Eagle River was our next stop and a record crowd was on hand for the Friday
Night Thunder festivities and racing as temperatures were milder that night than
in past years. Our coverage will begin
there.
Friday Night Thunder Sno-Cross action began with the Carlisle Pro 440 final.
Mike Schultz participated in both the 440 and Open classes in the Friday Night
Thunder action. On the start out in front were the AMSOIL teammates DJ Eckstrom
and Justin Tate with Tate slotting into 1st with Eckstrom right
behind him. Brad Pitlik fell into the 3rd spot with Mike Schultz
giving chase to him. At the checkered it was Tate, Eckstrom, Pitlik, with
Schultz in 4th followed by Judnick and Dolezal rounding out the top
six. In the Carlisle Pro Open again the AMSOIL boys came off the line up front
with Tate again slotting into 1st with Eckstrom in pursuit followed
by Jerrod Fahrner and Mike Schultz. On lap three Eckstrom blows by Tate to take
over the lead. By halfway Schultz works by Fahrner to take over the 3rd
spot. At the finish it was Eckstrom, Tate, Schultz, Pitlik, Fahrner and Judnick
in the top six. Mike was running strong all night.
In Semi-Pro 440 Ross Martin was first off the line but Bobby LePage squeaked by
him and put several sled lengths between him and Martin until the 9th
lap when Martin who had been closing got into LePage spilling him off of his
sled putting Martin back in the lead. Martin went on to win Semi-Pro 440 with
LePage taking 2nd after a quick recovery. Martin also got the lead
in Semi-Pro Open with Adam Johnson and Bobby LePage chasing him. Bobby ran into
problems and finished 6th in Semi-Pro Open. Ross had already won the
Semi-Pro 600 class on Saturday with Adam S. Johnson in 2nd on his
Polaris followed by Bobby LePage in 3rd.
Continuing with the Sno-Cross championship finals on Sunday, the Pro 440 class
went to the line and on green Mike Schultz came out of turn one in 1st
place. Behind him were Tate and Fahrner battling for 2nd. Schultz
opened up a pretty good lead while Tate and Fahrner continued to battle for the
second place position. By lap nine Tate had broken loose from the battle with
Fahrner and had his sights set on Schultz. He chased Schultz for two laps and
they went side by side into the last turn where Schultz muscled his sled out
first. Tate rallied pulling along side Schultz coming to the finish line but
Schultz found more speed out of a better line and went across the finish line in
1st place. The results were Mike Schultz taking 1st with
Justin Tate, Jerrod Fahrner, Ross Martin, Matt Judnick, Brad Pitlik and DJ
Eckstrom finishing in that order.
Mike Schultz struggled off the start in the Pro Open World Championship in
Sno-Cross. The win went to DJ Eckstrom with Justin Tate in 2nd and
Brad Pitlik in 3rd. Rounding out the order was Ross Martin in 4th
place, Jerrod Fahrner in 5th with Matt Judnick and Mike Schultz in 6th
and 7th.
Mike and Bobby had a very successful weekend at Eagle River. We now head to the
X-Games in Aspen, CO where we will bring you our next race results coverage.
Thank you for your support of North Country Racing.
