News and Updates:
Roger and I have been busy and would like to keep everyone up to date with our progress on things here and on our facebook page: I500Challenge
Winner Announcement!
The support of this raffle for the Fargo Memorial Honor Guard and our I-500 Challenge Ride has been unbelievable! Thank you to everyone that supported!
$23,150 was raised! Tickets were sold as far away as New York, Florida, Texas, and Saskatchewan!
Now, the winners:
Restored ‘72 John Deere 400:
Langdon American Legion Post 98
Original ‘72 John Deere 400:
Keith Balsdon, Langdon, ND
Traeger Grill:
Jason Hicks, Fargo, ND
Dewalt Tool Set:
Bruce Poole, South Glens Falls, NY
$500 Scheels Gift Card:
Joe Rainville, Fort Worth, TX
$250 Scheels Gift Card:
Ray White, Wheatland, ND
$100 Scheels Gift Card:
Kris Hasbargen, Hoffman, MN
$100 Scheels Gift Card:
Lucas Moran, Fargo, ND
$250 Bell Bank Visa Gift Card:
Dan Richardson, Ham Lake, MN
We made it!
The ride was a lot of fun with some challenging times!
Here is a few pictures at the end:
Left to Right: Ivan, Wyatt, Roger, Jack, Howard
1/17/2022
Listen to this radio interview with Roger and Wyatt, who were interviewed by Mark Askelson of KRJB radio in Ada, MN!
11/14/2021
The seat for the charity sled is here! A HUGE shout out to John's Upholstery is needed here. He donated everything to our cause and the seat will really make the sled! The foam was pretty rough to begin with, but you would never know it!
11/10/2021
More charity sled parts! Thank you to Joe Rainville for the NOS and new parts and John Hoover for shipping me the one year only skis we needed!
10/4/2021
The parts are back from powder coating for the charity sled! Thank you Midwest Coating! We just need to round up a few more parts and start turning wrenches!
9/14/2021:
The charity sled is off to powder coating at our sponsor, Midwest Coatings! These guys are great to work with and always do an excellent job with great customer service!
9/1/2021:
This past weekend we received a bunch of awesome NOS parts for the raffle sled build! Thank you to Brock Weber and Ben Krings for generous donations!
8/17/2021:
The parts for the charity sled are off to Sandblasting!
Thank you to Schefter’s Sandblasting for helping us out!
7/12/2021:
We are building a ‘72 John Deere 400 to raffle off for charity following the ride at the Midwest Ride-In!
The sled was donated by Troy Mayes out of Pierson, MB, Canada. Thank you Troy!
Delivery of the sled to us for restoration was donated by Rob Raiche who owns iHaulSleds.com. Thank you Rob!
Here are some pictures of it when it arrived, the “Before” shots:
