What Sounds Like Fun?" 03:00
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Fair 2007: Outhouse Races (#3804)
They don’t have engines, but they’re just as popular with Fairgoers. It’s the run for the golden toilet seat at the The ... 04:00
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Fair 2007: 4-H Market Hog (#3804)
A lot of young hopes ride on the 4-H swine show in the Swine Barn. And there are a lot of hogs for the judge to evaluate ... 04:00
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Fair 2007: Butter Sculptures (#3803)
In her second year as lead sculptor in the butter case, Sarah Pratt takes on Harry Potter and a Jersey cow. Come inside ... 03:00
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Fair 2007: Side Roads - Fairly Historical (#3804)
On tonight’s Side Road, Paul Berge travels into the past. He takes us on a tour of some historical Fair highlights, from ... 03:00
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Fair 2007: Governor's Charity Steer Show (#3804)
In this event at the Livestock Pavilion, the competition is really all about helping others. At the Governor’s Charity ... 04:30
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Fair 2007: Timber Team (#3805)
Outdoorsmen -- and women -- are keeping the Paul Bunyan tradition alive and well. Peter Hamlin learns the tricks of the ... 05:00
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Fair 2007: Fair Prep - 4-H Winner (#3804)
Meet Allix Tenold, 4-H winner. She started in 4-H when she was 9 and showed horses. Today she and a younger sister are ... 05:00
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Fair 2007: Fun Forest - Rickie Rowray (#3803)
For more than four decades magician Rickie Rowray has been perfecting his craft. Born deaf, he attended the Iowa School ... 03:30
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Fair 2007: Veterans Parade (#3804)
The Veterans Parade is both solemn and celebratory. On the Grand Concourse, Fairgoers pay their respects to those who fight ... 04:30
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Fair 2007: Horse Pulling (#3803)
Once a real life practical skill pitting men and horses against dead weight, today the horse pulling contest at the Livestock ... 05:00
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Fair 2007: Stock Car Races (#3804)
More dirt track racing with Toby Kruse from the Grandstand. It's the Main Feature in the stock car races. 06:00
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Fair 2007: Buttons the Clown (#3804)
Strolling the Fairgrounds we run into Buttons the Clown and his 1932 Ford Roadster. He loves to make people happy because ... 03:30
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Fair 2007: Side Roads - Sounds Like Fun (#3803)
Paul Berge decided to take a Side Road to fun at the Fair. Unfortunately, it only took him to trouble. Still, we get some ... 03:00
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Fair 2007: FFA Parade of Champions (#3803)
It’s a special moment for some young Iowans, a proud moment they’ve worked for all year. The FFA Parade of Champions at ... 04:00
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Fair 2007: Pencil Portrait Lady (#3803)
For 25 years, artist Marjorie Muench has been drawing portraits of fairgoers who stop by her space in the Cultural Center.... 03:00
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Fair 2007: Truck Races (#3803)
If it has an internal combustion engine, it can be raced at the Fair. We have the Main Feature in the truck races at the ... 05:30
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Fair 2007: Wind Power (#3803)
In the Fair’s early days, in the 19th century, windmills pumped water. Peter Hamlin shows us a windmill that pumps power ... 04:00
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Fair 2007: Queen Contest (#3802)
There were 102 contestants. But only one would be chosen to reign over the 2007 Iowa State Fair. Meet them all and see ... 06:30
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Fair 2007: Stock Cars (#3802)
The Hobby Stock #1 Feature at the Grandstand Track is the second installment of dirt track racing on Fair 2007. Toby Kruse ... 05:30
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Fair 2007: FFA Breeding Sheep (#3802)
There's always a lot of excitement in the barns when young Iowans show their animals. At the Sheep Barn, we watch some ... 04:30
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Fair 2007: Hall of Law & Flame (#3802)
Robots, firetrucks and crash test dummies are all in the Hall of Law and Flame for one purpose: to teach kids and their ... 04:00
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Fair 2007: Food On A Stick (#3802)
Food on a stick has come a long way since caramel apples and corn dogs. New this year is the potato lollipop. The State ... 03:30
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Fair 2007: Big Animals (#3801)
Huge. Gigantic. Immense. Enormous. Words don't do them justice. The big animals weigh in again at the Fair: the big ... 04:30
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Fair 2007: Fair Prep - Animal Learning Center (#3801)
The Paul R. Knapp Animal Learning Center is a new addition at the Fair. One of it's big draws is that Fairgoers get to ... 05:00
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Fair 2007: FFA Market Swine (#3801)
We go ringside at the Swine Barn. The young folks from FFA show the results of months of work at the FFA Market Swine show.... 05:00
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Fair 2007: Dirt Track Racing (#3801)
Toby Kruse calls the dirt track racing on the Grandstand track. It's Hobby Stocks and Stock cars in this first race of ... 06:00
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Fair 2007: Tigers (#3801)
In the southwest corner of the Fairgrounds there's a special exhibit. The goal is to help preserve some truly magnificent ... 04:00
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Fair 2007: 4-H Exhibits Building (#3801)
Come along with Dan Kaercher as he explores some of the 4000 exhibits at the 4-H Exhibits Building. 4-H isn't just sows ... 03:30
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Fair 2007: Side Roads - Beer Hunter (#3802)
Paul Berge is at it again. This time he’s entering the home brew contest. But he just doesn't seem to understand what ... 03:00
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Fair 2007: Side Roads - Corn Dog Kickoff (#3801)
Paul Berge is traveling his own Side Roads to the Fair this year. Tonight he follows the money trail and finds, what else, ... 03:00
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Fair 2007: Canned Fruits (Food Judging) (#3806)
In the canned fruit contest, it's not about how it tastes but how it looks. Judges in the Elwell Family Food Center pore ... 03:00
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Fair 2007: Macaroni & Cheese (Food Judging) (#3804)
More than a dozen creative contestants try their hand at one of America's favorite comfort foods: macaroni and cheese. ... 03:00
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Fair 2007: Spelling Bee (#3802)
There was an impressive amount of respect, mutual encouragement and sportsmanship demonstrated at the State Fair Youth Spelling ... 03:00
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Fair 2007: Horseshoe Pitching (#3802)
It has pitchers, innings and shoes. Know what it is? Horseshoe pitching, of course, at the Fair, which has a new home. ... 04:00
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Fair 2007: State Fair Parade (#3801)
Kick off the Iowa State Fair with the downtown parade. It’s a movable party with animals, bands and floats. Tom Lloyd ... 06:00
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Fair 2007: Banana Bread (Food Judging) (#3802)
Food judging has a new home this year, the Elwell Family Food Center, which used to be the Tourism Building. You can have ... 03:00
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Fair 2007: Fair Prep - Master Gardeners (#3803)
This is the story behind the Discovery Garden at the Fair and the Master Gardeners who create it. 05:00
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Fair 2007: Generations of Cookies (#3805)
Some things at the Fair become family traditions as generation after generation participates. We found one such family ... 05:00
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Fair 2007: Fair Prep - Knitting (#3806)
Victoria Wickham is a master knitter. She has over 50 years of experience as a knitter and has won over 70 ribbons at the ... 05:00
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Fair 2007: Fine Art (Art Judging) (#3805)
The Fine Art Exhibition at the Cultural Center is a juried show that has 13 classes. 03:00
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Fair 2007: Woodcarving (Art Judging) (#3803)
The woodcarving judging at the Cultural Center attracted some great work. It's amazing what can be made from a piece of ... 03:00
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Fair 2007: Photography (Art Judging) (#3801)
The Photograpy Salon in the Cultural Center features 25 classes of photographs. We feature the best of the best with all ... 03:00
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Fair 2007: Fair Prep - FFA Gardener (#3802)
Meet award-winning FFA Gardener Andrew Dau. He won the prestigious individual FFA Horticulture Championship at this year's ... 05:00
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Fair 2006: Getting Calves Ready to Show
Eldora-New Providence FFA member Austin Haywood shares his ideas about getting his three Angus calves ready to show at the ... 04:48
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Fair 2006: Preparing for 4-H Competition
Amanda McCrea of Oskaloosa reflects on the importance of her eight-year 4-H membership as she prepares for her final year ... 04:46
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Fair 2006: Fair Prep - Beer Making
Learn about beer styles and brewing methods. Then witness the judging of Iowa’s top brewers -- a tight community of friends ... 05:10
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