KASSON — What started as a small gathering with friends and family has now turned into a huge truck show with around 20,000 attendees each year and growing. The Big Iron Classic made its way back to the Dodge County Fairgrounds in Kasson for a two-day truck show and pull. The event started in 2000 as a small gathering of friends and now the show has more than 600 trucks.
“It's never been advertised. This is all word of mouth," said Jim Finn, founder and board member for the Big Iron Classic. "The majority of the people here are friends, and if we have trouble anywhere in the country, we can get a hold of anybody.
” ADVERTISEMENT The event is two days long but trucks started showing up as early as Wednesday. They have local food vendors, a truck parade and a big show on Saturday night. The parade is a large route that takes the trucks from Kasson to Byron and back.
Hundreds of trucks lined up outside the fairgrounds to show off their trucks to Dodge County as they drove for around 30 minutes. Some trucks were blaring their horns at excited spectators and throwing candy to children watching. Truckers from all over the country come to see old friends, look at the trucks and watch the annual truck pull on Saturday night.
They had multiple attendees from overseas this year. Australian Peter Cellen was one of the truckers in attendance. He heard about the show from one of his friends, Larry Olson, in 2018 and this was his fifth year going to the event.
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