Ovals Forever
Lisbon ND
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Sara Palin last night on national television said her husband Todd Palin is a world champion snow machine racer.
Has he ever raced at Eagle River before?
Can anyone give me any information on this?
Have any of you drivers ever raced against him?
I am not trying to get political on here by any means, I am just trying to figure out who he is and if he raced ovals.
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Ovals Forever
Lisbon ND
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I just found this, he is not a World Champion, but he did win the Iron Dog.
Todd Palin crashes in Iron Dog
By CRAIG MEDRED
Anchorage Daily News
Published: February 15th, 2008 02:09 PM
Last Modified: February 15th, 2008 03:30 PM
Tesoro Iron Dog snowmobile racer Todd Palin -- husband of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin -- was taken to a clinic in Galena for examination today after a major crash during the 2,000-mile race.
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Galena race checker Ray Debenham, a former racer, said Palin and teammate Scott Davis from Soldotna were on the outskirts of the onetime Air Force outpost along the Yukon River, racing at high speed toward a fuel stop, when Palin's machine hit a barrel hidden beneath fresh snow.
The impact stopped the snowmachine and sent the 43-year-old Palin flying.
"He flew about 70 feet off the machine, they said. He's going to have some bruises,'' Debenham reported by telephone from Galena.
After the crash, Davis stopped his snowmachine, went back to get Palin, loaded him up and took him straight to the clinic. Palin's snowmachine, which was left with one bent ski perpendicular to the other, was temporarily abandoned. Davis, 48, later borrowed a sled in Galena and went back and retrieved it while Palin was being checked out at the clinic.
Palin was not available for comment but was apparently given a clean bill of health by the Galena health aide.
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"He's fine,'' Debenham said. "I just saw him. They were walking around. They're talking now about what they need to do to fix their machines.''
Palin and Davis are the defending Iron Dog champions. They were running second to race leaders Todd Minnick, 28, and Nick Olstad, 25, from Wasilla when the accident happened.
Palin was likely protected from serious injury by Iron Dog rules that require competitors to wear not only helmets but body armor as well.
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kenlacy
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He won the Iron Dog 3 times. The longest and arguably the toughest race in the world. It is a 2000 mile cross country race. Often run in below 0 temps.
I think it is safe to say he is a World Champion.
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Polaris Pete
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I agree that is a tough race and to win it multiple times is a great accomplishment.
It was my understanding that EAGLE RIVER has the trademark on the World Championship designation in snowmoblie (snowmachine in Alaska) terms.
Here is McCain and Palin in the great state of Wisconsin today campaigning and using the world champion term again.
A snowmobiler as VP? I don't know, but she looks good with that assualt rifle in her hands.
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old_bart
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That was Black hole of mine archist,history. Thank yar help.
To Name of Good,Son and .357
You must be of legal drinking age to enter this website.
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cat22
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kenlacy wrote:He won the Iron Dog 3 times. The longest and arguably the toughest race in the world. It is a 2000 mile cross country race. Often run in below 0 temps.
I think it is safe to say he is a World Champion. Actually he won it 4 times
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Ovals Forever
Lisbon ND
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I agree with you on everything except calling him a world champion, if you want to be a world champion snowmobile racer you have to come to Eagle River Wisconsin in January and win the the Worlds Championship Snowmobile Derby, it is also tough and sometimes run below 0 like last year for example it was -20.
I do agree though it takes one tough son of a beech just to race in the Iron Dog, let alone win it 4 times.
Tough- Yes
Champion- Yes
World Champion- No
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Ovals Forever
Lisbon ND
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Here is a list of the snowmobile racers that are World Champions.
2008 Brian Bewcyk(ski doo)
2007 Gary Moyle[6](arctic cat)
2006 P. J. Wanderscheid[7](arctic cat)
2005 Gary Moyle(arctic cat)
2004 Larry Day(arctic cat)
2003 P. J. Wanderscheid(arctic cat)
2002 P. J. Wanderscheid(arctic cat)
2001 Jeremy Johnston(ski doo)
2000 Mike Houle(ski doo)
1999 Mike Houle(ski doo)
1998 Terry Wahl(ski doo)
1997 Dave Wahl(ski doo)
1996 Dave Wahl(ski doo)
1995 Dale Loritz(ski doo)
1994 Dale Loritz(ski doo)
1993 Al Fenhaus(ski doo)
1992 Gary Vessair(ski doo)
1991 Greg Goodwin(ski doo)
1990 Dave Wahl(ski doo)
1989 Bruce Vessair(ski doo)
1988 Bobby Donahue(ski doo)
1987 Chuck Decker(ski doo)
1986 Jacques Villeneuve(ski doo)
1985 Michael Gingras(ski doo)
1984 Jim Dimmerman(arctic cat)
1983 Brad Hulings(ski doo)
1982 Jacques Villeneuve(ski doo)
1981 Brad Hulings(scorpion)
1980 Jacques Villeneuve(ski doo)
1979 Bobby Elsner(arctic cat)
1978 Steve Thorsen(polaris)
1977 Steve Thorsen(polaris)
1976 Ed Schubitzke(yamaha)
1975 Jim Bernat(polaris)
1974 Gilles Villeneuve(alouette)
1973 Bob Eastman(polaris)
1972 Mike Trapp(yamaha)
1971 Mike Trapp(yamaha)
1970 Yvon Duhamel(ski doo)
1969 Roger Janssen(arctic cat)
1968 Steve Ave(ski doo)
1967 Duane Frandsen(ski doo)
1966 Steve Ave(ski doo)
1965 George Gensler(evinrude)
1964 Stan Hayes(polaris)
If you can't find your name on here anywhere guess what-
"Your not a World Champion"
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PDRacing
Sarnia, Ontario
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Ovals forever, I really hate to bring this up but!
Eagle River is a USA race that has coined it's self for marketing purposes the "World Championship"
One large race in the USA isn't the world. So if that Iron dog is the biggest race of it's type then it could be coined the World Championship as well.
Richard Scroggs #13
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Pol-Cat
Stuntin like my daddy
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Jackson Hole world championship hill climbs, grantsburg watercross world championships????? Eagle river is the world championships of oval racing, but it a long ways away of being the ONLY snowmobile world championships
My vision is better then my hearing...shut up and show me something.
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