Pro Classes... Yamaha Apex snowmobile racer Joel Diamond nearly had the MIRA Kewadin Casino Blizzard 300 wrapped up on Sunday, Feb. 25 in Kinross, Mich. But with just 30 laps to go in the 250-lap, 125-mile endurance oval race, a modified suspension arm, damaged in a crash earlier in the event, finally buckled, dropping the favorite out of contention for the win.
Until that point Diamond’s four-stroke Yamaha Apex was definitely the sled to beat. His MDR team took the lead early, ran in the top three positions throughout the event and had a strong lead with a short 15 miles to go. “We still had a great day,” Diamond reflected afterwards. “It just ended in disappointment.”
| Pro Mod Enduro |
| 1 |
Jeff Luendberger/Troy Dewald |
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| 2 |
Isaac Wolfgang/Ryan Spencer |
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| 3 |
Anthony & Arron Mayer/Dave Nelson |
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| 5 |
Mitch Diamond/Ryan Kohl/Darrell Howard - YAM |
Apex |
| 9 |
Joel Diamond/Brent Vermeersch - YAM |
Apex |
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| Pro Stock |
| 1 |
Nick Dolezal |
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| 2 |
Troy Dewald |
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| 3 |
Joel Diamond - YAM |
Apex |
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Amateur and Semi-Pro Classes... While Sunday’s Blizzard 300 Enduro race was the weekend’s premier event, Diamond nevertheless scored a win in Saturday’s Pro-Am Stock Enduro aboard a second Apex.
| Pro-Am Stock Enduro |
| 1 |
Joel Diamond - YAM |
Apex |
| 2 |
John Bosek |
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| 3 |
Isaac Wolfgang |
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Travis Priehs added two more wins for Yamaha in both the Semi Pro Stock and Semi Pro Mod Enduro events.
| Semi-Pro Stock |
| 1 |
Travis Priehs - YAM |
RX-1 |
| 2 |
Rodney Bell |
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| 3 |
Ryan Flynn |
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| Semi-Pro Stock Enduro |
| 1 |
Ryan Flynn |
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| 2 |
Travis Priehs - YAM |
RX-1 |
| 3 |
Mike Lynema |
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| Semi-Pro Mod Enduro |
| 1 |
Travis Priehs - YAM |
RX-1 |
| 2 |
Rodney Bell |
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| 3 |
Lance Tremblay |
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| 5 |
Tom Bell |
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| 8 |
Kirk Ringler - YAM |
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