Well I'm happy to report that Alberta's (Nagel-Butz Racing) fared pretty well during the oval racing season opener in Beausejour Manitoba this past weekend
NB Racing team member Curtis Pederson's #52 1979 SRX ran very strong as he managed to win the vintage (leafer) 440 Modified class on Saturday , then just got a bit loose in the final corner Sunday only to be caught and had to settle for 2nd place- but taking home a couple of nice cheques.
Another AB race team also did very well with Warburg's Warren Liba placing 1st and 2nd (Sat/Sun) in the very hotly contested vintage 440X IFS class with his beautiful (and ultra-rare) 1982 Moto-Ski "offfset" racer.
Gotta love a man willing to put a rare-bird like that out on the race track! Congrats to Russel, Warren and the rest of Liba Racing!
NB Racing's #88 F500 sled was plagued with some final drive issues and failed to place over the weekend
Additionally due to lack of twin-track entries at BJ, the NB Racing Formula 340 TT was not in competition. However it IS expected to get into the fray over the next couple of race events as some seriously significant contingency money has been recently added to attract some more vintage twin-track sleds out of the woodwork. A dozen or so of these amazing race sleds are expected for Eagle River in January.
Our 250 SnoPro IFS Scorpion is also expectd to be race-ready in time for the next event!
Below is a photo of the team and sleds from the pits at BJ.
(Hopefully we can get the wrap on the trailer before the next event)
Special Thanks to Al Enno @ SnoPro Unlimited, HMK, , and NGK Spark Plugs for their valued sponsorship assistance
WopOnTour
PS> The event in Beausejour was unfortunately marred by a horrific wreck during the 440 Pro Champ feature race and a young Canadian driver Curtis Boivin was seriously injured necessitating he be chopper lifted into Winnipeg. Our prayers go out to him and his family.
NB Racing team member Curtis Pederson's #52 1979 SRX ran very strong as he managed to win the vintage (leafer) 440 Modified class on Saturday , then just got a bit loose in the final corner Sunday only to be caught and had to settle for 2nd place- but taking home a couple of nice cheques.
Another AB race team also did very well with Warburg's Warren Liba placing 1st and 2nd (Sat/Sun) in the very hotly contested vintage 440X IFS class with his beautiful (and ultra-rare) 1982 Moto-Ski "offfset" racer.
Gotta love a man willing to put a rare-bird like that out on the race track! Congrats to Russel, Warren and the rest of Liba Racing!
NB Racing's #88 F500 sled was plagued with some final drive issues and failed to place over the weekend
Additionally due to lack of twin-track entries at BJ, the NB Racing Formula 340 TT was not in competition. However it IS expected to get into the fray over the next couple of race events as some seriously significant contingency money has been recently added to attract some more vintage twin-track sleds out of the woodwork. A dozen or so of these amazing race sleds are expected for Eagle River in January.
Our 250 SnoPro IFS Scorpion is also expectd to be race-ready in time for the next event!
Below is a photo of the team and sleds from the pits at BJ.
(Hopefully we can get the wrap on the trailer before the next event)
Special Thanks to Al Enno @ SnoPro Unlimited, HMK, , and NGK Spark Plugs for their valued sponsorship assistance
WopOnTour
PS> The event in Beausejour was unfortunately marred by a horrific wreck during the 440 Pro Champ feature race and a young Canadian driver Curtis Boivin was seriously injured necessitating he be chopper lifted into Winnipeg. Our prayers go out to him and his family.
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