page_title: World Championship Snowmobile Derby
section_title: Winners
hierarchical_section_title: World Championship Snowmobile Derby / Winners
caption_attribution_description: Gary Moyle, multiple time winner of the w:World Championship Snowmobile Derby race, being interviewed at a Plymouth, Wisconsin USSA snowmobile race where he finished second.
context_page_description: The World Championship Snowmobile Derby is the World championship snowmobile race. It is held at the World Championship Derby Complex, formerly known as the Eagle River Derby Track, along U.S. Route 45 in Eagle River, Wisconsin on the third weekend in January. Eagle River is known as the "Snowmobile Capital of the World" because it hosts the Derby. Eagle River is located in the same county as Sayner, Wisconsin, the place that Carl Eliason invented one of the first modern snowmobiles.
context_section_description: P. J. Wanderscheid is the only rider to win four world championships (2002, 2003, 2006, 2011). Three drivers won the championship three times Jacques Villeneuve (1980, 1982, 1986), Dave Wahl (1990, 1996, 1997), and Blaine Stephenson (2018, 2019, 2020). Stephenson is the only racer in history to have won three back-to-back World Championships. The two time winners are Steve Ave (1966, 1968), Mike Trapp (1971, 1972), Steve Thorsen (1977, 1978), Brad Hulings (1981, 1983), Dale Loritz (1994, 1995), Mike Houle (1999, 2000), Gary Moyle (2005, 2007), Brian Bewcyk (2008, 2009), Matt Schulz (2010, 2016), and Nick VanStrydonk (2012, 2017).
  2020 Blaine Stephenson (Polaris)
  2019 Blaine Stephenson (Polaris)
  2018 Blaine Stephenson (Polaris)
  2017 Nick Van Strydonk (Polaris)
  2016 Matt Schulz (Ski-Doo)
  2015 Cardell Potter (Ski-Doo)
  2014 Malcom Chartier(Ski-Doo)
  2013 Malcom Chartier (50th anniversary)(Ski-Doo)
  2012 Nick Van Strydonk (Polaris) 
  2011 P.J. Wanderscheid
  2010 Matt Schulz
  2009 Brian Bewcyk (Ski-Doo)
  2008 Brian Bewcyk (Ski-Doo)
  2007 Gary Moyle(Arctic Cat)
  2006 P. J. Wanderscheid(Arctic Cat)
  2005 Gary Moyle (Arctic Cat)
  2004 Larry Day (Arctic Cat)
  2003 P. J. Wanderscheid (Arctic Cat)
  2002 P. J. Wanderscheid (Arctic Cat)
  2001 Jeremy Johnston (Ski-Doo)
  2000 Mike Houle (Ski-Doo)
  1999 Mike Houle (Ski-Doo)
  1998 Terry Wahl (Ski-Doo)
  1997 Dave Wahl (Ski-Doo)
  1996 Dave Wahl (Ski-Doo)
  1995 Dale Loritz (Ski-Doo)
  1994 Dale Loritz (Ski-Doo)
  1993 Al Fenhaus (Ski-Doo)
  1992 Gary Vessair (Ski-Doo)
  1991 Greg Goodwin (Ski-Doo)
  1990 Dave Wahl (Ski-Doo)
  1989 Bruce Vessair (Ski-Doo)
  1988 Bobby Donahue (Ski-Doo)
  1987 Chuck Decker (Ski-Doo)
  1986 Jacques Villeneuve (Ski-Doo)
  1985 Michael Gingras (Ski-Doo)
  1984 Jim Dimmerman (Arctic Cat)
  1983 Brad Hulings (Ski-Doo)
  1982 Jacques Villeneuve (Ski-Doo)
  1981 Brad Hulings (Scorpion)
  1980 Jacques Villeneuve (Ski-Doo)
  1979 Bobby Elsner (Arctic Cat)
  1978 Steve Thorsen (Polaris)
  1977 Steve Thorsen (Polaris)
  1976 Ed Schubitzke (Yamaha)
  1975 Jim Bernat (Polaris)
  1974 Gilles Villeneuve (Alouette)
  1973 Bob Eastman (Polaris)
  1972 Mike Trapp (Yamaha)
  1971 Mike Trapp (Yamaha)
  1970 Yvon Duhamel (Ski-Doo)
  1969 Roger Janssen (Arctic Cat)
  1968 Steve Ave (Ski-Doo)
  1967 Duane Frandsen (Ski-Doo)
  1966 Steve Ave (Ski-doo)
  1965 George Gensler (Evinrude)
  1964 Stan Hayes (Polaris)
caption: Gary Moyle
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