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The first event was held in 1964. The event was founded by innkeeper John Alward, his wife Betty, and their friend Walter
Goldsworthy. Alward's son Jake said "We had a couple of snowmobiles in the garage, and Dad figured more than a few other people did, too. He decided to have a rally." The event
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Stephenson (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) and P. J. Wanderscheid (2002, 2003, 2006, 2011) are the only riders to win four world championships. Stephenson is the only racer in history to have won four back-to-back World Championships. Two drivers won the championship three times
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The riders with the sixteen fastest qualifying speeds during the
Thursday night qualifying race in two heats on Friday night. The top five finishers in the two heats advance to a qualifying race. The top finisher in the ten competitor qualifying race starts on the
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Championship Snowmobile Derby celebrated its 50th anniversary.
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for the world championship feature on Sunday. The other nine competitors keep their seed for in a series of heat races, quarterfinals, semi-finals and consolation races to qualify for the Sunday world championship event.
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The Eagle River Derby Track was sold from the previous owner Chuck Decker in August 2018 to a group of industry insiders led by Tom
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race run on and around Dollar Lake. Many snowmobiles were unable to climb a small hill. The first winner was an eighth grade student named Stan Hayes, who won the marquee race in a 9
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586:"Chartier Wins 50th World Championship Snowmobile Derby"
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661:"World Champion Snowmobile Drivers Signing Autographs"
408:(video), chronicles the first 40 years of the Derby
688:; March 2007; Page 14; Retrieved November 20, 2007
611:"49th World Championship Snowmobile Derby Results"
457:, roadsideamerica.com; Retrieved November 18, 2007
402:(book), chronicles the first 25 years of the Derby
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636:"Wanderscheid races into history in Eagle River"
194:2013 Malcom Chartier (50th anniversary)(Ski-Doo)
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227:2002 P. J. Wanderscheid (Arctic Cat)
224:2003 P. J. Wanderscheid (Arctic Cat)
698:Wanderscheld wins Eagle River Derby
509:World Championship Snowmobile Derby
215:2006 P. J. Wanderscheid(Arctic Cat)
28:World Championship Snowmobile Derby
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796:World championships in motorsport
197:2012 Nick Van Strydonk (Polaris)
182:2017 Nick Van Strydonk (Polaris)
179:2018 Blaine Stephenson (Polaris)
176:2019 Blaine Stephenson (Polaris)
173:2020 Blaine Stephenson (Polaris)
170:2021 Blaine Stephenson (Polaris)
78:The 1968 derby was broadcast on
346:1969 Roger Janssen (Arctic Cat)
285:1984 Jim Dimmerman (Arctic Cat)
167:2022 Jay Mittelstaedt (Polaris)
771:Motorsport venues in Wisconsin
358:1965 George Gensler (Evinrude)
308:1979 Bobby Elsner (Arctic Cat)
282:1985 Michael Gingras (Ski-Doo)
230:2001 Jeremy Johnston (Ski-Doo)
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703:American Snowmobiler Magazine
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352:1967 Duane Frandsen (Ski-Doo)
191:2014 Malcom Chartier(Ski-Doo)
188:2015 Cardell Potter (Ski-Doo)
314:1977 Steve Thorsen (Polaris)
311:1978 Steve Thorsen (Polaris)
298:1981 Brad Hulings (Scorpion)
269:1988 Bobby Donahue (Ski-Doo)
266:1989 Bruce Vessair (Ski-Doo)
218:2005 Gary Moyle (Arctic Cat)
317:1976 Ed Schubitzke (Yamaha)
288:1983 Brad Hulings (Ski-Doo)
272:1987 Chuck Decker (Ski-Doo)
260:1991 Greg Goodwin (Ski-Doo)
257:1992 Gary Vessair (Ski-Doo)
221:2004 Larry Day (Arctic Cat)
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209:2008 Brian Bewcyk (Ski-Doo)
206:2009 Brian Bewcyk (Ski-Doo)
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251:1994 Dale Loritz (Ski-Doo)
248:1995 Dale Loritz (Ski-Doo)
185:2016 Matt Schulz (Ski-Doo)
80:ABC's Wide World of Sports
30:is the World championship
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361:1964 Stan Hayes (Polaris)
320:1975 Jim Bernat (Polaris)
254:1993 Al Fenhaus (Ski-Doo)
239:1998 Terry Wahl (Ski-Doo)
236:1999 Mike Houle (Ski-Doo)
233:2000 Mike Houle (Ski-Doo)
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333:1972 Mike Trapp (Yamaha)
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245:1996 Dave Wahl (Ski-Doo)
242:1997 Dave Wahl (Ski-Doo)
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406:Decades of the Derby
394:Additional resources
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551:. January 20, 2019
400:Of Ice and Engines
303:Jacques Villeneuve
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374:POLARIS 11
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124:Qualifying
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73:Lions Club
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667:July 1,
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146:Winners
58:History
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