Gulla and Morgan Net Pro Snocross Victories at Valcourt
2-19-2007
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TJ Gulla and Blair Morgan won the Pro portions of Sunday's WPSA
PowerSports Snowmobile Tour Ski-Doo Grand Prix de Valcourt. The pair
were competing as part of the two-day event being held at the Circuit
Yvon Duhamel.
source: PowerSports Public Relations
Gulla (No. 44 Pirtek/Polaris) won his first Pro Stock race of the season, and netted his second victory overall this season. DJ Eckstrom (No. 25 AMSOIL/Polaris) broke out of an early-season slump to finish second, ahead of Carl Schubitzke (No. 6 Speedwerx/Arctic Cat). Both recorded their first Pro Stock podium finishes of the season.
Morgan (No. 7c Blair Morgan Racing/Ski-Doo) gave the hometown crowd something to cheer about as he rode Ski-Doo's newest racing sled to victory in the Pro Open final. The winning run marked the 11-time WPSA titleholder's first victory of the season. Ross Martin (No. 837 Judnick Motorsports/Polaris) was second, ahead of French Canadian second-year Pro rider Mathieu Morin (No. 27 XPS/Ski-Doo).
Martin continues to hold the lead in both the Pro Open and Pro Stock Riders' Championship standings.
Chris Kafka (No. 991 Pirtek/Polaris) won his second consecutive Semi-Pro race, taking first in the Semi-Pro Stock final, ahead of Katejun Coonishish (No. 101 Warnert Racing/Ski-Doo) and Mathew Piche (No. 518 Speedwerx/Arctic Cat).
Brett Turcotte (No. 196 Blair Morgan Racing/Ski-Doo) finished first in the Semi-Pro Open final, followed by Andrew Johnstad (No. 255 Avalanche Racing/Polaris) and Dan Ebert (No. 602 Speedwerx/Arctic Cat).
Coonishish continues to hold the lead in the Semi-Pro Open standings, while Ebert holds the top spot in Semi-Pro Stock points.
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