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Valentine's Day was a 'sweetheart' of a day for NSSR |
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"Fast Eddie" Ensor set a new Top Speed and World Record at NSSR Snosuit Super Series on Valentines Day in Forest Lake, Minn., according to a NSSR press release.
Ensor's, from Ill., speed was 177.412 mph.
Glen Hall and Jack Henricks Racing tried to defend their record, but they encountered mechanical problems with the fuel system. Hall posted a speed at 156.521mph.
In just four days, race track preparation went from plowing in deep water on Tuesday to a "Sweetheart of a day on Saturday", according to a NSSR representative.
Hutch and Josh of the NSSR track preparation crew made the call to start plowing the one to two inches of slush and water off of the track area at noon on Thursday.
Temperatures were in the high 20's with mostly sunny skies and a quartering head wind from the Northwest of about ten mph.
Rick Bolduc set two new records on his Yamahas in the Vintage classes, raising the Stock 340 record to 91.622 mph and the Improved Stock Record to 109.367 mph! Steve Spire of Mosinee Wis. came with his Ski Doo GSX in the Super Twin Lake Racer class to test it out and set the new record at 120.670 mph. Douglas Perry of Ill. on his Artic Cat bumped his record in Lake Racer All Motor from 134.370mph to 135.423 mph.
In attendance at the event was Paul Groth, the Budweiser Sno-King speedster. Groth raced for many years at NSSR on various Budweiser machines.
Groth will be inducted into the Snowmobile Hall of Fame on February 21st in St. Germain, Wis. click here for race results
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