Read the story Jimmy Blaze wrote about his record recovery from a broken femur here.

Our race fans are awesome and just a little crazy! It was sub-zero temperatures in Eagle River at the Eagle River Derby World Championship during the Friday Night Thunder. Temps were about 20 below without the wind chill and the snow dust was so bad you could hardly see. But thanks to our outstanding fans it was a blast!

Friday – Ross Martin won both of his Pro Rounds. In the Pro Open Final he hit major traffic in the first corner which left him completely turned around facing the other way when the carnage settled. Ross finally got his sled turned around leaving him way behind in like 10th position. Instinctively he just put the hammer down and flew around the track battling his way to a phenomenal 2nd place podium.

Saturday – After excellent rounds Ross was the top qualifier for Sunday’s World Cup Pro Open Final.

Sunday – He had a great shot off the line but in an intense battle for first he took a hard off and just didn’t have time to work his way back up in a podium position before the final flag.

Friday – James Johnstad has truly earned a huge pat on the back. This is James first year moving up to the Pro Lite Class and he is raced like a champ. He qualified well and ran a phenomenal Final also capturing a 2nd place podium. He looked great on Sunday as well finishing 4th in the Final.

“James deserves kudos for not just

meeting the challenge of moving up a class

but exceeding our expectations this quickly.

We are stoked to see him do so well! You will

no doubt be hearing from him frequently this season.” said a very pleased Scott Judnick,

Team Owner

Catch the action from Shakopee, MN, Canterbury Park on Versus Sunday, Feb 5th, 5pm EDT.

Our next race is the Vision Kia Eastern National

Farmington, NY- February – 3-4. See you there!

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January 25, 2012 – Monster Energy/Arctic Cat’s Tucker Hibbert, the reigning U.S. National Champion and 2010 World Champion, will travel to Falun, Sweden the end of March to compete in Clash of Nations’ inaugural Super Snowcross event. Over two days, 90 athletes from around the world will compete in Super Snowcross, Freestyle Snowmobile, Big Air Snowboard and Big Air Ski competitions at the prestigious Lugnet Arena.

Hibbert is no stranger to competing in Sweden. Two years ago, in his first race outside of North America, he traveled to Mala to enter his first FIM Snowcross World Championship event. He was welcomed by thousands of fans and went on to win the title. He quickly learned that Sweden is stacked with snowmobile enthusiasts and knew he had to return.

Europe’s top action sports athletes along with select North Americans are expected to attend the second annual Clash of Nations. Lugnet is a world-class sporting complex where 58 of the 67 Swedish Sports Confederation’s activities can be practiced. The arena has seating for up to 30,000 spectators and is located 200 km northwest of Stockholm.

Clash of Nations will mark Hibbert’s final snocross event of the 2011/2012 season. Until then, he will compete in five ISOC National Snocross events across the U.S. and the FIM Snowcross World Championship in Russia. To stay connected with his racing adventures, visit www.tucker-hibbert.com.

Tucker Hibbert – #68 Monster Energy/Arctic Cat
“I’m really excited about going to Sweden for Clash of Nations. I haven’t been back to Sweden since the World Championship in 2010. It was an awesome country to race at and visit. I was surprised by the excitement of the fans and amount of support I had there. I felt so welcomed and knew I had to find a way to go back.
Clash of Nations should be a really cool event. It sounds like Lugnet is a quality venue and will be perfect for spectators to watch racing. With all the different events going on, I think it’ll be a relaxed, fun atmosphere.
We (the team) have a crazy schedule between now and Clash of Nations but we’re ready. I’ll race five big events in a row with two of them out of the country. It’ll be busy but exciting at the same time. It’ll be cool to end my season in Sweden. Hopefully we’ll find the same support and success we had there in 2010!”

Fast Facts
• Six-Time National Snocross Pro Points Champion – 68 National Pro Wins
• 2010 FIM Snowcross World Champion
• 10-Time ESPN Winter X Games Medalist
• 2011 Best Male Action Sport Athlete ESPY Award Nominee

Aurora, MN (January 26, 2012) Steve Scheuring announced today that Traxxas, The Fastest Name In Radio Control, has extended their partnership with the Scheuring Speed Sports snocross team. “Our team continues to be a leader in the snowmobile racing industry both on and off the track. Traxxas is the industry leader in Ready-To-Run kits which makes for a perfect partnership,” said Scheuring. In addition to a complete race schedule, SSS participates in multiple school visits in conjunction with the U.S. Air force. These visits allow students to see the technology used on our race vehicles and are a showcase for all of our marketing partners. We are excited to showcase Traxxas vehicles as we travel across the country chasing the AMSOIL Championship Snocross Series championship. For more information, including racer bios, events schedule and team photos, visit http://www.scheuring-speedsports.com

January 30, 2012 – Monster Energy/Arctic Cat’s Tucker Hibbert is ready to hit the racetrack in Farmington, New York in his only snocross event in the eastern United States. This weekend, Finger Lakes Racetrack will transform from a horse track into a world-class snocross course for rounds seven and eight of the ISOC National Snocross Tour.
Fresh off his 68th career Pro victory, Hibbert hopes to carry his winning momentum into New York. He is the reigning Pro Open Champion but currently sits second in the 2012 points chase. This high-pressure situation combined with the fact that the Eastern National is notorious for pulling in an overflow, electric crowd, plows the way for a weekend of intense racing.
Pro Open racing kicks-off at 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday night with final events at 9 p.m. Fans can stream the event live online at www.ustream.tv/xsantv and catch the behind the scenes action on NBC Sports Sunday, March 4 at 5 p.m. EST.

Tucker Hibbert – #68 Monster Energy/Arctic Cat
“I can’t wait to get back to the racetrack. The break was good to gear up for the rest of the season but I’m anxious to race again. New York always has one of the best crowds of the season. It’s the only event out east and there are a lot of snowmobile fans there. It’s going to be a good one.
We (the team) are heading into a serious stretch of racing. We have two U.S. Nationals and then fly to Russia for the World Championship, come back to the U.S. for three more Nationals then to Sweden for Clash of Nations. There has been so much planning and organizing going on behind the scenes. The majority of the work has been done and now we need to perform.”

Tucker Hibbert – At-A-Glance
Third Appearance at Finger Lakes Racetrack
2010: Pro Super Stock – 5 • Pro Open – 1
2009: Pro Super Stock – 1 • Pro Open – 1

Fast Facts
• Hometown: Pelican Rapids, Minnesota
• Six-Time National Snocross Champion – 68 National Pro Wins
• 2010 FIM Snowcross World Champion
• 10-Time ESPN Winter X Games Medalist
• 2011 ESPY Award Nominee – Best Male Action Sport Athlete

Noteworthy
On February 25, Hibbert will represent the U.S. at the FIM Snowcross World Championship in Russia. Riders from nine countries are expected to compete for the prestigious title. He won the 2010 event in Sweden.

BOONVILLE, N.Y. (Jan. 30, 2012) – Former regional snowmobile racing champion Danny Poirier continued his winning ways over the weekend, sweeping the Pro finals as East Coast Snocross (ECS)completed Round 3 on the nine-race 2012 schedule at the Oneida County Fairgrounds.

Poirier (Bailey Racing/Polaris), of St. Theodore, Quebec, had to work his way up from fourth at the start of Saturday’s Pro Stock final. Lincoln Lemieux (Lemieux Racing/Ski-doo), fresh of his big win in the ECS Challenge at Plattsburgh, grabbed the Holeshot and led the first 11 laps. After Poirier took command at lap 12, Corin Todd (Camara Racing/Arctic Cat) charged his way to third in the closing laps. At the end of 16 grueling laps, it was Poirier, Lemieux and Todd. Poirier’s margin of victory was a mere two seconds.

In Sunday’s Pro Open final, Poirier nailed the Holeshot and checked out for the entire 16 laps. Sunday marked the competitive return of Renaud Alexandre (Damexco Racing/Ski-doo) after an injury in Duluth last November. Alexandre slotted into second behind Poirier and stayed there all but one lap (5) until the finish. Wisconsin native Dylan Martin (Team Southside/Polaris) backed up his Plattsburgh win with a solid third place finish. Poirier’s margin of victory was a whopping eight seconds.

In Saturday’s Pro Lite final, Adam Sedlmeier claimed the Holeshot while Brunelle slotted into second. Michael Pilotte slotted into fifth at the start, blasted his way to the front and took over the top spot on lap 10. The tall, lanky athlete from Fall River, Mass., had the snocross world talking in Duluth when he out-gunned the best Sport riders on the ISOC national tour. Now he’s making a mark in Pro Lite here in the northeast, and his skills are certainly worth noting.

When the Pro Lite riders returned to the track for Sunday’s final, Brunelle was a young man on a mission. The Quebec native’s goals for 2012 include the Pro Lite titles, and he went wire-to-wire up front for 12 laps to help achieve his goal. Pilotte got off to a bad start (12th), but really put on a show as he powered his sled up to third by lap 10. He finished on the podium behind runner-up Jesse James Bonaduce.

Todd Smith picked up a victory in the Woody’s Pro Am final. The veteran racer from Derry, NH, held off a hard-charging Joe Lemieux for top honors, while Newport, Vermont rider Rene Desrochers filled out the podium. In Saturday’s Pro Women final, Steffanie Lemieux prevailed over Melanie Acker and Abby Catlin. Lemieux-Bell made it a clean sweep with another win Sunday, with Acker second once again and New York veteran Paige Calderwood in third.

Other final round winners over the weekend in Boonville include Montana Jess (Sport Super Stock Saturday and Sunday); Connor Roscoe (Sport 600); Cole Fredericks (Jr. 14-15 Saturday); and Vermont racer Nate Newland (Jr. 14-15 AND Jr. 16-17 Saturday, Jr. 14-15 Sunday). Congratulations to all the class winners in Boonville, we know the effort and work it takes to win races.

While we may not have racing on the same weekend as the ice ovals as originally planned, officials at ECS were pleased to bring high-flying snocross action to Boonville for the first time. Crowds were good each day and response to the action was positive. At least the northeast’s finest snocross teams got to kick off what is now two weekends of winter fun in this area. It was indeed an honor.

All of at ECS hope that when the Ice Oval Nationals are held on Feb. 10-12, that weather is perfect and spectators come out for more fun. The original concept of having all that racing together for one big weekend was definitely appealing. The makings for an American version of the famed Grand Prix de Valcourt were all in place had Mother Nature cooperated.

East Coast Snocross would like to thank everyone involved in making Round 3 in Boonville such a successful venture. While the snow had to be made for this event, the track held up well throughout the weekend. Local vendor support was strong, as well making for a fun-filled weekend for fans.

Round 4 on the 2012 ECS schedule is set for this coming weekend, Feb. 4-5, at the Finger Lakes Gaming Center in Vernon, New York. ECS teams will compete alongside teams from the International Series of Champions (ISOC) as they run their Eastern Nationals and fourth event of the season.

East Coast Snocross, presented by AMSOIL and Woody’s Traction, is the sanctioning body for snowmobile racing in the northeastern United States. ECS maintains a regional circuit intended to keep grass-roots snocross racing healthy in this part of the snowbelt, while also cultivating new talent for tomorrow’s factory-backed Pro teams.

For more information, go to www.eastcoastsnocross.com.

Snowmobile racing fans will have no problem following everything that’s going on at the Soo I-500 enduro race this week. This year’s event will feature live timing, a UStream broadcast and regular Facebook updates. Follow the links to find the coverage:

https://www.facebook.com/SooI500

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/soo-i-500

http://livetiming.net/i500/

Fertile, Minn. (January 31, 2012) – What were doing over the past week and a half? If you were a member of the Christian Brothers Racing team you might answer that question in a number of different ways including traveling to Sweden, racing the 49th running of the Eagle River Derby, competing in your first cross-country snowmobile race in over 10 years or throwing down the first-ever whip in Best Trick at the Winter X Games. Yeah, it’s been a busy week and a half for the CBR team, but that’s why they’re Pro. Here’s a recap of what all went down for them since we last met:

Garth Kaufman and Cory Davis raced Pro Open snocross at the Eagle River World Championship Snowmobile Derby January 13-15. Davis finished 8th during the Friday Night Thunder event and in the World Championship race Kaufman placed 7th and Davis placed 9th. Evan Christian won the 120 Champ 7-14 race and took home a coveted Eagle River World Championship checkered flag.

After racing at Eagle River, Davis jetted off the Aspen to compete in Snowmobile Freestyle and Snowmobile Best Trick at the ESPN Winter X Games. On Thursday night he finished 6th in Freestyle with a best score of 81.33. On Sunday Davis narrowly missed winning a bronze medal, taking 4th in Best Trick with his signature (and best in the industry) whip trick.

While Davis was living the high life in Aspen, Logan Christian was trying to keep from getting frostbite in Sweden where he was signed up to race the Swedish Stadiumcross Championships against some of Europe’s best snocross riders. The race took place in an outdoor sporting stadium in Osterlund, Sweden, January 19. Christian traveled there with team co-owner Dwight Christian and his mechanic Justin Halvorson. Riding a sled courtesy of Bengan Westerlund, Christian ended up in the LCQ where another rider t-boned him and took him out. Almost immediately after the race Christian hopped a plane so he could get back in time to do some cross-country lake racing.

Fresh off the plane from Sweden this past weekend, who was suited up and ready to ride at the USCC J&K Marine Beach Bar 200 cross-country race in Detroit Lakes, Minn.? None other than team co-owner and veteran cross-country racer Dwight Christian. No doubt spurred on by the old-school lake racing the USCC had fell back on for its first event two weeks ago due to lack of snow, Christian swung a leg over one of the team’s Stud Boy cross-country Arctic Cats and rode Masters 40+ and Legends 50+. While both classes are “old man” classes, they are also highly competitive and Christian took a podium spot in the 50+ class, finishing 3rd. D.J. Ekre won the Pro Open class and was backed up in that class by CBR teammate Brian Dick who finished in second place. Logan Christian finished 5th in the grueling two-day, 200-mile Pro 600 race (Christian’s first-ever lake race) with Garth Kaufman trailing him in 7th. Ekre, who was near the top of the time charts after the first day and won the Pro Open race early in the day, fell ill and couldn’t race Pro 600 on Day 2. Ryan Simons, the 2011 USCC Pro 600 points champion, made up a bunch of time to finish second in Pro 600, his best finish of the season so far on the USCC circuit.

Next up the Christian Brothers Racing team will travel to Farmington, New York, to compete in the ISOC Vision Kia Eastern Nationals where Davis, Kaufman and Logan Christian will compete in snocross. Meanwhile, CBR riders Brian Dick, D.J. Ekre and Ryan Simons will be in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, competing in the Soo I-500, a 500-mile enduro race run on a 1-mile ice oval. The Soo I-500 begins Saturday, February 4 at 10 A.M. Eastern time. For more info on Christian Brothers Racing visit www.christianbrosracing.com.

Lynx pilots dominated Swedish Stadioncross Championships in Östersund. Petter Nårsa, as a troop commander of Lynx, led the Lynx pilots to the podium.

Petter Nårsa and Lynx showed, once again, who´s who in Snowcross. Nårsa dominated every single heat he rode on Thursday. Nårsa, who doesn´t respect the law of gravity or any other law of physics, had decided not just to defense his last year´s Stadioncross Champion but win another trpohy. And that´s exactly what he did.Nårsa had great starts but in his second qualifying heat he had to race against Joel Westerlund, Pontus Engström and Logan Christian who had better start. After just few laps he took his usual position, kept his place and saluted the flag as a winner.

In finals Swedish Lynx pilot, Adam Renheim, made Nårsa run for his money. Renheim rode extremely aggressively but smart and it seemed like he could catch Nårsa, who managed to be little too fast for Renheim. The bronze medalist, Marcus Ogemar-Hellgren couldn´t match the speed of Nårsa and Renheim, but he did good job by letting Johan Eriksson watch his Lynx´s snow flap from the safe distance.

30 riders were chasing the Swedish Standioncross Championship and just 10 riders survived to final heat. Five out ten finalists rode Lynx snowmobiles. This fact is one evidence of Lynx´s dominance in snowmobile racing! Man behind Rave RS 600, Janne Tapio was one very happy man after the final.

- This was phenomenal race! Lynxies were overwhelming fast in the final heat and Petter Nårsa is The Man! I was very happy to watch how well Rave RS 600 went trough every section of track compared to every other brand.

Longville, MN (January 23, 2012) – With Team LaVallee’s freestyle riders, Levi LaVallee and Daniel Bodin out for Winter X Games 2012 (both were injured in separate training incidents during preparation for X Games), Team LaVallee was on the hunt – looking for a freestyle rider that could represent Team LaVallee.

Jimmy “Blaze” Fejes was called last week to see if he would be interested in representing Team LaVallee for the 2012 Winter X Games. With less than a week before the games begin, Fejes accepted the offer and was on the next flight to northern Minnesota to train at Levi LaVallee’s facility.

“We were excited coming into Winter X Games 2012 knowing we had two top level riders, and unfortunately both got hurt. And being this late in the game, we are fortunate to be able to bring on another XGames caliber rider, such as Jimmy Blaze Fejes, on to our team.”
states Glenn Kafka (co-owner to Team LaVallee).

Fejes has attended multiple Winter X Games and most recently took 3rd place at Red Bull: Fuel + Fury, 2011 – a snowmobile freestyle competition held at iconic Wrigley Field, an event that was hosted by Levi LaVallee.

Coming Up for Team LaVallee:
Winter X Games – Aspen, CO : January 26-29, 2012
For TV schedule, latest info and results, visit: http://espn.go.com/action/xgames/winter/2012/

Amsoil Championship SnoCross Series:
Vision Kia Eastern National, Farmington, NY: February 3-4, 2012

http://www.isocracing.com/national/events/feb-3-4-vision-kia-eastern-national-farmington/