Preston Pride Hillclimb
January 25, 2010
The Preston Pride Hillclimb was held on Friday and Saturday, January 22nd and 23rd, just outside Preston, Idaho. This was the 18thyear of this hillclimb and this year was especially challenging. Organizers Shawn Atkinson and Bret Rasmussen did an outstanding job. The only thing that did not go off like clockwork was the weather. Most of the hillclimb took place in almost white out conditions.... [Read more]
MWR Season Opener
January 20, 2010
Action Packed Racing From McCall, Idaho The MWR season opener took place January 16th and 17th in McCall, Idaho. Colby Crapo took three class wins including Pro Open. Justin York won Semi-Pro Open and little Konnor May won the Champ Class on his 120. BAM Film Productions was there to film the races for the TV show “Sledding The West”. www.sleddingthewest.com Here are the complete results: CLASS:... [Read more]
Western Racing Featured On Network TV
October 2, 2009
Powder Bustin' In Star Valley, Wyoming A new show that promotes our great sport of snowmobiling hits the airways in November. “Sledding The West”. This show features the best sledding the west has to offer and each episode will have racing western style. And that’s the whole gamut of racing: Hillclimbs, Sno-X, Shoot Outs, vintage racing, kids racing and we are even looking at filming... [Read more]
Rick Ward Laid To Rest
September 8, 2009
Photo by Meg Allen The soft spoken and humble giant of the sled racing world was laid to rest Saturday. A thousand people crowded the LDS Chapel. People came from all over the United States and Canada to show support for his beautiful family and to say goodbye to one of the best men we will ever know. Polaris had special shirts made for their race team: In Memory Of 7x. Rick Ward accomplished... [Read more]
World Champion Killed At Age 47
September 1, 2009
9/01/09 Rick Ward One of the greats of hillclimb racing has been killed today near his home in Sugar City, Idaho. Rick Ward, 18 time World Champion, was killed when a mini van hit him on his motorcycle. Rick was flown to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center and was pronounced DOA. [Read more] Read More →
Pebble Creek Hillclimb is a Powder Challenge
April 6, 2009
The Pebble Creek Hillclimb held at the Ski Resort just outside Pocatello, Idaho was a powder filled challenge. So much so, the owners of the ski resort extended the skiing during the hillclimb. So, two great winter sports shared the mountain and everyone had a great time. The downhill skiers seemed to enjoy watching the powerful sleds take on the hill and I noticed many of the family member of the... [Read more]
Hard Work Key To Success For Team Tapio
March 31, 2009
Nels, Kyle & Russ Tapio The Tapio Brothers are the most successful team on the RMSHA circuit. The team consists of: Nels the oldest, then Kyle and the youngest brother is Russ. The Tapio’s came to Jackson for the first time as spectators in 2005. That is when they decided to race. The first year Team Tapio raced at Jackson was 2006, and what a year that was. They seemed to come from nowhere... [Read more]
Friday Is A Great Day At The World Championship.
March 27, 2009
Mark Thompson Qualifying was done in the Stock and Improved Stock classes. The racing started with the Pro Masters Stock Class. From the start of the day Mark Thompson was racing well. He was the top qualifier in this class and 600 Stock. Other top qualifiers included: Keith Curtis, Tony Ottobre, Tyler Crockett, Kyle Tapio, Tom Roby and Dolan Phelps. We will see all of them racing in the finals on... [Read more]
Racing begins At Jackson!
March 26, 2009
Thursday is the first day of qualifying for the Semi-Pros, Juniors and the Women’s class. The day was action packed. Murray Archibald Murray Archibald was the first racer up the hill in the Non-Pro Masters class. David Sharp Jr. had a great run and for the youngest racer in the Semi-Pro class he had the fastest qualifying time in Semi-Pro Improved Stock and Semi-Pro Stock (heat 2.) David Sharp... [Read more]
All’s Quiet On The Jackson Front
March 25, 2009
The final preparations are being done at The Jackson Hole World Championship Hillclimb. The food tents are up and the banners are being hung at the starting line. Race trailers are rolling into the town. The snow is falling hard and should make the mountain quite challenging. Racing begins tomorrow. The qualifying begins with the Non Pro Masters, followed by the Amateurs, Semi-Pro’s, Juniors... [Read more]