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DEADWOOD, S.D. (Jan. 31, 2014) – AMSOIL Championship Snocross, powered by Ram, saw Tucker Hibbert’s (Monster Energy/Arctic Cat) storybook undefeated season come to an crashing halt on Friday at the Days of ’76 Rodeo Grounds as one of the future heirs to Hibbert’s top spot in the sport of snocross – Wisconsin’s Kody Kamm (Hentges Racing/Polaris) – “bumped” Hibbert out of the way off the start and rode to his first victory of the 2013-’14 ACS season.

And in Pro Lite action at Deadwood Corin Todd (Leighton Motorsports/Polaris) would pull out the victory in an equally wild contest.

Pro Open

If there was one venue where AMSOIL Championship Snocross fans could have marked their calendar with ‘Anybody’s race’ it would have been Deadwood. Hibbert struggled here last year and, given his history with Kamm (the two had an aggressive run-in at the previous round in Shakopee, Minn.), this would be a make-or-break weekend for Hibbert’s run at a perfect season.

With Hibbert selecting the very inside line with the No. 1 gate pick and Kamm lining up right beside him with the No. 2 pick, Hibbert got out a little bit ahead – but was quickly met at the apex of the first turn berm and hit in the side by Kamm, forcing Hibbert off the track. Hibbert would run his Arctic Cat nearly two-thirds of the way around the track before re-joining the field in 10th place.

“Oh man, I bumped Tucker a little bit, held my line,” said Kamm of the incident. Hibbert would be unavailable for comment as of press time.

With Kamm up front, 2012 ACS Pro Open champ Tim Tremblay (Scheuring Speed Sports/AMSOIL/Ski-Doo) would grab 2nd place, followed by No. 10 qualifier Kyle Pallin (Mystic/LaVallee Racing/Polaris). Six quick laps later on the tight, paper clip-shaped Deadwood track – with Kamm putting up a blistering 25.5 second lap time (to Hibbert’s 26:13) – the Polaris racer was up by eight seconds on the overall Pro Open points leader.

At the midway point of the 22-lap contest Hibbert had moved up to 4th and was beginning to challenge Pallin for 3rd, but Kamm and Tremblay were gone. And unless something happened, like a wreck, things didn’t look good for Hibbert’s win streak (which stood at 6-0 entering Deadwood tonight).

Kamm and Tremblay would lock up into an intense battle late in the contest, with Tremblay taking the lead from Kamm on the white flag lap. But Kamm held strong – wrestling the lead back from the former champ – en route to 1st place.

“Tremblay passed me on the last lap, but I was able to square him up on the next turn and take the lead back – held on to the end,” said Kamm.

Moments after that back and forth battle, Tremblay would go down, handing 2nd place to Pallin. This would have meant a podium for Hibbert, but the point leader made an uncharacteristic error and was flung off his sled – salvaging a 6th place finish in the end.

David Joanis (Royal Distributing/Arctic Cat) hung strong and made his first Pro Open podium, with Justin Broberg (Hentges Racing/Polaris) and Johan Lidman (Warnert Racing/Ski-Doo) placing 4th and 5th, respectively.

“The last two laps were unreal – people going down all over the place. It was just brutal out there,” said Joanis. “I pushed as hard as I could – so happy it paid off.”

Deadwood Friday Pro Open results

1	Kody Kamm	Hentges Racing	53	Polaris	Kenosha, WI
2	Kyle Pallin	Team LaVallee	324	Polaris	Ironwood, MI
3	David Joanis	Royal Distributing	115	Arctic Cat	Cochrane (Kok rane),
4	Justin Broberg	Hentges Racing	168	Polaris	Mukwonago, WI
5	Johan Lidman	Warnert Racing	52	Ski-Doo	Pitea, Sweden
6	Tim Tremblay	Amsoil/Air Force/Rockstar	11	Ski-Doo	Ste Jeanne D’Arc, Quebec
7	Logan Christian	Christian Brothers Racing / Drift	43	Arctic Cat	Fertile, MN
8	Zach Pattyn	Stud Boy Racing	99	Ski-Doo	Ravenna, MI
9	Petter Narsa	Team Jimmy John’s/Ski-doo/BossRacing	271	Ski-Doo	Moskosel,
10	Darrin Mees	BossRacing	9	Ski-Doo	stanchfield, MN
11	Cody Thomsen	Arctic Cat	62	Arctic Cat	Nisswa, MN
12	Levi LaVallee	Team LaVallee	108	Polaris	Longville, MN
13	Bobby LePage	Cottew Motorsports	244	Polaris	Duluth, MN
DQ	Tucker Hibbert	Monster Energy/Arctic Cat	68	Arctic Cat	Pelican Rapids, MN

Pro Lite

In one of the more thrilling, wide open Pro Lite events of the year Corin Todd would rise to the top for the win amongst the carnage, joined by Andrew Carlson ((Polaris Racing/Sportech/PMC) in 2nd and Travis Muller (Warnert Racing/Ski-Doo) in 3rd. The two were rather unlikely podium placers given Carlson ran off the track chasing the holeshot and Muller, the No. 1 qualifier, got tied up Andrew Lieders (LaVallee Racing/Polaris) and got back going in last place.

Leading the race from the early going after coming out in front on the holeshot with Todd and Nick Pattyn (Stud Boy Racing/Ski-Doo) was Judnick Motorsport/Polaris’ James Johnstad. Friday’s winner at the last round in Shakopee, Minn., Johnstad looked to have the race under control when, on lap ten, the Minnesotan unloaded in the rhythm section and smashed his chest into the handlebars of his Polaris – and just like that was out of the race.

Todd, who was riding equally fast and, in this case, a bit more consistent, took over the lead and never looked back, opening up a 14-second lead by the checkers at lap 14.

“There was a lot of carnage out there,” admitted Todd. “It was a long race and I picked lines carefully, tried to keep my head about me and avoid all the trouble. The track came together well and that ended up being a great race.”

Charging from the back of the pack up to 4th, Carlson took charge of 3rd place when Johnstad went down, setting his site on Pattyn – who would also crash (for the second time) and yield his 3rd place podium position to Carlson. Muller would then get by Pattyn on the white flag lap, coming all the way back from last to make 3rd. Pattyn would hold on for 4th in a spirited effort with Kevin Wallenstein (Ingles Performance/Ski-Doo) rounding out the top five.

Deadwood Friday Pro Lite results

1	Corin Todd	Leighton Motorsports	136	Polaris	Otego, NY
2	Andrew Carlson	CARLSON MOTORSPORTS	151	Polaris	Big Lake, MN
3	Travis Muller	Warnert Racing	436	Ski-Doo	Windom, MN
4	Nick Pattyn	Stud Boy Racing	198	Ski-Doo	Ravenna, MI
5	Kevin Wallenstein	Ingles Performance	122	Ski-Doo	Cadillac, MI
6	Korbyn Anderson	Team Anderson Racing	179	Ski-Doo	Allenton, MI
7	Trevor Leighton	Leighton Motorsports	931	Polaris	Eagle, ID
8	Andrew Lieders	Team LaVallee	857	Polaris	Colby, WI
9	Zak Mason	LEIGHTON MOTORSPORTS	863	Polaris	Gaylord, MI
10	Corey Watkinson	Watkinson Motorsports, Arctic Cat	173	Arctic Cat	Port Carling, Ontario
11	Dylan Hall	Royal / Hall Racing	421	Ski-Doo	Ayr, Ontario
12	Riley McClelland	McClelland Racing	310	Arctic Cat	Red Wing, MN
13	James Johnstad	Judnick Motorsports	154	Polaris	Beltrami, MN
14	Jordan Kraus	Relentless Racing	105	Polaris	Osage, MN
15	John Stenberg	Team Bauerly Racing	259	Ski-Doo	Lofsdalen, Sweden

Next up on the AMSOIL Championship Snocross, powered by Ram, tour is the Sat., Feb. 1 stop at Deadwood, S. D.’s Days of ’76 Rodeo Grounds.

2013-’14 AMSOIL Championship Snocross, powered by Ram

Round/Date City/State

1 – Nov. 29-Dec. 1 Duluth, Minnesota
2 – Dec. 6-7 Bessemer, Michigan
3 – Jan. 3-5 Shakopee, Minnesota
4 – Jan. 31-Feb.1 Deadwood, South Dakota
5 – Feb. 7-8 Salamanca, New York
6 – Feb. 21-22 Mt. Pleasant, Mich.
7 – March 7-8 Fargo, N.D.
8 – March 14-16 Lake Geneva, Wisconsin

Beginning with AMSOIL Championship Snocross’ season-opening round in Duluth, Minn. and running through the season finale in Lake Geneva, Wis. CBS Sports Network will air 16 half-hour programs of the ACS races.

Photos courtesy of Lissa Marsolek/ISOC

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