Where to start……

I had an unfortunate distraction and haven’t been able to give the proper attention and a HUGE thanks to all the people that spent the time, money and commitment to the success of this event. YOU GUYS supported the sport and the vision.

I can’t echo Jeff’s comments enough about the ENORMOUS support from the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino….. FIRST CLASS, the help from Chris, Alex, Lou and the entire audio lighting and video crew…. sheez the list goes on. Short story, it was like Christmas when I finally had the chance to show Jeff and the Team Summit crew what we had been working on. Myself, Jeff Teeter, my son (which by the way was his 18th birthday and I still forgot to wish him a Happy B-Day while I was on stage) and the Sierra Sport and Marine crew had been working tirelessly on the setup and had sleds and equip up and set and thought we were done…. When we got in Saturday with Jeff and the crew from Thunderstruck and guests the Grand Sierra Resort crew had that stage lit up and it took on a life like I had never seen…. it sent chills up my spine to see the excitement in everybody’s eyes and hear it in their voices. The support from Sierra Sport and Marine, Polaris, Arctic Cat and Cope and McPhetres Marine was insurmountable. In addition to all of that we had a plethora of alcohol being served up and not one unruly sledhead…. (that was a blessing!) and the monies raised for Blair Morgan and the CNSA had to be in the running for “not what we expected”. The other wonderful corporate support from EXPN (Tim Mutrie), Boondockers, Thunderstruck, 509, Fox (Lars), Parts Unlimited, Hex-Armor Science of Safety, Hellclimbers, Tom’s in Sierra City, Sly Dog, Too-Cool, True Adventure Gear, BeeWear, Kirk at HMK, Fly, West Coast Sleds, Cal-Star, RSI my gosh the list is huge….. EVERYBODY had a key role in this flying the event into the stratosphere.

My personal Thanks to Jeff & Jill Aiello for taking the time to add the total professional sealing of the deal by providing the absolute most professional print media and electronic media I have had the pleasure to spread! To have the “voice of ESPN” as a voice over was SICK to put it lightly. For those who have had the opportunity to hear the development of this event, I reiterate the significance of having Jeff on the offensive line right next to me and screening the shortfalls, without his belief that this was do-able it would have never come full circle. For all of my close personal freinds I am truly sorry I didn’t have the time I wished to enjoy your company, especially after traveling the distances you did to support this event, BUT I can tell you lesson learned I WILL HAVE A ROOM NEXT YEAR for the MOTHER OF ALL TAIL-GATES the night before!!

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THERE WILL BE A NEXT YEAR!!
And it promises to be bigger better and more spectacular than ever!

Don’t miss it!

Dan, Phatty… looking forward to seeing you guys…

And continue to support our troops!

Jeff Schauer (Phatty’s other fan)