**IMPORTANT**
 
Unfortunately due to the mild temperatures, snow conditions and forecasted rain over the next (5) days in the Kitchener area, the Ryde-FX Pro Snowcross Races at Chicopee Ski Club in Kitchener, Ontario this weekend have been cancelled.
 
All Hotel rooms that were booked by racers at the race Headquarters Holiday Inn in Kitchener have been cancelled by CSRA. 
 
The CSRA National finals at Horseshoe Resort in Craighurst, Ontario on April 4-5 will go ahead as planned as Horseshoe Resort still has a great base of snow.
 
for more information visit www.snowcross.com

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Four Victories and Two Championship Titles

The 2008-09 ISOC Snocross Series ended in the same way it began, with Team Arctic racers taking wins and filling the podium positions on their Sno Pro 600 race sleds.

The finale, held in its traditional location of Lake Geneva, Wis., saw Team Green score four class wins, three Championship titles and drop an exclamation point on another victorious season.

In the Pro classes, Garth Kaufman and Ryan Simons traded podium positions with Kaufman taking second in Open and Simons third in Stock. Kaufman entered Lake Geneva tied in points for the Stock championship, and a win in the qualifying round kept him on pace to take the title. Fourth in the final was a great result, but not quite enough to take the title.

“Garth was the emotional favorite of many race fans,” said Team Arctic Race Manager, Mike Kloety. “After Tucker Hibbert ended his season early with a large point lead, Garth made a huge effort to take command of the overall title. He was close, and we’re extremely proud of him.”

After a season of wins and podium finishes – including a second at Lake Geneva – Cory Davis earned a well-deserved Semi Pro Super Stock class championship title. Showing the depth of the team in this class, Christian Salemark won the class at Lake Geneva while Dan Ebert took third in the championship.

Team Arctic was equally strong in Semi Pro Open, with Ebert winning the final and Salemark in second. But the win proved bittersweet for Ebert, who ended up just two heartbreaking points from taking the class championship.

“Dan won the battles but lost the war,” said Kloety. “Had he not missed the first race of the season due to injury, I’m certain he would have taken the championship. But that’s racing: We won one championship with Cory, but just missed the other with Dan.”

Two classes where Team Arctic obliterated the competition included Pro Women and Sport Super Stock.

In the former, Carly Davis returned to the winning form that characterized the first half of her season to easily sew up the first of what appears to be many championship titles. Taking third at Geneva and second in points was JC Hupe, who rose the occasion with wins in the second-half of the season.

Likewise, in Sport Super Stock #1, Cody Thomsen nailed yet another convincing win to earn the title of Class Champion.

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Cory Davis Captures Semi-Pro Open Crown; Carly Davis Wins Pro Women; Justin Tate Gets Long Awaited Championship in Pro Plus 30;

After coming up just one point shy of winning the year-end title a year ago, TJ Gulla (Polaris) who came into the Pro Open final Sunday afternoon with a 15-point lead over teammate Brett Bender (Polaris), was not about to let history repeat itself.

One day earlier, Gulla’s teammate Levi LaVallee had brought home his first championship in Pro Super Stock to the Hentges Racing Team. Now it was Gulla’s turn to do the same on what would be the final race of the year in the AMSOIL Championship Snocross Series.

One thing was for certain when the top riders in Pro Open came to the line late Sunday afternoon at the base of the Mountaintop Ski Resort in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Polaris would win the title as Levi LaVallee (Polaris) joined his teammates Gulla and Bender atop the point standings. The mission for Gulla however was simple, finish 13th or better and the title was his.

As racers grabbed a handful of throttle at the start of the 14-lap final, it was Bender who emerged from a turn one tangle involving three sleds at the top of the hill to take the lead as he plummeted back down the hill.

Close behind was Ian Hayden (Yamaha) who along with his teammate Steve Taylor (Yamaha) used the Yamaha four-stroke power to slingshot to second and third respectively. Following the Yamaha duo was Brett Turcotte (Arctic Cat) in fourth, Gulla in fifth and Garth Kaufman (Arctic Cat) in sixth.

In the early going, Turcotte was all over Taylor like a blanket as he tried to take over the bridesmaid position. But soon the blanket turned to a battering ram, as Turcotte pushed Taylor up and over the berm coming into the finish line jump, thereby shuffling Taylor well back in the mix and earning Turcotte a black flag for his efforts.

The exit of Turcotte gave the third place position to Kaufman, who had worked his way around Gulla and had his sights set on a podium finish. Not long after, Kaufman got by Hayden for second and settled into a groove behind leader Brett Bender, who continued to lay down a consistent pace up front.

While the championship was virtually secured for Gulla, he wanted more and executed a beautiful inside-out pass at the bottom of the hill to get by Hayden. The move by Gulla settled the top of the field into their final finishing order, with Bender nabbing back to back wins in as many races, Kaufman coming home second and the 2008-2009 Pro Open Champion, TJ Gulla grabbing the final podium spot in third.

“I knew exactly where I had to finish,” said Gulla as he celebrated his year-end title. “The year started out a little shaky but we stuck with it and got stronger near the end of the season. After losing the championship last year by one point I really didn’t care if I won it this year by one point or twenty.”

Davis Captures Semi-Pro Super Stock Title; Salemark Wins Final

The task for Cory Davis (Arctic Cat) was simple as the Semi-Pro Super Stock final came to the line. Keep Tim Tremblay (Ski-doo), the winner of the Semi-Pro Open championship on Saturday, behind him. In doing so, Davis would assure himself the year-end crown in Semi-Pro Super Stock.

Lining up on the far outside of the starting grid, Davis was along side Dan Ebert (Arctic Cat), while Quebec rider Tremblay chose the opposite side of the grid for the long up-hill charge towards the first turn. As sleds launched from the line, it was the green of Ebert and Davis cresting the hill first. Tremblay looked to disappear over the top on the fly-away jump in sixth, but a parking lot at the top of the hill saw Tim loose more ground as he made his way back down the hill in ninth place.

At the front of the pack, as the field sorted itself out, was Matt Pichner (Arctic Cat) followed by Dan Ebert in second, Cory Davis in third and Swedish rider Christian Salemark (Arctic Cat) in fourth. But just two laps into the 12-lap final, Ebert unloaded while negotiating one of the treacherous downhill portions of the course. That shuffled Davis and Salemark up behind Pichner.

Not long after, Davis slipped past Pichner for the lead, and Salemark followed suit one lap later. Much deeper in the pack, Tremblay was putting on a clinic of passing prowess, working his way up from ninth to fourth by lap seven. As he had for so many times this season, Tremblay was forced to overcome a bad start and was executing the fastest laps on the track by as much as 2-seconds a lap.

With Davis apparently content to ride smart, Salemark tucked his Ski-doo up under Davis with a smooth crossover pass near the starting grid to take over the top spot. Tremblay also had one more pass in him, slicing under then third place rider Logan Christian (Arctic Cat) for the final podium spot. At the line it was Salemark with the win; Davis in second for the year end title; and Tremblay in third.

“Coming into the final I knew where I was at in the point chase,” said Davis after the race. “I was thinking about the championship the entire time I was out there. I was so nervous and Christian (Salemark) was so fast, I just wanted to stay clean.”

Carly Davis Wins Pro Women Title; Justin Tate Claims Pro Plus 30 Championship

In other action on what was the last day of racing on the national tour for the 2008-2009 season, young gun Carly Davis (Arctic Cat) from Soldotna, Alaska took home top honors in Pro Women with another win on the season. In Pro Plus 30, long time pro racer and fan favorite Justin Tate (Ski-doo) won his first year-end championship and notched another victory in the Plus 30 class with a win Sunday afternoon.

The Season Lives On

While there is a lot of summer between now and the start of the 2009-2010 AMSOIL Championship Snocross Series in Duluth, Minnesota, you can stay abreast of all the latest news, rumors and changes in store for next winter at www.isocracing.com

About ISOC – The International Series of Champions (ISOC) is the premiere snowmobile race sanctioning organization in North America and sanctions a national snocross tour in addition to three regional circuits.

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On this episode, Taera is checking into the Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, Ontario as the SnowTrax crew rides in support of the 10th Annual Kelly Shires Breast Cancer Snow Run.

Trail Tech features a response to a recently received viewer email and the team test rides Arctic Cat’s Crossfire 1000.

Plus, get an inside look at Arctic Cat’s 2010 lineup.

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Polaris Racer Gabe Bunke Wins at Warroad, Corey Davidson Clinches Young Vets’ Title Davidson Wins Vet 30+ Crown, Bunke is Second in Pro 600 Points

Gabe Bunke won the highly competitive Pro 600 race by less than a 1-minute margin to finish second in the Pro 600 points standings and fellow Polaris racer Corey Davidson won his fifth Vet 30+ race of the season to wrap up the points championship in United States Cross-Country (USCC) racing held March 15 in Warroad, Minnesota.

Other Polaris racers who won at Warroad included Derrick Gust in Semi-Pro 600, Bill Thomas in the Masters 40+ race and Mitchell Thelen, who won the Juniors 10-13 race.

Bunke Moves Up to Second in Points

Bunke closed out a strong season by winning the Pro 600 race at Warroad to leapfrog his way to second in the season points standings. Bunke won two of the final three races of the season to move up in the standings. Only a sub-par finish in the mid-season, multi-day I-500 kept him from challenging for the class points title. Corey Davidson finished fifth in Pro 600 points and Aaron Christensen was eighth.

In Pro Open, Davidson, Bunke and Christensen finished 4-5-6, respectively, in the season points standings.

Gust Wins Semi-Pro 600 at Warroad
In Semi-Pro 600, Gust earned his first victory of the season at Warroad, giving him three straight strong finishes. Gust finished fourth in Semi-Pro Improved points and fifth in Semi-Pro 600. Jesse Thelen was third in Semi-Pro 600 at Warroad.

Polaris racer Dustin Holmstrom finished fourth in Semi-Pro 600 points, just four points out of third, and Ken Christensen was sixth in points.

Davidson Clinches Vet 30+ Title

Davidson went to Warroad tied for the lead in Vet 30+ points, and he beat his rival by 42 seconds to secure the season points title. Fellow Polaris racers Nick Uhde, Jason Dobmeier and Jeff Klein finished 3-4-5 at Warroad. That outcome put Dobmeier third in class points while Klein was fifth.

Polaris racer Paul Anderson finished second in points in Fan 600 and third in Legends 50+, and in the Masters 40+ class, Ken Christensen was second in points and Bill Thomas used his victory at Warroad to clinch third place in points.

About Polaris – With annual 2008 sales of $1.9 billion, Polaris designs, engineers, manufactures and markets off-road vehicles (ORVs), including all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and the Polaris RANGER™, snowmobiles and Victory Motorcycles for recreational and utility use. Polaris is a recognized leader in the snowmobile industry, and one of the largest manufacturers of ORVs in the world. Victory Motorcycles, established in 1998 and representing the first all-new American-made motorcycle from a major company in nearly 60 years, are rapidly making impressive in-roads into the cruiser and touring motorcycle marketplace. Polaris also enhances the riding experience with a complete line of Pure Polaris apparel, accessories and parts, available at Polaris dealerships. Polaris Industries Inc. trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “PII,” and the Company is included in the S&P Small-Cap 600 stock price index. Information about the complete line of Polaris products, apparel and vehicle accessories, is available from authorized Polaris dealers or anytime from the Polaris homepage at www.polarisindustries.com.