Hibbert Wins Fifth Straight X Games Gold In Snocross
January 30, 2011
If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!If Tucker Hibbert keeps this up, he’s going to have to put an addition onto the house he and wife Mandi are building, just to hold all of his medals, trophies and other racing awards. The king of snocross was at it again today in Aspen, Colorado, where he won his fifth straight X Games gold medal... [Read more]
Daniel Bodin Wins X Games Gold In Freestyle Thursday Night
January 27, 2011
This year, Daniel Bodin didn’t talk a back seat to anybody on the opening day of the ESPN Winter X Games. The snowmobiler from Sweden has been a staple at the X Games the last four years, and each year he finished fourth in the Freestyle competition – definitely good enough to get attention and make the final, but always one position short of earning a medal and a spot on... [Read more]
Brian Dick Wins Weather-Shortened USCC Red Lake I-500
January 23, 2011
Today, Mother Nature won the battle at the historic USCC Red Lake I-500, but the war this year was won by Brian Dick, the Arctic Cat engineer who won the title for his employer. Wicked winds and falling snow caused multiple delays of the planned third and final day of the I-500 – it was scheduled to go off at 10 a.m. and was moved back to 10:30, 11 and then 11:30 a.m. Finally,... [Read more]
Wanderschied Wins Incredible Fourth World Championship
January 16, 2011
EAGLE RIVER, WI — Snowmobile racing has a new four-time World Champion, and his name is P.J. Wanderschied. PJ Wanderschied became the sport's first four-time champion with a thrilling victory Sunday in Eagle River, Wisconsin. In one of the most competitive and action-packed Eagle River World Championships in the 48-year history of the event, Wanderschied used a late pass... [Read more]
World Championship Field Is Set; Who Will Win?
January 15, 2011
EAGLE RIVER, WI — The front row for the Eagle River World Championship is now set, as 10 drivers have now qualified for snowmobile racing’s most coveted prize. Defending champion Matt Schulz is going off at 3-to-1 in our fictional odds, bested only by PJ Wanderschied. The star-studded field includes four former champion who have a combined 8 championships between them,... [Read more]
UPDATE: Friday Night From Eagle River World Championship
January 15, 2011
A familiar front row qualifier, some big-air, paint-trading snocross racing and a notable comeback marked an action-packed Friday Night Thunder program at the 48th Annual Eagle River World Championship Snowmobile Derby in Eagle River, Wisconsin, January 14. Let’s get right to the action. Wanderscheid Seeks Fourth Title PJ Wanderscheid, seen here driving his sled away from an interview, goes into... [Read more]
Tucker Hibbert Wins Piranha-X Western Nationals In Utah
January 12, 2011
PRESS RELEASE: Tucker Hibbert made his new sponsor proud winning the Piranha-X Pro Super Stock final at the third round of Tucker Hibbert takes flight. Photo by Wayne Davis, courtesy of ISOC competition in the AMSOIL Championship Snocross Series at beautiful Rio Tinto stadium in Sandy, Utah. Just as it has played out at each of the previous two rounds this season, Hibbert backed up his performance... [Read more]
A Fact-Finding, Snowmobile Riding Mission
January 7, 2011
“The trails around here are shot.” “Yep, they’re done until we get a bunch of new snow.” That was the consensus opinion of pretty much everybody I’ve spoken with locally in the last week after a full day of rain truly dampened the spirits of snowmobile riders in the Minneapolis area eight days ago. This was not some drizzle... [Read more]
Over The River & Through The Woods
January 5, 2011
I was really feeling the holiday spirit this year, and it likely had something to do with the heaps of snow dropped on the Upper Midwest during December. While I grew up in northern Wisconsin’s snowy Northwoods, I’ve lived in Minneapolis for the last 10 years. I have never seen so much snow up here, and it wasn’t even Christmas! I decided there was only one way to handle this turn of events;... [Read more]