Wanderscheid Continues Winning Ways

Sauk Centre, Minn. ~ Team AMSOIL/Arctic Cat oval ice racer P.J. Wanderscheid was in Garrison, Minn., over the weekend. Wanderscheid took third in two Pro 600 Open finals on Saturday, and finished the weekend with the win on Sunday.

The first final was a make-up race from Wausau, Wis., that was cancelled a week earlier due to weak ice. Wanderscheid finished the 10-lap final behind Jim Schmidt and Terry Wahl. The Garrison final started, and finished, much like the one before it. Wanderscheid and Schmidt had nice hole-shots, with Wahl right behind them. Wanderscheid finished the race in third, a good finish after losing a heat exchanger about two-thirds of the way through.

Wanderscheid started Sunday’s Champ 440 final with another strong hole-shot, but was pinched in the first corner. After Wanderscheid came out in fifth and climbed to third after five laps, Wahl’s sled went down and he pulled off. Gary Moyle took the lead until he lost control with three laps to go. After the red flag and the restart, Wanderscheid exchanged the lead with Chris Hortness a couple of times until Wanderscheid took it for good, winning with a half a straightaway lead.

“I’m very happy with the performance and durability of our sleds this year,” said Wanderscheid. “Our sleds are not only showing that we are fast this year, but as the tracks deteriorate, our handling gets better.”

Team AMSOIL/Wanderscheid Racing will be in Garrison again this weekend, February 11 and 12. The race has been relocated there from Park X in Hill City, Minn.

The 22-year-old Wanderscheid is one of only three people who have won the illustrious Eagle River World Championship three times.  Wanderscheid picked up his third title in 2006.  For more information about Wanderscheid, go to www.28racing.com.

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