Race Time ?

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Thanks Todd !

Wade I tried to keep your wife up to speed !!


Congrats to you brother !!

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Congrads Wade..........You done very,very good. You have memories that are all your own that you will never be able to explain and nobody else will understand.
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Thanks Mark! Congratulations to Jeremy on the 6th place finish!

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Well done Jeremy on getting a solid 6th place. Dave (Horntwister) scored 12th on an Invader, even after crashing hard enough to fold up the bulkheat by the PTO motor mount. Wade hung in there like a champ, and Brian Hitt finished again too. I think a few other Liquifire's finished also, need to look over the results.

Unfortunately we lost Doug Oster around mile 35 with what seems to be carb issues, and Chris Reves Liquifire also died before the first fuel stop. I almost quit after I nailed a rock around mile 6, as I did a pretty nice cartwheel as the sled few about 10 feet off the trail. I was trying to keep a Polaris off my tail, and was going about 60 when I found myself air born away from the sled. Stil need to inspect the damage, as she would not turn left after that, but did restart. Remembering that Don bet on mile 8, I was determinted to keep going to the first fuel stop.

It started loosing power around mile 10, but I pushed it as far as I could go. I was only able to make it about 45 or so miles before my sled stopped pumping any fuel to the carbs.

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But there was lots to learn from this year. The suspension and shock package worked great, the sled handled well too. Aside from the dents and fuel issues, I need to really work on clutch calibration as my top end was lower than stock. I also want to thank our volunteer crew: Todd Schrupp, Dustin Elder and Dustion Erickson. We could not have done it without these guys!
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We had a blast this weekend. I will post a bit more in detail once i get home. Thanks to Joe, Tim, Wade, and Chris for the chance to help and for putting us up for the weekend!

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Hello all. Great to see 5 pages of support for the huge weekend and 2 years of prep that have gone Into this effort , first I'd like to thank all who networked with my wife and family to keep them informed as to what was up next off to my fuel crew , joe Rainville Dustins elder and Ericson and jdtodd there's nothing so cool as to roll into a fuel stop in the middle of who knows were and have a set of groupies waiting anxiously with fuel and several different kinds of support currently Chris and I are snowed in at a hotel in Duluth on our way to st germain , ill list more soon this was a Truely amazing expirience I will not soon forget. Thanks again guys definetly a weekend that will not be soon forgotten. Wade
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Wade,
I can't wait to hear all the stories.
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:beers; :beers;
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Thanks Matt and Joe, It was a Blast!! The sled held up and ran Great!
Matt, The Plastic skis worked Great!! Thanks!!

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serious kudos too jeremy and brian , those guys fly !! left me feeling like i was in the wrong spot from the start , before i got to the first turn they were both out of sight !! super congrats to jeremy on a 6th finish !! i know brian had some mechanical issues , im anxious to hear his story but that guy is fast !! any other stories or info on deere sleds ?? havent heard any wade
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certificate recipiant of the 13 vintage challenge !! on a 340/s
certificate recipient of the 14 vintage challenge !! on a 78 liquifire 440
joe forgot the certificates for the 2015 vintage challenge
crossed the start/finish line twice at the 2013 and 2014 I500 on a 78 liquifire 440
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Thanks Wade, It was great to meet you and the other guys! Nice job to everyone! That was a long and brutal race, I am feeling it now.. I hope everyone had a safe drive home. It took us 4 1/2 hours to get there, and 6 1/2 to get home. I can't wait for next year. Hopfully we can get a Deere on the podium in 2014.
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After crossing the finish line.
I held her taped from the last corner till I was in the air on the finish line, I wish someone got a pic of that. My pit guy said he has never seen a Deere fly that high! The whole sled was over his head :lol:
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My hands after the race
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Duluth??? Wade give me a call. Maybe we can meet for breakfast or something. I pm'd you my phone number
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Jeremy , no doubt in my mind that is so , you were crazy fast , well at least the first 5 minutes that I could see you !! You ran a great race ! Congrats again ! Wade
certificate recipiant of the 12 vintage challenge !! on a 78 liquifre 440,
certificate recipiant of the 13 vintage challenge !! on a 340/s
certificate recipient of the 14 vintage challenge !! on a 78 liquifire 440
joe forgot the certificates for the 2015 vintage challenge
crossed the start/finish line twice at the 2013 and 2014 I500 on a 78 liquifire 440
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