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  Though mother nature hasn't been as giving as usual in the form of snow up in Eagle River, that didn't hold the crew from WPSA from putting on a great show this past weekend. 

  This being the 1st WPSA National held at the AmsOil Derby Track, many wondered how this venue would react to this new race being held and with well over 4000 people attending each day of the event, I would have to say that it was a great turnout and WPSA made it worth while. 

 I will giving a somewhat descriptive post on the pics from the weekend and try to fill you guys in on all of the details.  The results from the event are posted in the Snocross section, feel free to check em out!!

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 During the qualifying heats of Semi-Pro I was able to snag this shot of Brett Turcotte (#196 ), Dan Ebert (#602) and Paul Bauerly (#324) trenching through the woops on the front stretch.  Many riders were having trouble with this section and it seemed that either you gained positions going through this strech or lost positions. 




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Here is Steve Martin (#18) leading the pack of riders aboard his newly aquired Ski-Doo XP .  Following him is Robby Malinowski (#4), Mike Schultz (#5) and Justin Tate (#10)...

Steve was constantly out front in his heats over the weekend, but seemed to always have troubles.  If I remember right, he actually got turned over and wrecked about 5 times this weekend. 




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Here Justin Tate looks back to check out the track between heats.  The groomers changed the track very often over the weekend according to the racers liking.  Tate would end up getting injured and didn't ride the rest of the weekend.....



Leading the riders in heat #2 of Pro Open qualifying was the Boss Racing Yamaha of Robby Malinowski (#4) who ended taking the win in this heat.  He looked very smooth and rode that four stroke hard.



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  Here is Hentges Racing's Chris Kafka (#991) aboard his IQ 440 ripping around the track. 



  During one of the semi pro heats, a parade of green came out of the starting gate and grabbed 1-4 positions accompanied by 1 other ski-doo rider....


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  Warnert Racing put on a great show this weekend in both semi pro and pro classes.  Here is team rider Zac Pattyn (#99) aboard his Torco Oils Ski Doo leading his heat....

 



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While getting a break in the action for a grooming break, we heading down to the pits for a walk. I decided to snag as many shots of the sleds as I could, but of course most of the sleds were in the transporters getting treatments...

Here is Steven Martins stocker and XP open sled







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Justin Tates Ski -Doo XP sitting in the pits. As stated before this sled was ridden at all after 10 am Saturday morning due to injuries suffered from Tate.

As you can see by the seat and other parts, this looks to be a choppy version of what should be the chassis used next for next season...



Here is Blair Morgan's stocker. His mechanic was bolting back in the suspension at the time..



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In my opinion of the nicest looking sleds in the pits was Katejun Koonishish's Dootalk.com sled. The black and yellow design of the sled really set off the angles nicely.





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Getting to the Boss Racing sleds was a complicated task because these sleds always had a crowd around them. I looked over the chassis intensely and thought that it was very rigid looking and everything was beefed up. This was a pretty refined chassis which was suprising to me. The ergonomics seem to be pretty nice and power doesn't seem to be an issue either.

I was waiting for them to pop open the hood, but of course they wouldn't do that for me.

Here are some pics of Team rider Yugi Nagosawa's sled...






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Though Tucker Hibbert wasn't on hand to race this event, I still felt the need to capture his sled sitting here in the pits.





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Here is TJ Gulla's Open sled. Check out the "new" Fox Float X Evols... I noticed that Gulla was using the new Hi and Lo Compression style shocks, while team mate Levi LaVallee was using the regular version of the Evols..



Here is up and coming rider Brett Bender... This kid flys!!!!



Check out Levi's sled.. This is his stocker..



Rear suspension with Dual Rate Titanium front track shock..Interesting...



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Alright back to the action. Here is Zac Pattyn (#99) airing out the finish line jump during a Semi Pro stock heat..






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Here is some of the top riders riding in the Pro Stock Final on Saturday.,.

Ross Martin -#837 Judnick Motorsports


Mike Schultz-#5 Avalanche Racing


Ryan Simons-#67 Team Arctic Cat


Blair Morgan -#7c Blair Morgan Racing



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Here is Mathieu Morin running in Pro Stock.



Taking the victory on day 1. This kid is fast and smooth.


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Superman Blair Morgan riding smoother than ever!





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Levi LaVallee making his run from the back of the pack up to 2nd position. Its crazy watching him throw his body around to gain air and speed!



LaVallee throwing a little flare over the finish line!



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Staging for Pro Open Final on Saturday..

Levi LaVallee- #108 Hentges Racing


Carl Schubitske- #6 Team Arctic Cat


TJ Gulla- #44 Hentges Racing


Morgan and Gulla...


AmsOil riders.. Shaun Crapp # 3 and DJ Eckstrom #25


Mike Schultz #5 and Robby Malinowski #4




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Here are some pics from the Pro Open Final on Saturday Round 1...

Mathieu Morin takes the holeshot...



Quick to grab the early lead was Carl Schubitske followed by Ryan Simons..


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These 3 riders would battle back and forth for the 1st couple laps.

Morin edges out Schubitske over the finish line jump on lap 1


Here is Morin going through the double double...


Airing the finsh line with a subtancial lead..


Mathieu Morin again..




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Ryan Simons making a hard charge to the front..


Levi LaVallee making his way through the pack..


Malinowski following close behind the top 5 riders..


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Here is LaVallee again taking a different line in the over the double..



Morgan preloading over to Triple it!


Here is Jeff Snow in the back..


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Ryan Simons taking the lead..


Here is Dave Allard airing the finish line.. He had a rough weekend, but always stayed within the pack of front runners..


Levi throwing his sled around...


Blair Morgan doing it again.. That old guys still loves it up in the sky!


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Robby Malinoski and DJ Eckstrom battling over the line on the last lap..


Simons taking victory in Pro Open!



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Pro Stock Final Round 2:

Steve Martin # 18 Warnert Racing


TJ Gulla- #44 Hentges Racing


Ryan Simons #67 Team Arctic Cat


DJ Eckstrom #25 AmsOil


Mike Schultz # 5 Avalanche Racing


Mathieu Morin #27 Warnert Racing


Blair Morgan #7c Blair Morgan Racing


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Steve Martin grabbing the holeshot..


Martin leading the race...





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Steve Martin was riding hard and had the lead until Shaun Crapo and him ended up getting wrapped together.. All I could see what sleds going end over end and snow flying every where.


Martin's sled hit the wall pretty hard about 30 ft away from where he was sitting..


Steve Martin looks to be in major pain and it looked like his hand was pretty torn up as you could see the blood coming from it..


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Tj Gulla went on to take the win in Pro Stock Round 2.

Before we knew it , the Semi Pro boys were out tearing up the track.
Here is Brett Turcotte and Zac Pattyn battling for the lead..



Turcotte grabbed the lead and rode the hell out of that XP..


Wes Selby had a pretty good weekend.. Here he is over the finish line jumper..


Again through the double..


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Katejun Koonishish had a pretty decent weekend...


Here is semi pro Dylan Martin..


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On to Pro Open..

Blair morgan airing it out..


Yugi Nagazoa holding his own in about 7 or 8th position..


Tj Gulla over the finish line kicker


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Gulla going through the double double section..




Dave Allard and Carl Schubitske over the finish line kicker




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Couple more of Gulla in qualifying..




Matt Judnick and Willie Elam


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Semi Pro Open Final:

Chris Kafka and Dan Ebert out front to get the holeshot..


Kafka and Ebert again over the rythm section


Ebert over the finish line hit


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Koonishish had to bail off and he ended up staying down for about 3 laps.. Got back on and rode the rest of the final..


Brett Bender making a pass on Matt Pichner


Brett Turcotte out in front of Bobby LePage




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Chris Kafka trying to edge out Ebert..


Bender getting booted off the triple they had setup on the front stretch..


Here is Katejun Koonishish after getting up from the ground..


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Bobby "the rage" LePage going over the double..


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Well now for the Pro Open final for Round 2 ..

Here is Ross Martin getting announced ..


Steve Martin and Mathieu Morin..


Mr Morgan..



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Robby and Blair checking eachother out..




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Ross Martin and Steve Martin get out ahead of the pack while Levi tryed the high line ..



Malinoski gets bucked off in the first turn..


Ross Martin and Levi LaVallee battled the whole race



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Martin was nearly unstoppable in this race. He was smooth and never let off the throttle..








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Well boys and girls, thats all I've got. Ross Martin finished the race to win the Pro Open ..

Let me know how I did.. That took 4 hours. haha..

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That was a great write up Jay love the pics, sounds like you had a great time there. You should have grabed me on the way up LOL.

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Hahaha... Yea we had a great time up there.  Though the weather wasn't as nice as possibly it could have been, we still stuck it out.  The racing was great and it was nice to get up there and watch the first year of these events up at Eagle River. 

I have some video's i'll be sharing soo as well, just give me a couple days to compile them together into one.  I took short clips of the action so you guys could see them in motion, but I'm not sure how it will come out.  I did it with my digital camera... We'll see..................

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I think i just used up all the remainding memory on the computer. I saved all those damn pictures! Thanks

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