But the Team has announced to build a second Light Modified Tractor called ,,Green Spirit 8´´ for 2016.
The Green Spirit Team will compete with both Light Modified Tractors in the Dutch Grand National Championship and in the Euro Cup next year.
here is the official statement of the Team:
We have to tell you some news…
In the Dutch Truck- and Tractor Pulling Magazine were already written some speculations about our future as team. After a lot of thinking, discussing and looking forward we have decided to changing course off season 2016.
In recent years the Unlimited class is not very easy to handle with. Access is difficult and finding a right weight limit too. The uncertainty on this was always the reason to not starting the construction of a lighter twin-Griffon. As team we believe there should be a proper weight limit that brings the Modified and Unlimited class closer to each other and must form a solid class in the future. Partial on this we have decided to (temporarily) take away from the heaviest class and fully set our goals on the Light Modified class. After 26 seasons there are mixed feelings by us as team and probably many other pulling fans by not seeing the twin-Griffon on the track anymore.
Nevertheless, we think we are making the right choice looking to the future. Next year we will show up with two tractors in the Light Modified class! We enjoy the great battle and different engine configurations in this class. The current Green Spirit 7 is meanwhile under construction to get a better balance. The engine will be placed up front and we save weight where possible to have the possibility to put it on the front of the tractor. Additionally we start to build a completely new machine, the Green Spirit 8! Also this one will be a single Griffon puller, but the outside look will be different from the other one.
We are looking forward to this new challenge, we will try to get on top with both tractors! Both machines will compete in the Dutch Championship and the Eurocup series. At the moment we are busy to get the tractors ready for the new outdoor pulling season. We are proud to say this will be again in conjunction with our main sponsor Frans Vervaet BV and many other subsponsors. We will keep you informed during the (re)construction!
Green Spirit Team
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