Tara Tacci, 18, a members of the Future Farmers of America club at Leesburg's Monroe Technical High School, negotiates a course during a tractor driving competition.

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Brittany Loveless realizes she has struck one of the cones used to mark the course of the tractor driving competition put on by the Future Farmers of America club at Leesburg's Monroe Technical High School.

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Members of the Future Farmers of America club at Leesburg's Monroe Technical High School hold a tractor driving competition. Krista Caserta, 18, gets to try her hand at backing up the tractor.

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Tara Tacci, 18, gives advice to Brittany Loveless, 16, before her test drive during a tractor driving competition put on by the Future Farmers of America club at Leesburg's Monroe Technical High School.

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Brittany Loveless, 16, shows off her Future Farmers of America jacket. The club held a tractor driving competition.

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Members of the Future Farmers of America club at Leesburg's Monroe Technical High School hold a tractor driving competition. Instructor Dennis Sizemore, gives course directions to Brittany Loveless, 18.

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