Sauk Rapids, Minn.
Three time World Champion PJ Wanderscheid has had a busy month of racing. With the warmer temperatures in the early part of the winter, a number of races were rescheduled for February and March, meaning the AMSOIL team would be on the ice four out of five weeks.
February started off with a podium for PJ. The Sauk Center, Minn. native finished third in the 440 Champ class in Garrison, Minn. He followed that up with a fourth place finish in the Pro 600 Open class.
The next weekend saw Wanderscheid race in Antigo, Wis. Handling issues continued for the young racer. He finished fifth in the Pro Open class, but only seventh in the Pro 440 class.
A third straight weekend of racing brought the #28 sled in Wayauwega, Wis. February 17-18. Wanderschied continued to grab hole shots all weekend long, but a broken sway-bar meant only a fourth place finish in the 600 class. After a month of searching, he did find the podium in the 440 class with a second behind Jeff Ludwig.
Last weekend, Wanderscheid headed to Beausejour, Manitoba for the second time this year. The team battle a winter blizzard to get to the track, meaning they only had one day of racing. Sled problems caused the team to try a number of different cooling systems, and they were unable to finish the race.
Wanderscheid will be gunning for his first win of the season at the final event of they year. The series concludes this weekend in Ontonagon, Mich on Saturday and Sunday.
Until then, see you at the races,
Jeremy Meyer
AMSOIL Race Coordinator
