"Arthur Hatch, 86, of West Paris, Maine, was looking for something to do with his family in 1980 when he learned of a truck competition at the local fairgrounds and thought it sounded interesting. Hatch had a daughter and three sons. Two of his sons suffered from muscular dystrophy. When he asked about entering, he was told by those running the competition that he shouldn't enter—the other trucks would be more powerful and he'd have no way to compete, they said. Arthur drove his 1972 Ford F350 plow/work truck down anyway, and took first place. He never looked back, and he's been using the same truck (albeit with a few modifications along the way) for more than 30 years. Hatch's truck, Maybe Baby, has done it all: sand hill climbs, uphill mud runs, mud bogging and pulling. ""I think I've done everything foolish you can do with it,"" he joked. Hatch lost one of his sons to MD when he was in his teens, but continues to work closely with his two surviving sons, doing mechanical work and going to competitions all around New England. Currently running a 460 engine in his truck, he has averaged roughly 10-15 competitions a year for the last 33 years, and is regularly introduced at the competitions as the oldest person still pulling."
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