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UPDATE 

11.27.2020

Still working on making snow in North Dakota!  We’ve only had one good night where the temperatures worked out well for us.  We are moving forward with what the weather allows.  It‘s not looking like we will have enough for a race December 5&6 but we are hoping we can push for the following weekend!  Will keep you updated.  

11.20.2020

Due to MN Governors new rule that was announced on 11.18.2020 we regret to inform you that we are going to have to cancels next weekends race at the Christian Brothers Compound. We have called the Attorney Generals office, Waltz’s office, DNR and the sheriffs department. All departments have been great to work with on getting our questions answered.  If you read through all of the new rules it is spelt out very black and white that we are not allowed to have races or competitions. Health and safety is rule number 1, we don’t want anyone getting sick, we have guidelines to prevent you all from coming into contact with each other. What this comes down to is that we could be punished by law according the Attorney Generals Office, we could face a fee up to $3,000 and a misdemeanor. There are some loopholes about trying to call the race something that it is not and that’s just a blatantly lie - we are going to the race to race and exactly that. We have also contacted other racing organizations to hear what they have to say and wish them luck on finding something to help us get back to the track! As of now, we just can’t find our saving grace the way the new rule is written. If any of you know something or can find something in the rules that allows us to race in Minnesota, I’d love more than ever to see it!! 

How about some good news?

One bad thing can lead to a good thing and we purchased a snow gun today. Was this gun planned to be purchased? NO, we called all the ski resorts in MN and ND yesterday, we got a call last night at 7 that Andes Ski Hill had a gun for sale, so we took off after it. We will be making snow in North Dakota. With this years sponsor money, Brault Constriction, Taggert Contracting and Hillside lifts together we got land, water tanks, water supply, generators, hoses..everything we think we need to get snow made. But again, we have never done it so it’s a learning curve and may take some time. The location is 2843 Highway 32, Aneta North Dakota. This will serve as a good back up location just incase we get no snow AND if Minnesota extends their order. 

If this gun performs the way we expect it to, we will be having a race in North Dakota in December OR depending on what shakes out with Minnesota we could be in Fertile December 26 and 27. 

Racing folks are a different type of people, you manage well in high stress situations, you fix things at the drop of a hat, you are dependable, you are flexible…  just a really good group of people and understand things in way that the rest of the world just doesn’t. We might fret and throw a fit then we get over it and move onto something else. So we threw our temper tantrum and came up with another alternative. 

Please please please support our sponsors in any way that you can. Without their donations we wouldn’t have been able to purchase this gun and all the necessities to go along with snow making. The sponsors put up big expenses to keep our sport alive and I couldn’t be anymore happy to be teamed up with them. 

If you see these guys around give them a big thank you!!  Christian Brothers Racing, Finley Motors, Finley Motorsports, KC Motorsports, RZS Enterprises, Brault Construction, U Motors, Town and Country in Finley, Olson Brothers Inc, American Family Insurance -Jennifer Bachmeier, Hefty Seed Company, Hillside Lifts, Devils Lake Marine and Sports, Northern Crankshafts, Aggressive Towing , Ski-Doo and Taggart Construction. 

Thanks to everyone that is helping make phone calls and coming up with ideas.

We are doing everything we can to get us to the track this year!

Chad and Sandi Blessum