Chartier Motorsports made our way to Wausau, Wisconsin for the 525 Flip Merwin Championship. It was an exciting weekend with its ups and downs. Our team arrived Friday night just in time to wash off the rig and check out the new facility.
Saturday was rough, with poor starts Malcolm struggled to get into a good groove. He was able to qualify for the front row in the 7th position, not what he was hoping for. He had a bad start and struggled with visibility for the 15 lap final. #33 stuck it out strong and finished with an 8th place; we did not have as much top speed as the competition, along with Malcolm’s struggle for line choice.
Sunday we were optimistic, with a good night’s rest the team was determined to improve on our previous days results. Saturday night we put a game plan together and tried some other parts on the sled that we thought could help with horse power. Our plan worked, Malcolm came flying out of the gates in his qualifiers placing 1st, 1st, and 2nd qualifying 2nd in the front row for the final. Our starts were great thanks to Mike Houle; after the start #33 came out of turn two in 2nd place. It was a great race up front, Malcolm rode smart with his line choice and made a few attempts to pass for the front but was unable to in the end. Malcolm finished 2nd for the day, only a sled length behind the winner.
After our poor start to the weekend, the team is very happy to put Team Woody’s / Mike Houle Racing / Skidoo on the TLR Cup Podium. A special thanks to all our great sponsors: Grace Performance, Hydro X, Tuzinwoski Landscaping, Ajax Paving, Fly Racing, DP Schweihofer, Pamar Enterprises, EVS Sports, and M.L. Chartier Inc.
Chartier Motorsports made our way to Eagle River, WI last weekend for the 49th annual Amsoil World Championship. It was an exciting week as we departed home a few days early to make a stop in Amherst, WI to test and gain seat time. We greatly appreciate the Amherst Race Group for letting our team use the track.
As the championship chase started, our team struggled a bit with electrical problems forcing us to not qualify up to our capabilities. Friday Night Thunder was the beginning of the problems, losing the stator in the qualifier, and coil for the main event. Malcolm was able to scavenge up some points for the TLR Cup placing 8th.
Saturday was a much brighter day, after working on the champ sled until 2 a.m. Friday night to be prepared for racing. A new class that was debuting in Eagle River was the Factory 600 Class. In this calss you are able to run a champ chassis, with a completely stock 600 motor and pipe out of the Skidoo mxzx 600RS snocross sled. Having little seat and test time on the sled, the team looked great out of the box. Winning our qualifier, and pulling the hole-shot in the final to lead all the laps, Malcolm became the first Factory 600 World Champion. Working off this positive accomplishment, the team and Malcolm also qualified for the fourth year in a row in the Top Ten for the World Champsionship. Both of these achievements are hard to do with such tough competition at the derby.
Sunday could have gone a lot better and it could have gone a lot worse. With a horrible qualifying time, Malcolm was forced to line up for the World Championship all the way to the outside, in the 10th position, the worst spot for a start. This positioning caused #33 to have a bad start and poor visibility. Malcolm ended with a 7th place in the World Championship. While this isn’t the outcome #33 was hoping for he was still glad to come out of this healthy. He would like to thank the entire crew for all the hard work they ahve done over the weekend. The team rose above a lot of challenges throughout the weekend.
Chartier Motorsports is looking forward to this upcoming weekend as we will be visiting a new race track in Wausau, WI for the Flip Merwin 525 Championship.
Jan.23, 2012- Lake Nebagamon, WI Our race fans are awesome and just a little crazy! It was sub-zero temperatures in Eagle River at the Eagle River Derby World Championship during the Friday Night Thunder. Temps were about 20 below without the wind chill and the snow dust was so bad you could hardly see. But thanks to our outstanding fans it was a blast!
Friday – Ross Martin won both of his Pro Rounds. In the Pro Open Final he hit major traffic in the first corner which left him completely turned around facing the other way when the carnage settled. Ross finally got his sled turned around leaving him way behind in like 10th position. Instinctively he just put the hammer down and flew around the track battling his way to a phenomenal 2nd place podium.
Saturday - After excellent rounds Ross was the top qualifier for Sunday’s World Cup Pro Open Final.Sunday - He had a great shot off the line but in an intense battle for first he took a hard off and just didn’t have time to work his way back up in a podium position before the final flag.
Friday – James Johnstad has truly earned a huge pat on the back. This is James first year moving up to the Pro Lite Class and he is raced like a champ. He qualified well and ran a phenomenal Final also capturing a 2nd place podium. He looked great on Sunday as well finishing 4th in the Final.
“James deserves kudos for not just meeting the challenge of moving up a class but exceeding our expectations this quickly.We are stoked to see him do so well! You will no doubt be hearing from him frequently this season.” said a very pleased Scott Judnick, Team Owner
Catch the action from Shakopee, MN, Canterbury Park on Versus Sunday, Feb 5th, 5pm EDT.
Our next race is the Vision Kia Eastern National in Farmington, NY- February - 3-4. See you there!
The Thrillbillies/EVS Sports Caption Contest has begun! Check out www.facebook.com/EVSSports to get in on all the action and enter for your chance to win!
Official Contest Rules and Guidelines
- One image from each of the 14 episodes of Thrillbillies on Fuel TV will be posted to the EVS Sports Facebook page each Tuesday throughout the season (season runs January 23 – April 23)
- Submit your best caption for the image
- Captions are subject to be removed by EVS Sports based on inappropriate content
- Winning captions will be selected by EVS Sports
- Only one submission per image, per person (submitting more captions for the same photo will not increase your chances of winning)
- Winners will be announced on each individual post the next day (Wednesday)
Take a look and see what USCC Cross Country Pro and EVS Sports athlete Ross Erdman has been up to. He’s searching high and low for more snow up in Minnesota. Looks like he’s definitely taking advantage of what he has to work with!
As another exciting weekend of Arenacross racing has come to an end, EVS athletes have really been on top of their game by bringing home some amazing results. Week after week, EVS is more and more impressed with how their athletes perform and the amount of time and dedication they put into the sport. However, at the halfway point in the season, there are still a lot of points to be earned and races to be won. Good luck to those riders who are gearing up for the next round of action in Dayton, OH this coming weekend.
January 12, 2012 – (Clinton Twp., MI) Team Arctic Pro Am Women Racer Megan Campbell and the Peer Pressure Racing Team travelled to the spectacular Canterbury Park in Shakopee, MN for the ACSS Traxxas National. Round 3 of the ’11-’12 Snocross Season . The team made the trip to Minnesota to greet fans, support our fellow racers and get a healthy dose of race gas and 2-stroke fumes. Megan had to miss the Blackjack National in Bessemer due to her arm injury she suffered at the Duluth season opener. In her words: “It was terrible sitting home and watching the action on the computer. I had to get back to the track, even if I couldn’t race.” Megan had a good time watching racing, meeting with racers and fans and participate in the pro autograph session.
While at the track on Friday, Megan was able to meet, Ceaja Philip, a writer with Midwest Wheels of Thunder Magazine. Ceaja wrote an article on Megan for the magazines, “Women of Wheels” (WOW) section. Megan is the first woman snowmobile racer to be featured. Megan’s story is in the Jan. /Feb. 2012 issue, which just came from print on Friday so we were able to get a copy while at the track. Be sure to get your copy wherever the magazine is sold near you. A big thank you to Ceaja and the Wheels of Thunder staff, for a great story and magazine.
Megan saw her orthopedic doctor on January 11th for an update. The Doctor says that her arm is healing well and said there is an outside chance she “may” be able to return to riding in time for Pontiac. He said if not Pontiac, then the last 3 races of the season look promising at this point. Let’s keep our fingers crossed that she will be healthy enough to return. The last thing we want is to re-injure the arm.
The Doctor has started Megan in Physical Therapy for hher arm and she has been hitting the gym for lots of cardio.
The team plans to attend the Vision Kia Eastern National in Farmington NY next, followed by the Michigan National at the Pontiac Silverdome. The Pontiac race will be a hometown event for us as it is only about a 20-25 minute ride from home. We encourage everyone to come out and enjoy some world class racing at these upcoming events.
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