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However, he did say that if I was going to be competitive we had to get me a Merc 340 Sno-Twister. How well I knew that!
It was only a few weeks before Donnie located a ’75 Twister that had been raced a couple of years ago and looked like just the ticket. I called the owner and struck a deal. Donnie, who lives in Michigan, picked up the sled for me in Minnesota and took it to his friend Darryl Saxton’s shop in Alexandria, Minn. to get it race ready.
I booked airline tickets and a room in Eagle River for my son, Mike, and my old racing friend Jay. If I was finally going to get to Eagle River, Jay was coming too!
Donnie had my sled in the pits at Eagle River when we got there. What service!
I had signed up for practice and my first practice session, I managed to catch a ski in the 4th corner and high-sided the sled. But after I got that out of my system, the rest of the practice went pretty well. After practice I told Jay that I fulfilled my “bucket list” dream of driving on the world-famous Eagle River Track. Jay was quick to say, “No, not until you win!”
The Super Senior Class had 16 entries, which was narrowed to 10, 5 from each heat of 8 advanced to the Sunday race, which would set the grid for the final at Friday Night Thunder on Derby weekend. I won my heat race on Friday night and came in second on Sunday, so the field was set for the following weekend’s finals.