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| Posted by: Matt Ritchie |
| Category: General |
| Date: 2/1/2012 12:26:18 PM |
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Hard to beleive that half the race season is almost over. Unfortunantly due to the warm weather several of the races have been cancelled. Amherst was going great for us. After qualifying on Saturday I ended up qualifying 8th for the TLR Cup race. Afte… |
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| Posted by: Matt Ritchie |
| Category: General |
| Date: 1/2/2012 9:34:04 PM |
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Happy New Year to everyone!! Had a great first race of the year. Ironwood, MI hosted the champs this year. It was nice having a race close to home. Our heat laps went well. Took one third and two seconds and a third for the final. The crew did an awesome… |
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| Posted by: Matt Ritchie |
| Category: General |
| Date: 1/15/2011 6:31:44 PM |
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Friday was quite a day with qualifying for all of Sundays races and Friday Night Thunder. I was able to make it to the finals for all of my classes so I was really happy about that. Friday night it started snowing but the excitement of racing under the li… |
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| Posted by: Matt Ritchie |
| Category: General |
| Date: 1/12/2011 11:11:42 PM |
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Hard to believe its Derby Time again!! The excitement of all the racers and their trailers arriving today and getting lined up was awesome. After we got settled in we went and did a little testing for a couple of hours. Then we headed back to the track… |
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| Keywords: Eagle River Derby 2011 |
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| Posted by: Matt Ritchie |
| Category: General |
| Date: 1/2/2011 8:19:14 PM |
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The first race of 2011 turned out to be another great weekend of racing. I went with Dennis on Thursday to get the trailer set up at the track with hopes of testing on Friday. Unfortunantly the weather didnt cooperate with temperatures in the 30's follow… |
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| Keywords: Amherst Ice Wars |
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| Posted by: Matt Ritchie |
| Category: General |
| Date: 12/19/2010 6:39:45 PM |
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Ended up having a great race day today! I took a 1st both my heats for Semi-Pro Champ and also took a 1st in the final! That was exciting since that was my first race for semi-pro. Not much competition there today but at least I got some track time. I al… |
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| Posted by: Matt Ritchie |
| Category: General |
| Date: 12/19/2010 11:36:56 AM |
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Here in Rock Rapids Iowa for the first race of the year. I left Thursday night with my awesome mechanics Dennis, Ty and Jeremy. We arrived in Luverne MN around 2AM on Friday AM. Saturday was qualifying for semi-pro sprint. I ended up taking 2nd in both… |
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| Keywords: Rock Rapids Iowa |
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| Posted by: Matt Ritchie |
| Category: General |
| Date: 11/8/2010 8:18:46 PM |
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Another race season is fast approaching!! I had a great summer. Did a little water skiing and four-wheeling, hung out with friends, and worked. The race shop will be like a second home to me coming up shortly. We have been going out there weekly and w… |
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| Posted by: Matt Ritchie |
| Category: General |
| Date: 11/8/2010 8:17:42 PM |
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Another race season is fast approaching!! I had a great summer. Did a little water skiing and four-wheeling, hung out with friends, and worked. The race shop will be like a second home to me coming up shortly. We have been going out there weekly and w… |
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| Posted by: Matt Ritchie |
| Category: General |
| Date: 1/18/2010 8:01:52 PM |
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This weekend was quite an eventful one for the Northwoods Racing team. On Thursday Brad Bettin #20 brought out for the first time a hood that was custom designed for the pink ribbon riders. The hood was sponsored by SWENDSON MOTORSPORTS and received quit… |
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| Keywords: Eagle River Derby |
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| Posted by: Matt Ritchie |
| Category: General |
| Date: 1/16/2010 8:03:31 AM |
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What can I say...Friday Night Thunder, one of my favorite races of the season, was a huge success for the Northwoods Racing Team. I took a 1st in the 600 sprint class. It was by far the most exciting achievement of my young racing career. I hope it was o… |
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| Keywords: Friday Night Thunder |
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| Posted by: Matt Ritchie |
| Category: General |
| Date: 1/15/2010 11:37:18 AM |
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Derby time is here!! Did not have a very good practice day on Thursday. My 380 ran awesome but I blew a motor on my 550 sled. Thanks to my mechanics we worked all day and weren't really sure how it would run for the heat races on Friday. But...I took a… |
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| Keywords: Eagle River Derby |
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| Posted by: Matt Ritchie |
| Category: General |
| Date: 1/4/2010 8:14:17 PM |
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With 2 weekends of racing underway, the team is getting prepared for the next big race...Eagle River. Friday Night Thunder is SWEET...so make sure you stop by and cheer Brad and myself on. I would like to thank all my family and friends that were able to… |
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| Keywords: Portage County Ice Wars - Amherst |
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| Posted by: Matt Ritchie |
| Category: General |
| Date: 12/23/2009 11:12:38 AM |
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Wow! What a weekend. It felt great to get out on the ice again. With Beaujesour and Spencer, IA races getting cancelled due to the weather Brad and I were itchin' to get on the sleds. Racers were down..I think because it was so close to Christmas but … |
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| Keywords: Spencer MN |
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| Posted by: Matt Ritchie |
| Category: General |
| Date: 12/4/2009 6:13:29 AM |
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Unfortunantly the race in Beaujesour was cancelled due to the warm weather and also the race in Iowa. Hopefully if we get some cold weather in the next couple days - WSA is hoping to put a race together at Shakopee MN the weekend of Dec 12 & 13. We have… |
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| Posted by: Matt Ritchie |
| Category: General |
| Date: 7/2/2009 7:19:24 AM |
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Brad and I will be putting a float together for the parade in Minocqua which starts at 4 pm. Make sure you yell to us when you see us!!! Other than that look for us out on Lake Minocqua tearing up the bay in front of my house. We'll be doing some skiing … |
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| Keywords: 4th of July |
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| Posted by: Matt Ritchie |
| Category: General |
| Date: 6/18/2009 3:09:43 PM |
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Brad and I will be at the Milwaukee Mile in Milwaukee this weekend (June 19-20) Our trailer will be set up along with the snowmobiles on display. Friday night will be the truck races and on Saturday night will be the Busch race. If you're bore… |
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| Keywords: Milwaukee Mile |
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| Posted by: Matt Ritchie |
| Category: General |
| Date: 5/14/2009 5:05:59 PM |
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Hi everyone!
Race season has been over for 2 months, but we have been busy promoting our team. The openhouse was awesome and we had a great turnout. Thanks to our fans and sponsors who came over and got to see the raceshop,hang out, and just relax. On … |
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| Keywords: AVW School Careers on Wheels |
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