It was an up and down weekend in Amherst, WI at the Portage County Ice Wars. The 600 open races on Saturday afternoon we finished with a 4th 2nd and 3rd in qualifying. They postponed the final until Sunday morning due to light conditions. We ended up with a 6th place spot at the starting line for the final. That final we got off the hole shot in 5th and ran in that position battling with 3rd in 4th most of the race. Passed both with 2 laps to go and crossed the line in 3rd place running our 440 with the 600’s. We were satisfied with that finish considering out 440 is about 25 horsepower less than the stronger 600 sleds. In champ qualifying we ended up with a 1st ,1st and 3rd in qualifying and put us as 3rd qualifier. We were 4th coming down the backstretch off the hole shot and batted third place the entire race. In corner 4 with 2 laps 2 go I passed for 3rd. We held that position until out of turn 4 for the checked flap I blew a belt and coasted across the finish line in 4th with a broken sled. It was a up and down weekend as I had said, we know we have the parts to put together a dominant performance and I know we will. We feel confident going into Eagle River that we have what it takes to put together a competitive performance there. We will be doing extensive testing in the next week to work out the bugs and be 100% ready for the world championship race. I would like to take a minute to thank my sponsors: Amsoil, Arctic Cat, Skinz Protective Gear, Millennium Technologies, Drift Racing, County Cat, Woody's, Hooper Race Engines, Ultimax Belts, V-Force By Moto Tassinari, Trackside Performance, Dan Welle Southtown Chevrolet, Minnesota National Bank, Webtomix Websites, Ridgeline trailers, Visual Advantage Graphics, Varner auto body and Sno Skinz hood screens. A big thank you also goes out to my Crew: Dave, Mark and Brian, Butch, Ryan, Rick, Jim, John Hooper, My wife Jeni and all my family and friends for their support and prayers for me. Out next race will be Eagle River WI on January 14-17. Take Care, PJ#28