News & Notes From The Duluth Snocross

As with any event, several things occurred at the season-opening ISOC Amsoil Duluth National that didn’t make the main story. Here’s a notebook dump of sorts, plus a look at some of the stats behind the race. The Pro Super Stock final Saturday night included 6 Polaris sleds, 5 Arctic Cats and 4 Ski-Doos, which reflected their driver entry numbers fairly well, as Polaris had 12 entries... [Read more]

Martin Gets Tuckered Out At Duluth

Tucker Hibbert completed his opening weekend sweep with the Pro Open snocross victory Sunday afternoon in Duluth, Minnesota. But, before you yawn and think “some-old, same-old,” you should know that this is shaping up to be a very interesting season on the ISOC circuit. Tucker Hibbert examines the track before Sunday's Pro Open final. Apparently, he found the right lines...again!           ... [Read more]

Hibbert Scores Season-Opening Stock Victory

It didn’t look good for the king of snocross racing at the season-opening ISOC Amsoil Duluth National. Through heat races, mega superstar Tucker Hibbert didn’t sniff the lead, getting beat in round one by Bobby LePage and then finishing behind both Ross Martin and Tim Tremblay in the second round.             Then, in the final on a temperate night at the host Spirit Mountain Ski Resort... [Read more]

13 Drivers Earn Way To Winter X Games In Snocross

Racing has begun at the season-opening ISOC Amsoil Duluth National, but qualifying for snocross racing’s biggest stage is what highlighted Friday’s show in windy conditions at the host Spirit Mountain ski hill.             Friday included qualifiers in some of the undercard, but the big named racers were on the track to try to qualify for the ESPN Winter X Games. The X Games qualifier... [Read more]

Winter Kicks Off With Duluth Snocross, And Fantasy Sports For Sledheads

The winter snowmobile racing season is here – at last!!             I work with words for a living, but I can’t find any to describe how excited I am for the coming snowmobiling season. Right now, Andy is coming back from a dealership with two brand new Ski-Doo demo units; at the same time Randy is in the office next to me working on promotional materials for the new Snow Goer Snowmobile... [Read more]

Want Snowmobile Racing To Be Fun? Pay Attention

 We’re just days away from the opening of the snowmobile racing season, with the ISOC Duluth Snocross kicking off next Friday, November 26, in Duluth, Minnesota. The following weekend, the oval racing season kicks off at one of the coolest venues in the sport – the Canadian Power Toboggan Championships track in Beausejour, Manitoba. The weekend after that, things get going out east with the East... [Read more]

Training Is In Session, For Sledding Season!

Hello from the Desert Southwest, where I’ve been going through intensive pre-snowmobiling training, driving a Kawasaki Teryx.             Now you may think that Teryx driving has very little to do with snowmobiling, but my ride yesterday from Barstow, California to Las Vegas, Nevada, had a definite snowmobiling feeling.             Let me count the ways: 1)      We were... [Read more]

The Missing Link: Small, Affordable Snowmobiles

The best selling metric motorcycle in the U.S. from May 2009 to June 2010 wasn’t a high-output GSX-R or a big V-twin cruiser: It was a Kawasaki Ninja 250R – which carries a list price of $3,999.             Meanwhile, over in the ATV market, one of the best selling sport quads on the market in 2010 was the Raptor 250 – which far outsells most quads with twice its displacement, thanks... [Read more]