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Our 2010 IWA Snowmobile Watercross Drivers...
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Chad Maki #413
#1 Pro Open
2009 Champ
Sponsors: Trygstad
Motorsports, Ski-Doo,
Danner Sales,
Camoplast,
C&A Pro,
Arctic FX,
TEAM Industries,
Skinz Protective Gear,
HoglundLaw.com,
Woody's, Straightline Performance, Shockwave
Performance,
EBC.
Home Town: Inver Grove
Heights, MN
Age: 18
Years Racing: 5
Special Notes:
2009 IWA Pro Open Champion, 2009 Camoplast East-West
Challenge Champion, 2008 & 2009 Pro Stock World
Champion, 2008 IWA Pro Stock Champion, 2007 IWA Semi
Pro Open Champion, 2005 & 2006 IWA Semi Pro Stock
Champion, 2005 & 2006 Semi Pro Stock World Champion,
2005 & 2006 IWA Stock 800 Drag Champion, 2005 Snow
Week Rookie of the Year.
Classes raced: Pro Open Oval, Pro
Stock Oval, Mod 800 Drags
Sled Brand:
Ski-Doo
Renegade
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Home Town: Eagan, MN
Special Notes:
2009 Mod Drags Points Champion, 2008 Mod
Drag Points Champion, 2009 Pro Open 2nd Place, 2008 Pro Open
2nd Place. 2000 World
Champion and Pro Open Season points Champion, 2001 Snowgoer Top
Ten Driver Award. Past IWA
board member and past IWA President.
Classes raced: Pro
Open Ovals, Pro Stock Ovals, Mod Drags Sled Brand:
Yamaha
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Joey ("Showtime") Strub #3
Sponsors:
Strub
Motorsports Racing Team,
Totally Yamaha,
Tousley
Motorsports,
Bikeman
Performance, Performance Engineering,
HJC Helmets,
Castle Apparel,
FXR,
Appelco Graphics,
Millennium Technologies,
Exhaust Gas Technologies, Siegel Web Design, and the
Strub family
Home Town: Hudson, WI
Special Notes: Past IWA
officer, 2003-Pro Open points champion, 2004-World Champion
Pro Open, 2005- McHenry Pro Open 1st place.
2006-2nd place World Champion Pro Open.
Classes raced: Pro Open
Ovals Sled Brand: Yamaha
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Andy Busse #4
Sponsors:
Ski-Doo,
XPS Lubricants, LRM LARRY RUGLAND MOTORSPORTS,
C & A Ultra Pro,
TEAM
Industries, Sunoco Race
Fuel,
Millennium Technologies,
Smith Optics, Arctic FX,
SRPHOTOS.NET, Mountain Machine,
Amsoil,
Pro Motorsports, Engine Ice, Tekbolt,
Captain Trailer
Sales,
Digatron Performance Data Acquistion Systems,
Graphic Sign and Letter Company, SRPhotos.net, Hein
Oil Company, Berlin Building Supply and
Berlin Street Cruzers.
Home Town: Berlin, WI
Age 30
Year Racing: 8
Special Notes:
2009
IWA Pro Open World Champion,
2009 IWA Pro
Stock Champion, 2008 year end
points Pro open ovals-4th place, pro stock ovals-2nd
place, mod drags-3rd place. Pro open ovals 1st place Ely
MN, finished 2nd in both Pro Open and Pro Stock at
Grantsburg in 2008. 2007 points
champion in Pro Stock Ovals and Mod Drags. 2007 runner
up in Pro Open Ovals. 2006 points champion in all pro
classes. Being crowned the first triple crown champion
by winning Mod Drags, Pro Stock Ovals, and Pro Open
Ovals at the 2006 World Championship in Grantsburg, WI
(first time in IWA history). Winning Mod Drags at every
race in 2006. Winning three triple crowns in a row at
Grantsburg, Ely, and Park X in 2006. Winning the 2005
points championship in Pro Open and Pro Stock Ovals
(first time in IWA history). In 2005 doing a film for OLN and BRP called the Ultimate Playground.
Classes Raced: Pro Open
Ovals, Pro Stock Ovals, and Mod Drags
Sled Brand:
Ski-Doo XP Renegade
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Jason McPheeters #7
Sponsors:
Northway Sports
Home Town:
Zimmerman, MN Age:
33
Special Notes:
2002 Semi Pro World Champ, 2001 Semi Pro Open Champion.
Classes raced:
Sled Brand: Polaris
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Oliver ("Ole")
Baillargeon #13
Sponsors:
Aaen Performance, Team
Industries, Lee's Sports, Larsen Auto Centers, Wardlake
Services, Pauls Custom Covers, Weltons Pond, Brenizer
Motorsports.
Home Town:
Luck, WI DOB:
7/13/80
Special Notes:
2009 Season Points Champ Semi-Pro Stock. 7th Place in
Open on a stock sled. Can't wait to be running two
sleds this year. I want to thankall my sponsors.
I also want to thank my parents for helping out and mostly
my wife for always being there.
Classes raced: Semi Pro Stock
Ovals, Semi Pro Open Ovals
Sled Brand: Polaris
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Howie Steenberg #14
Sponsors:
Danner Sales, Straightline Performance
Home Town: Inver Grove
Heights,
MN
Special Notes: 2008 and 2007 World
Champion Pro Open.
Classes raced:
Pro Stock Ovals, Pro Open Ovals Sled Brand:
Ski-Doo
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Derek "The Snowman"
McPheeters #16
Sponsors:
Big
Industries, Northway Sports, Straight Line Performance,
Bell Helmets, C&A Pro Ski’s, Klim, Frogskinz, ArcticFX
Graphics, Plasti Dip, NOS Energy Drink, Northside
Septic.
Home Town: Isanti,
MN
Years Racing : 15
Special Notes:
Classes raced:
Pro Ovals Sled Brand:
Ski-Doo 600 RS
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Jon Dufour #17
Sponsors:
Showtime Racing; Mike Houle
Racing, Larry Rugland Motorsports, Alpine Electric, Team
Industries, Millenium Technologies, Northway Sports
Home Town:
Age:
Special Notes:
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Nick Benoy #19
Sponsors:
JT Quality Coatings, Gross
Trucking, Wahl Bros Racing, Mom and Jason, Dad and Jenefer
Home Town:
Osceola, WI
Age:
14
Special Notes:
Fastest retriever driver in 2009. Watercross rookie
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Aaron Wallin #26
Sponsors: Kontny Muscle,
Nature-L signs,
SLP,
Hi-Performance Engineering, Studman Racing, SnowShack, Ken Kolitsch, and
my wife, mom and dad.
Home Town:
Wausau, WI
Years Racing: 6 DOB:
7/26/79
Special Notes: Winning
the East/West Challenge in New York in 2008. This
was the first time someone from the IWA circuit won.
Also won the Pro Open Shoot Out in Billings MT last
summer.
Classes raced: Pro Open
Ovals Sled Brand:
Polaris IQR 800
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Home Town: Chisago
City, MN Years Racing:
watercross every yr since 1988
Racing Highlights:
3 time Grantsburg World Champ, 3 time IWA Points Champ,
USSA Ice Oval Champ, WSA Snocross Champ.
Classes raced: Pro Open
Ovals, Pro Stock Ovals Sled Brand:
Arctic Cat
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Sponsors:
Northside Septic Service, Northway Sports, Klim, Bell
Helmets, ArcticFX Graphics, NOS Energy Drink, C&A Pro
Ski's, Plastidip International,
Frogz skin
Home Town: Stacy,
MN
Age: 24
Special Notes:
2009 Semi-Pro Open Season Points Champion, won 2009
Semi-Pro at Grantsburg, 2008 Rookie of the Year.
Classes raced: Pro Open Ovals
Sled Brand: Pol-Ski--sleds name is the
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Scott Mosher #34 (EWA and
IWA)
Sponsors:
Camoplast, Lake Country Motorsports, The Graveyard,
Erlandson Performance. HTG Racing Engines
Home Town: Pine City,
NY
Special Notes: 2007 Pro Oval
Points Sweep 600, 700, 800. 21 Series points
championships, Favorite Award , "1996 Rookie of the
Year" Favorite Win "The Camoplast Challenge" (Note:
Photo is not reversed we do turn the correct way
(left))
Classes raced: EWA; Pro drags and Ovals;
IWA; Pro Open Drags and Ovals
Sled Brand: 2000 Polaris XC 600 SP, 2000
Polaris XCR 800
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David Fischer #36Sponsors:
Motorsports Plus,
BRP,
Shockwave
Performance,
Frogg Skinz, Pub n Grub, Sled Head 24/7.
Home Town: Eagan, MN
Special Notes:
2009 World Champion 800 Stock Drags, 2009 1st Place Semi
Pro Stock, Wausau, WI, 2009 Rookie of the Year, 2009
Featured on "Andrew Zimmerns Bizarre World" on the
Travel Channel, 2009 Featured on "On the Edge" on the
Speed Channel
Classes raced: Semi Pro
Open Ovals, Semi Pro Stock Ovals, 800 Drags Sled Brand:
Ski-Doo
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Howard Marunde #43
Sponsors:
Gavers Sand & Gravel,
C & L Service & Supply, Alliance Contractors Inc.,
Digitrol Instruments, Kimball Crane, Border Boys, Rt. 12
Arctic Cat
Home Town: Crystal
Lake, IL
Special Notes: Racing on
water 27 years...Just being competitive and having fun,
Pulling Barefoot water skier behind my race sled.
Getting new people involved with racing, and watching
them improve
Classes raced: Pro Open Ovals, Pro Vet
Ovals
Sled Brand: Polaris
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Home Town: Fairwater,
WI
Age: 24
Special Notes: Placed 2nd in
year end points semi pro stock ovals, 3rd in year end
points 800 drags, and got rookie of the year award in
2007. Semi pro open world champ, semi pro open points
champ, 2nd in year end points semi pro stock ovals, and
Sno-Baron's triple crown semi pro champ for the 2008
race season. Looking forward to racing with the pro's in
2009
Classes raced: Pro open ovals, pro stock
ovals, and mod drags.
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Shawn Zurn #76
Sponsors:
GLH Performance,
Team industries,
The Great
Oudoors,
Beaver Liquors, OEM
Fabricators, Pump House Bar and Grill,
Hi
Performance Engineering,
The Crank Shop, All
Occasions Photography, Posh Paws.
Home Town: Downing, WI
Age: 32
Special Notes:
3 Time Mod Drag World Champion 2000, 2003, 2005 and top
10 in Pro Open ovals.
Classes raced:
Pro Open and Pro Stock Sled Brand: Ski-Doo
Renegade
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Home Town: Luck WI
Age 34
Special Notes: 2001-600 Mod Drag
World Champ, 2001 Semi Pro Open point Champ. 2002 700
mod Drag point Champ, 2005-800 Mod Drag point Champ 1st
place Pro Stock Frederic 2006.
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Aaron Lundeen #86
Sponsors:
Jaws Performance, Wayne Born Enterprises
Home Town: Maple
Grove, MN
Special Notes: I have been
racing watercross for 24 years with many wins and many
more broken parts.
Classes raced: Pro Open Ovals
Sled Brand: Ski-Doo
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Miles
Weske #95
Sponsors:
Weske Motorsports
Special Notes: Rookie Year
Classes raced: Semi Pro Ovals and Stock
Drags
Sled Brand: Polaris |
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Shawn Cummings #101
Sponsors: S&S
Custom Springs and Truck Repair of Rush City, Reiser
Plumbing and Heating, Miracles on 4th, Kevin Steinert,
Hancock Construction, Grays Custom
Homes, Campbell's Tire and Auto, NAPA, C&G Telephone
Sales and Installation
Inc., Lakeland Homes, B & D Repair, and Great Ideas of
Rush City
Home Town: Pine City, MN
Special Notes: Rookie year
in the 2006 watercross season. Member of the FAST
BOYZ RACING team.
Classes raced: Semi Pro stock, Semi Pro
Drags
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Gareth Cummings #103
Sponsors: S&S Custom
Springs and Truck Repair of Rush City, Reiser Plumbing
and Heating, Miracles on 4th, Kevin Steinert, Hancock
Construction, Grays Custom
Homes, Campbell's Tire and Auto, NAPA, C&G Telephone
Sales and Installation
Inc., Lakeland Homes, B & D Repair, and Great Ideas of
Rush City
Home Town: Pine City, MN
Special Notes: Raced
watercross for 5 years. Member of the FAST BOYZ
RACING team
Classes raced: Semi Pro Open Ovals, Semi
Pro Stock Drags
Sled Brand: Ski-Doo
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Home Town: Grantsburg,
WI
Special Notes: 2005-2nd place year
end point 600 Drags, 2006-1st place year end points
champion 600 Drags
Classes raced: Semi Pro Ovals
Sled Brand: Ski-Doo |
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Josh Anderson #108
Sponsors:
Sunnyside Marina,
Edington Design Sign & Graphics, Stoker Services,
Frederic Area
Sanitation.
Home Town:
Frederic,
WI
Age 21
Racing Highlights:
Building a sled to race, the rush of your first race!
Classes raced: Semi Pro Ovals, 800 Drags.
Sled Brand: Polaris |
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Brandon Kulenkamp #111
Sponsors:
Straightline Performance, Mark's Concrete and Fence.
Home Town: Mora, MN
Years Racing: 2
Special Notes:
Taking 2 First Place heats in Frederic, then sinking all
day Sunday. Special thanks to Bobby Penders and
crew, and Shawn Zurn and crew for all the help and
advice last year, and my dad.
Classes raced: 800 Drags, Semi Pro Stock
Ovals
Sled Brand: Polaris |
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Steve Baillargeon #113
Sponsors:
AEEN Performance, BR Tech Race Hoods, Lee's sports,
Larsen Auto Centers, Wardlake Services, Airworld, The
Doctors Touch, Brenizer Motorsports, Welton's Pond.
Home Town:
Frederic, WI
Special Notes:
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Justin Gully #116Sponsors:
Big
Industries Racing, Northway Sports, Arctic FX Graphics,
Bell Helmets, Klim, C&A Pro Skis, NOS Energy Drink,
Northside Septic Service, PlastiDip International.
Home Town:
St. Francis, MN
DOB: 7/22/87
Years Racing: Rookie Year
Special Notes:
Proud member of Big Industries Racing. Aiming for
2010 Semi Pro Open Rookie of the year!
Classes raced:
Sled Brand: Polaris
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Home Town: Andover, MN
Age 50
Special Notes: Member of Showtime Racing Team, 2006 2nd place
semipro stock world champion and 2nd place pro vet world
champion at Grantsburg, 2006 5th place points in semi
pro stock and 3rd place points in pro vet, 2007 6th
place pro stock and 5th place semi pro open year end
points, past Vice President of the IWA.
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Jeremy Carlson #122
Sponsors:
Log Rail, Airworld Signs & Graphics, Knauber Farms,
Lundmark Campers, Lee's Sport, Brenizer Salvage, BMR
Performance & Racing, Ackerley Drywall, Northwoods
Logging, Quimby Construction
Home Town: Frederic,
WI
Special Notes: Racing a sled
that I designed and built.
Classes raced: Semi Pro Open Ovals
Sled Brand: Polaris
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DJ Lindbeck #129
Home Town:
White Bear Lake, MN Years Racing:
6
Special Notes:
09 3rd place Points Semi Pro Ovals.
Classes raced: Semi Pro Stock Ovals
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JT Kosnitch #134
Sponsors: GLH Performance, Caswell Cycle, Signs of
Ely, JTK Services, Beaver Liquor, Kelly Weisinger
Excavating, Edgewraps.com
Home Town:
Isanti, MN
Age:
17
Special Notes:
New year on a new sled!
Classes raced: Semi Pro Open Ovals
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Ryan Jurek #167
Sponsors: Big industries, Team Critize, DM16
racing, Northway sports, Showtime racing, Straightline
performance.
Home Town:
The Mean Streets Of EB (East Bethel,MN)
Age: 26
Special Notes:
2006 Rookie Of The Year Semi-Pro Stock Ovals.
Photograph by Kerri Harter
Sled Brand: Ski-Doo |
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Ken Kolitsch #175
Home Town:
Little Suamico, WI
Special Notes:
2004 McHenry, IL 1st place Pro Open. Current IWA Board
Member.
Classes raced: Pro Open Ovals and Pro Vet Ovals
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Krista "The Fox" Maki-Zurn #176
Sponsors:
G.L.H. Performance,
The Great
Oudoors,
Beaver Liquors, Pump
House Bar and Grill,
www.snowmobilers.com,
Sled Descent, All Occasions Photography, Posh
Paws, ETown Guitars,
Sniper
Kustoms, and Signs of Ely.
Home Town: Downing, WI/Ely,
MN
Age: 34
Special Notes:
In just 1 year of racing stock 800 drags I received
finishes of 3rd in Frederic WI, 3rd in Ely MN, 1st in
Billings MT, and finished 5th in season points.
Also nominated for Rookie of the Year.
Classes raced: 800 Drags
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Larry Lange #181
Sponsors: Tink
Shop Racing,
Johnson
Motors of Menomonie, Larry Rugland Motorsports,
Jamie's Buckshots of Boyceville WI, Buck Country Grain
of Arcadia WI
Age: 28
Special Notes:
Finished 6th Place in Pro Stock Ovals in 06. Going to
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Lenny Neis #184
Sponsors: Jamie's
Buck-Shot Bar, Johnson Motors, Tink Shop Racing
Home Town: Knapp, WI
Classes raced: Mod Drags
Sled Brand: Ski-Doo
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Jon "The Hitman" Novotny #187
Sponsors:
Big Industries, Team Critize, Northside Septic, Delano
Sports, Klim, C&A Pro Skis, Thunder Products, NOS Energy
Drinks, Straightline Performance, Bell Helmets, Plasti
Dip, Northway Sports,
Arcticfx graphics,Team ind. and Frogzskin.
Home Town: Buffalo MN
Age 31
Special Notes:
First year racing Pro Open
Classes raced: Pro Open Oval
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Adam Hiller #194
Home Town: Antioch, Il
Sponsors:
Team Alky, Hiller Motorsports, Spelman Studios, The
Sandbar, and Steiz Resort
DOB:
1/18/80
Classes raced: Semi Pro Ovals,
Mod Drags Sled Brand: Ski-Doo |
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Bobby Penders #216
Sponsors:
Penders Racing,
MN Wall
Systems LLC.,
Polaris Racing,
Northway Sports
Polairs,
HotSeat Performance/Speedwerx, Milltown Dock and Marine,
Lucky Party Rental, Daeffler’s Quality Meats, GA
Construction, Wildside Graphix, Hanson Racing Engines,
Deycore Enterprises snowmobile shock service, Powermadd
Racing, Starting Line Products.
Home Town: Mahtomedi,
MN
D.O.B. 1/27/80 age
30
Years Racing: 5
Special Notes:
I've been racing over 16 year in all, 4 in watercross.
MRP Snocross 94-96, AMA District 23 Motocross 1996-2005,
1996 NSSR World Record Holder, WSA Hillcross 2006, 2006
IWA Semi-Pro Open Rookie of the Year, 2008 Frederic
Watercross National Pro Stock 2nd Place and Semi-Pro
Open 3rd Place, 2009 WSA Pro-Ice Sportman 600/800 High
Points Champion, Limited 500 4th Place over all.
Classes raced: Pro Stock Ovals, Pro
Open Ovals
Sled Brand: Polaris
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John Stadick #217
Sponsors:
Spy Optics, August Schell Brewery & Grainbelt Beer, G&S Manufacturing, High Performance Engineers,
Engine Ice, Boyesen, Graphix Unlimited
Home Town: Courtland,
MN D.O.B. 2/7/90
Special Notes:
Crashing into the speed TV cameraman!
Classes raced: Semi Pro
Ovals, and drags
Sled Brand: Ski-Doo
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Robert Henderson
#240
Home Town:
Fond Du Lac, WI
Classes raced: Semi Pro Stock Ovals, 800 Drags
Sled Brand: Ski-Doo
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Kyle
Helmstadter #282
Sponsors:
Central Wisconsin Evergreens, Straightline Performance,
Podgorski Grain Farms.
Home Town:
Merrill, WI D.O.B.
6/1/90
Special Notes:
Classes raced: Semi Pro
Ovals and Drags
Sled Brand: Ski-Doo
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Bruce Koop #308
Sponsors:
Route 12 Arctic Cat, Bullseye Boring, Kimball Crane,
Border Boys, Fat Boy Racing.
Acres Group,
Valley Aggregates Sand & Gravel
Home Town: McHenry, IL
Special Notes: 11
years of having fun!
Classes raced: Pro Open Ovals, Pro Vet
Ovals
Sled Brand: Arctic Cat |
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Jason Meskill #310
Sponsors: Ely Auto , Silver
Rapids Lodge ,Sled Bitch.com , Mike Motors
Home Town: Ely, MN
Age: 30
Special Notes:
Classes raced: Semi Pro Stock
Sled Brand: Polaris |
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Eric Keith #312
Sponsors: K&A
Racing, Penders Racing, Brenizer Motorsports, Bikeman
Performance, Lee's Sports, Airworld Custom Paint and Signs,
Welton's Pond
Home Town:
Siren, WI
Age: 18
Racing Highlights: Took 4th place in final at at Wausau
in the 800 Stock Drags. Had a major motor melt
down in Ely.
Classes raced: Semi Pro Stock Ovals, 800
Drags
Sled Brand: Polaris |
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Mitchell Booth #313
Sponsors: Red Iron Pulling
Home Town: Boyceville,
WI
Age: 19
Special Notes: Raced
first year in the Stock Class, and racing this year in
Semi Pro Open. Special Thanks to the Tink Shop Racing
Cres, my dad, and everyon who has helped me along the
way.
Classes raced: Semi Pro Stock ovals, Semi
Pro Open Ovals
Sled Brand:
Ski-Doo |
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Dan Dombrowsky #314
Sponsors:
Remington Oil, Antigo Yamaha, North Country Yamaha
DOB: 8/26/84
Years Racing: 1
Racing Highlights: 2009: Semi
Pro Stock Oval 1st place Moose Lake, 1st place
Grantsburg Stock 800 Drags, 1st place Wausau, 2nd place
in Semi Pro Stock Ovals and Drags.
Classes raced: Semi Pro Stock Ovals, 800
Drags
Sled Brand: Yamaha |
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Ryan Keith #321
Sponsors:
K&A Raciong, Brenizer Motorsports, Bikeman Performance,
Lee’s Sports, Airworld Custom Paint and Signs, Pour
House, Maurer Power, Jennemans Hardware Hank, Jed’s
Laker Lounge, Welton's Pond, Slednecks, PowerMadd... I
want to thank my family, Josh Anderson, Joey Strub, Troy
Anderson, and a special thanks to the town of Siren and
all that have got me to where I am today.
Home Town:
Siren, WIAge: 21
Years Racing: 3
Special Notes:
Made all 800 Stock Drag Finals in 08. Took 4th in
800 Stock Drags at the World Championships in 08.
Went undefeated in all Semi Pro Stock Oval heat races at
the World Championship in 09. 2009 600 Stock Drag
World Champion
Classes raced: Semi Pro Stock Ovals, 800
Drags Sled Brand: Polaris |
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Ben Grandprey #327
Sponsors:
BDM Racing and Repair,
Bikeman Performance, B-Line Control, Hi-Performance
Engineering, Scott USA, Osiris Shoes, Amsoil,
Forest
Lake Sales & Service, Axxxtion Sports Calendars,
Engine Ice. Special Thanks
to my brother and Lance Larsin.
Home Town: Chisago
City, MN
Special Notes:
7th Place Semi Pro Stock
Oval Ely 2009, 8th Place Semi Pro Stock Oval Grantsburg
2009.
Classes raced: Semi Pro Stock Ovals
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Home Town: Port
Barrington, IL
Special Notes: Rides an
Arctic Cat, sends a special thanks to Bruce, Howard, and
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Tony Schaller #410
Sponsors: Tony 23
1/2 Hr
Towing, Signs of Ely, Weisinger Construction, Ely's BA
Lounge.
Home Town: Ely, MN
Years Racing: 3
DOB: 4/5/82
Racing Highlights:
5th Place Moose Lae and Freceric 2009, 7th Place Season
Points in Semi Pro Stock Oval, 10th Place Season Points
in Semi Pro Open Ovals.
Classes raced: Semi-pro stock and
open ovals
Sled Brand:
Ski-doo
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Kelly Weisinger #411
Sponsors: Ely
Bowling Center, AJ's Fastlube, Straightline Performance,
Signs Of Ely,
Heritage Log Homes, Tony Towing,
GLH
Performance, Boathouse Brewery,
Creek Ridge
Lodge, Day Brother's Barging, Anderson Construction.
Home Town: Ely, MN
Special Notes:
Finished 6th in season points my first year racing.
Finished 4th in season points in both open and stock
classes my second year racing.
Classes raced: Semi-pro stock and
open ovals
Sled Brand:
Ski-doo
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Brian Kormanik #417
Sponsors: GLH
Performance, K&K Foods, Ellas in Point.
Home Town: Litchfield, MN
DOB:
8/27/85
Years Racing: 3
Special Notes:
"getting to know all the other racers, and getting 4th
in season points my first full year racing"
Classes raced: Semi Pro Stock Ovals, 800
Drags
Sled Brand:
Ski-Doo
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Dan Hoffman #419
Sponsors:
Dunlavy Pro, Nate Winberg #606,
U.S. Chrome,
Amsoil-Kevin
Seeger,
Lakeland Power,
Hi Performance Engineering. G&S Manufacturing, Horace
Mann and Progressive Insurance from Don Wendal, JK
Cattle Company, Augest Schell Brewing Compnay & Grain
Belt Beer
Home Town: Sleepy Eye, MN
Special Notes:
2004-2nd place Year End Points Semi Pro Stock Ovals,
2005-World Champion Pro Stock, 2005-2nd place Year End
Points Pro Stock. 2006-3rd place year end points
champion Pro Stock Ovals
Classes raced: Pro
Stock Oval, Pro Open Ovals
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Brian McCurdy Jr. #442
Sponsors:
Bikeman
Performance, BDM Racing and Repair, Blackwidow, BRtech, Strub Motor Sports,
Forest Lake sales and
service and Paul's Custom Covers
Home Town: Lindstrom, MN
DOB: 10/7/81
Special Notes:
2008 Pro Open Season Points Champion, 2008 Sno Barons
Triple Crown Champion,
2009 Pro Open Season Points 5th Place. 1997 IWA
Rookie of the Year.
Classes raced: Pro Open Oval
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Eric Peterson #444
Sponsors:
KMA Racing,
B & D Repair,
High Perfomance Engineering, The Main Store,
Indian Creek Tavern, A-1 Machine, Frederic Autobody,
Paul's Custom Covers, Donnohue Designs, Edwin Erickson &
Eagle Ditcher,
Bikeman
Performance
Home Town: Frederic,
WI
Age 27
Special Notes:
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Rev-Factory Mod 800, been racing 8 years. Past IWA
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Matthew Podgorski #469
Sponsors: Remington
Oil, Antigo Yamaha, North Country Yamaha.
Home Town: Merrill, WI
DOB: 6/12/74
Special Notes:
2008
first time competing in a final at Wausau finished 4th.
Classes raced: Semi Pro Stock Oval, 800
Drags
Sled Brand: Yamaha Viper
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Arthur (Bud) Coen #517
Sponsors:
B and D repair,
Airworld, Beans Country Griddle, Fur Fins and Feathers,
KMA Racing, SMX Optics, Motor tabs energy drink, Six Six
One, Indian Creek Tavern, Animal Lodge Bording Kennel,
Pauls Custom Covers, Frederic Auto Body
Home Town: Frederic,
WIAge: 17
Special Notes: Getting first
place in Frederic at my first heat ever
Classes raced: Semi Pro Open Ovalled Brand: Ski-doo |
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Alex Nelson #518
Sponsors:
Special thanks to Roger Sandberg and Gene Marek.
D.R. Tech, Grantsburg Transfer,
Auto Truck Center of Grantsburg, Tone's Taxidermy,
Danner
Sales, East Refuge Electric, Team Criticize, Bikeman
Performance and
Mountain Machine Performance
Home Town: Grantsburg,
WI
Special Notes: Finished 2nd
in 2005 for the year end points in both 800 Drags and
Semi Pro Stock Ovals. Consecutively captured
2nd place wins in 2005 and 2006 in year end points for
Semi-Pro Stock. Took 6th place in year end points
for Semi Pro Open 2006. And a special Thanks to
all my sponsors who made it possible.
Years
Racing: 3
Sled Brand: Ski-doo |
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Joe Schellbach #550Sponsors:
Team Attack, Fastboys Racing, Dale Tool Company, Great
Ideas.
Home Town:
Rush City, MN
Years Racing : 3
Special Notes:
Riding a Cat!
Years
Racing: 3
Sled Brand:
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Nate Winberg #606
Sponsors:
Hoffman Racing, Dunlavy Pro, Grain Belt, Wisconsin Metal
Fab, and James and Tiffany
Home Town: Boyceville,
WI
Special Notes: 2007- World
Champion Semi Pro Stock Grantsburg, 2007- McHenry Semi
Pro Stock first place, 2006-3rd
place year end points champion Semi Pro Stock.
Age: 25
Classes raced: Semi-Pro Stock, Semi-Pro
Open
Sled Brand: Polaris |
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Greg Metz #612
Sponsors: Metz Construction, Studman
Racing Team
Home Town: Merrill,
WI
Special Notes: Years racing
1
DOB: 6/12/70
Classes raced: Semi-Pro Ovals
Sled Brand: Polaris
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Aaron Hein #639
Sponsors:
Busse Motorsports, Hein Oil Company, Ecklund
Motorsports, Larry Rugland Motorsports, Team Industries,
SRPHOTOS.NET, Amsoil,
Captain Trailer Sales, Graphic Sign & Letter Company,
Berlin Street Cruzers.
Home Town: Berlin,
WIAge:
31
Racing Highlights:
2009 finished 5th in year end points in Semi Pro Stock
first full season. 2008 & 2009 finished in first
place in year end points 800 stock drags. 2006 4th
in year end points in 800 stock drags.
Classes raced: Stock 800 Drags, Semi Pro Stock Ovals
Sled Brand: Ski-doo Renegade |
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Sponsors: Recreation
Plus-Twin Lakes, WI
Home Town: Twin Lakes,
WI
Special Notes:
I took 2nd in the final at Frederic my first time ever
racing!
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Mann Nordin #700
Sponsors:
Bonzi Boats, MLR, S&T
Boat Storage, C&A Pro, Straightline Performance.
Home Town:
Maple Plain, MN
Special Notes:
2008 taking first at Grantsburg in 600 Drags and 2009 taking
second in 600 season points.
Classes raced: Stock
600 Drags
Sled Brand: Ski-Doo
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Rachel O'Brien #707
Sponsors:
Penders Racing,
MN Wall
Systems LLC.,
Polaris Racing,
Northway Sports
Polairs,
HotSeat Performance/Speedwerx, Milltown Dock and Marine,
Lucky Party Rental, Daeffler’s Quality Meats, GA
Construction, Wildside Graphix, Hanson Racing Engines,
Deycore Enterprises snowmobile shock service, Powermadd
Racing, Culligan Water, Arctic Cat, Johnson’s Repair,
Webster Sharpening, & Sandgren Trucking.
Years
Racing: 6 years
DOB: 01/25/89
Home Town:
Frederic, WI
Racing Highlights I’d like to thank my friends and family
for all of their love and support. Most importantly I’d like
to thank the staff at Milltown Dock and Marine because if it
weren’t for them, I wouldn’t be where I am today.
Classes raced: Drags,
Semi Pro Stock Ovals
Sled Brand: Arctic Cat/Polaris |
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Mike Smekens #769
Sponsors:
Recreation Plus, Rollform Racing, Kimball Krane, Gavers
Gravel, and Bullseye Racying
Home Town:
Powers Lake, WI
Special Notes:
2006-3rd place year end points champion Semi Pro Open
Ovals
Classes raced: Pro Open Ovals
Sled Brand: Yamaha |
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Jay Fiene #772
Sponsors:
Route 12 Rental, Kimball Crane, Gaver's Sand and Gravel,
Bulls-Eye Boring, and Jack Daniel's.
Home Town:
West Chicago, IL
Special Notes:
Classes raced:
Sled Brand: Ski-Doo
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R. Scott Blamey #777
Home Town:
Fond du Lac, WI
Special Notes: Top
Grantsburg 600 stock drags qualifier two years in a row.
2nd place 600 stock drags at Grantsburg 2006 on a
completely stock 440 snocross sled, with no tape, caulk,
or chassis modifications of any sort. Member
Full
Throttle Racing
Classes raced: 600 Drags, 800 Drags
Sled Brand: 2006 Ski-Doo MxZX REV 440
(stock)
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Laura Henderson #779
Home Town:
Fond Du Lac, WI
Classes raced: Drags
Sled Brand: Ski-Doo
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Lance Brenizer #787
Home Town:
Frederic, WI
Special Notes: I would
just like to thank my very dedicated team, my family for
teaching me to "never give up." Thanks to the
Baillargeon Family and the "reckless N" crowd.
Sounds like this is a good year to take a few 1st place
finishes.
Classes raced: Pro Open Ovals
Sled Brand: Polaris |
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Jeff McFadden #788
Sponsors:
Brenizer
Motorsports, BMR Racing, Welton's Pond, Wardlake
Services, R&M Crafts,
TEAM
Industries, and Larsen Auto Centers
Home Town:
Frederic, WI
Age: 52
Classes raced: Semi Pro Ovals
Sled Brand: Polaris
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Kurt Mattila #809
Sponsors:
Evergreen Construction, Zups Food Market, Keuhl's
Logging, Performance Graphic's, Wildlife Liquor, Burger
Photography, Dirty Dog Manufacturing, Hand Done
T-Shirts, sledbitch.com
Age: 30
Home Town:
Ely, MN
Special Notes: 2006
season points champion Semi Pro Open Ovals.
Special Thanks to Shawn Zurn from GLH Performance for
all of his help & advice. Also, thanks to my wife and
kids who are there to support me at every race
Classes raced: Semi Pro Open Ovals
Sled Brand: Polaris
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Dennis (the "Studman")
Rhyner #812
Sponsors:
Principal Financial Group-Rick Unger, Larry Rugland
Motorsports, Mike & Crystal Josiger, Snow Shack,
Digatron, Polaris.
Most Important-my family and friends and the spectators
that support our sport.
Home Town:
Merrill, WI
Special Notes: Season
Points Champ Pro Open 2007. Current IWA Vice
President. I just
enjoy spending time with my family and friends and the
other racers. I would like to say "THANKS"
to my pit crew!
My grandson Parker and Paul, Larry Wallin, Chuck, Brian, Justin, and the driver teams
of Aaron Wallin #26, and Kenny Koltisch #175, and Greg
Metz #612.
Classes raced: Pro Open Ovals, Mod Drags
Sled Brand: Polaris
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Leo Dunlavy #828
Home Town: Shell
Lake, WIAge: 35
Special Notes: Sank 6
times at Milnor, Burnt Down in Ely, Borrowed Busse's
stator at Frederic, "Bumped" out of finals at
Grantsburg, Too little/Too much flap at Wausau, More Fun
than I had ever expected! Special
Thanks to my wife Jill, and Daughter Megan.
Classes raced: Pro Open Ovals,
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Troy Marsh #887
Sponsors:
Wildside Graphix - 63
Express - Hager City, WI; JB Services - Maiden Rock, WI;
WI Industrial Sand Co., Maiden Rock, WI; Forgiven
Motorcycle Services - Hager City, WI; Mike's Bay
Town - Bay City, WI; Skog's Welding.
Home Town: Bay
City,
WI
Special Notes: 2007
800 Drags Points Champion; 2009- making it to the
finals at Grantsburg my first year doing ovals and
qualifying 1st at Wausau and missing 1st place by inches
in the final; I want to give a special thanks to
all of the racers who have helped me out, especially in
2009; Special thanks to all of my friends and
family who have shown their support, especially my wife,
Trina & daughter, Allison.Classes raced: 800 Drags,
Semi Pro Stock Ovals
Sled Brand: Ski-doo |
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