Eagle River, 2005. A great weekend for Team Wahl starts out on Thursday night as Wahl Brothers founders Durmont and Dave Wahl are inducted into the Snowmobile Hall of Fame. A packed house, including a large contingency from Greenbush, Minnesota where on hand to see Dave and Durmont honored.
The racing started on Friday night, as Dustin placed 7th in the Pro Stock 600 class. Terry won the F1 open class with Gary Moyle in hot pursuit. Saturday's World Championship had Terry winning his heats and semi finals with a comfortable margin. Terry Qualified with a time of 37.285, Dustin qualified with a time of 37.93.
Sunday's final is chronicled in the photos below. Terry lead the race for 22 of the 25 laps, when Gary Moyle got underneath him for the win. The big story was Dustin Wahl who started in the 11th position, battling through the crowds to place 4th!
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| Prior to the race, Terry walks the track, carefully evaluating the famous 1st turn at Eagle River. |
First start of the 2005 World's Championship. Terry is in the 2nd position, Dustin in the 7th. |
Entering turn one, Terry is on the low line, Dustin on the high line. |
On lap 3, Dale Loritz hits the wall. He quickly stands up, then falls back down before the EMT's could get there. Dale was fine, and went on to finish the race! |
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| The restart. Terry is leaning against his sled awaiting the rest of the field to prepare. |
Off the line on the restart, it's Terry ahead of Gary Moyle's Cat. |
For most of the race, Terry stayed ahead of Moyle and increased his lead. |
Dustin was caught in traffic on the restart, and spent the rest of the way battling out of the pack. He eventually battled all the way to 4th! |
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| Terry extended his lead until lap 22, when Moyle started closing in. |
Gary Moyle friends and family gather around Gary and his new cup. |
Ted Otto interviews a very gracious Terry Wahl, who thanked Moyle for a great race. |
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