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The Roberts Trap is Sprung

By:  Bill Dunne
www.americanthinker.com
One of the most overlooked aspects of the year just ended is the vindication of Chief Justice John Roberts -- a vindication that showed up as the national catastrophe known as ObamaCare got rolling.  Roberts may have also doomed Hillary Clinton's chance to live in the White House again... click here to read whole editorial

 

2nd Annual frozen Motor Mayhem Held at Fairgrounds in Presque Isle 

 

By:  David Deschesne

Fort Fairfield Journal, March 18, 2015

 

   There were over 80 entrants in the 2nd annual Frozen Motor Mayhem vintage snowmobile races at the Northern Maine Fairgrounds in Presque Isle last Saturday.  This is up nearly double from last year and many racers were coming in from out of the area.

   “A lot of hard work went into this.  It’s all vintage snowmobile racing, except for the little kids class.  We got the around forty of the little 120 sleds,” said race organizer, Rick Guerette.   “There’s a stock and a modified class and they’re a blast to watch.  There’s a class of ’73 and older.  We added a new class this year of 1990 and older, you can run an engine up to 650 cc.  Those sleds are readily available, they’re affordable, so that should be the biggest class of the day.”

   Guerette says that hundreds of hours from local volunteers went in to prepping the track in front of the grandstand and organizing the race schedule.  There were also about 150 local sponsors of the event.  “Without our sponsors, this race wouldn’t happen.”

   The bulk of the sleds racing were 1973 and older.  “We also have a vintage snowmobile display.  A lot of them are old racing sleds.  It’s all stuff out of the 70’s and 80’s, even back into the 60’s.  If you want a blast from the past this is the place to be, today.”

  To see a Fort Fairfield Journal television news video of this event, click here.

Madelyn Shaw was interviewed for WFFJ-TV after she raced in the kid's race at the 2nd Annual Frozen Motor Mayhem in Presque Isle.  Also interviewed were:  Victoria McCrum, Jack McQuade and Luke McQuade.  Click here to see the video.

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