Race Results Update #13,
Michigan International Speedway
Brooklyn, MI.
March 1, 2004
Michigan International Speedway hosted the eighth round of the WSA Worldwide
Championship National Series. This was an awesome place to hold a Sno-Cross
event. The track could have been bigger but Mother Nature worked against us
and WSA did what they could to put together a decent track.
In Semi-Pro Open Bobby LePage had some great heat races and went directly to
the final with his 3rd, 3rd and 1st place
finishes. Mike Schultz won his first round and was leading his second round
when he ran into some misfortune and finished 7th while he took 2nd
in his third round. Mike had to go through the LCQ. In the LCQ Schultz
took the win putting him in the back row of the final. On the start of the
final both Schultz and LePage were bottled up in the middle. Mike began
moving up through traffic in this 14 lap final while Bobby stayed very
consistent in the same position until he ran into problems on lap 11. At
the checkered Mike Schultz finished in 6th place and Bobby LePage
finished in 14th place.
In Semi-Pro Stock Bobby took 2nd in both rounds one and two. In
round three he had sled trouble which originally appeared to be an
electrical problem and he finished in 7th place. LePage made the
LCQ and although no electrical problems could be found he ran a nearly
perfect race and took 2nd to go to the back row of the final.
Fifteen sleds lined up for the green flag in the fourteen lap final. When
the green flew it was a slew of sleds heading down the whoop section with
LePage slotting into 11th place. Bobby ran a very smart and
consistent race working his way to the front. His sled ran flawlessly the
entire race. When the checkers were waved it was Bobby “the rage” LePage
finishing on the podium in 3rd place! That was a very impressive
finish.
Mike
Schultz rode very well in Pro Stock finishing 4th in all three
qualifying rounds. Mike was the #2 qualifier going to the LCQ. They would
pull the top five from the LCQ to the back row of the final. After ten laps
in the LCQ, Schultz crossed the finish line in 4th place putting
him in the final along with Levi LaVallee, Brad Pitlik, Nic Manion and Mike
Island. Again fifteen sleds lined up for the Pro Stock final. On green the
fifteen sleds launched off the line with Schultz settling into the 9th
spot. By lap two Schultz had moved up to 6th place. He
continued in 6th chasing down Kuster. However, he broke a belt
on lap five and had to watch the race from the infield. As a result he
finished in 14th place. Still he was putting in a nice effort in
this very tough Pro class.
Mike Schultz has slipped to 3rd place in the Semi-Pro Open
standings but is only five points away from taking over 2nd
again. Bobby LePage jumped to 7th place in the Semi-Pro Stock
point standings due to his excellent performance this past weekend and could
finish the year in the top five if things continue to go well for him. He
currently sits in 14th in Semi-Pro Open.
We cannot say enough about the facility at MIS. It was a great venue and
they treated us very, very well. Thank you to MIS for an excellent place to
race. We look forward to this weekend where we are at Lambeau Field in Green
Bay, WI for Round Nine of the WSA Worldwide Championship.
Thank you to all of our sponsors for your support and sponsorship of our
race team. Without our generous sponsors none of this is possible.
