Good luck Saturday and bad luck Sunday...

The title of this newsletter pretty much sums up the past weekend in Weyauwega, WI. The weather was very warm and fan turn out was huge at this central Wisconsin race.

The weekend started out on Saturday morning with three heats of 600 open.  I placed 1st, 1st and 2nd in qualifying. On the start of the final I shuffled into the 3rd running position. We battled with Dan Fenhause for 5 laps until the red flag came out for a crash in turn one. On the restart I had second position and coming around turns one and two Fenhause blew a belt coasting to the outside of the track. This handed me the lead and I held onto it for the remainder of the race.

Sunday brought a later start and Champ 440 racing action. We ended up with 2nd, 1st and 1st in my 3 heat races. The field was set for the champ 440 final that was run under the lights on Sunday night. I qualified 2nd for the main event with my heat race finishes. Off the hole shot I rocketed into the lead. When I let off and got back on the gas in turns 1 and 2 my belt flipped over but I was still running. This slowed the sled down on top end speed and when this happens it does not take long for the belt to blow. I ran about 4 laps with the belt flipped over and was still leading the race when it let lose down the back straight away.

Oddly enough the same thing that won us the race on Saturday cost us the win on Sunday. It was a very disappointing end to the weekend. We had very high hopes going into the final. The sled was awesome and I am quite confident if the failure had not occurred it would have been a another victory for the AMSOIL Wanderscheid race team.

We have two close to home races coming up in the next two weekends. This gives my fans, friends and family a chance to see us in action close to home. Hope to see some of you at the races!

Thanks again to my sponsors and crew for there help and support. Even though it was not how we wanted it to turn out I have to remind myself that we still won Eagle River so it’s all good!  Take care

PJ #28