sledRacer.com Cross-Country Rider Rankings

Cody Kallock is an up-and-coming Pro on the USCC cross-country circuit.

Cross-country is the purest form of snowmobile racing. In any given cross-country race there is a myriad of factors that come into play that can make or break a rider. At any given race a rider may have to face ditches, woods, roads, rivers, lakes or trails as well as Mother Nature. A sled has to be set up to so it can handle all of these elements and a rider has to be ready to navigate each section of course as fast and efficient as possible while preserving himself (or herself) and the machine. Part racer, part mechanic and highly-intelligent, the cross-country racer is the epitome of a snowmobile racer. The 2011 sledRacer.com Cross-Country Rider Rankings take all of this into account.

Before we hit the Top 10, an honorable mention: As a rookie Pro last season Cody Kallock finished seventh in Pro 600 points and had a season of solid finishes after dominating the Semi-Pro classes in 2009. Watch for Kallock to keep improving and pressure some of the veteran Pros.

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First Semi-Pro Final

LaVallee Speaks

Levi LaVallee is on the mend back home in Minnesota.

Levi LaVallee planned to spend New Year’s Eve jumping his snowmobile across the San Diego Bay, entertaining thousands of spectators and setting a new world distance record as part of this year’s Red Bull: New Year, No Limits event. But an accident on the final day of testing in Fontana, Calif., derailed those plans. Two weeks after the accident and six days after being released from the hospital and returning home to Minnesota, LaVallee talks for the first time about the crash, setting the world record and his new plans for ringing in the New Year.

ESPN.com: First things first: How are you feeling?
Levi LaVallee: I’ve been better, but I’m just happy to be alive and kickin’. Well, not kickin’.
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SCM Set To Kick Off Season

Jean-Sebastian Cote is one of the SCM Pros who will race at the Crete Memorial Civic Center Jan 8-9.

PLATTSBURGH, NY (Dec. 30, 2010) – As the stars of snocross throughout New York and New England prepare for Round 2 on the East Coast Snocross (ECS) series, several racers north of the border are getting ready to go racing, as well.

Teams from the Quebec-based Super Competition Motorsport (SCM) snocross series will kick off their eight-race 2011 campaign on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 8-9, at the Crete Memorial Civic Center.

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Moore Brothers Promo Film

Sweat The Small Stuff

Don LaBean works on the front end of the team's Soo I-500 buggy. Who says team owners don't get their hands dirty?

The DL Racing/Tiede2 team’s Soo I-500 race sled is starting to come together slowly but surely. Thanks to the joint efforts of sponsors and crew (and a lot of phone calls and e-mails) items for the sled have been arriving at the shop steadily (some of them have actually found there way on the 2011 Polaris IQ600R!). The team is still waiting for a bunch of stuff but progress is steady and the team is right on schedule for getting the sled ready to race.

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Slush And Hooker Plates

Mike Busch and Sam Anderson weld hooker plates onto the new track.

While most people were stuffing their faces with Christmas cookies and ham, the Fjerstad Racing team was busy trying to clear slush off a laketop with a snow blower so they could do some testing. The team has had a busy week for sure, and the snow blowing (or slush blowing, as the case may be) didn’t go so well. When there’s this much snow so early in the season the weight of the snow forces the ice down and water comes up over the top and mixes with the snow to form slush. The team found out if you blow the slush off more water comes up and the track they built was soon flooded. But, the water froze and it looks like they will be able to test there anyway when it freezes up solid. They’ve also been working on replacing the track, fixing the skid and re-gearing their Champ. Read and learn.

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Sickness

Latest from Semi-Pro Ben Lindbom:

Emil Ohman Helmet Cam Footage From Duluth

LaVallee Back Home

Levi's world record jump. Photo: Marv Watson/Red Bull Photofiles

Levi LaVallee posted a statement on his blog yesterday:

Levi LaVallee has been released from the hospital and is headed home to Minnesota. He will continue his recovery from injuries sustained during testing for the Red Bull: New Year. No Limits. snowmobile distance jump in San Diego, which was set to be telecast on ESPN. Here’s a statement from Levi:

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