Spirit Mountain November 23, 24 & 25, 2007
Press Release –
The PowerSports Snowmobile Tour’s national Snocross racing season starts Friday November 23rd at Spirit Mountain with the 16th Annual AMSOIL Duluth National Snocross. The AMSOIL Duluth National is recognized worldwide as the largest terrain racing event on manmade snow.
Established and promoted by WPSA, Spirit Mountain and Visit Duluth, the AMSOIL Duluth National has been the model of innovation throughout the sport and was created to bring traffic to Duluth, Spirit Mountain and local hotels. The annual event is Duluth’s third largest, drawing thousands of fans and injecting $6 million into the economy.
The top racers in the world of Snocross racing will be in Duluth, AMSOIL’s D. J. Eckstrom and Shaun Crapo both of Scheuring Speedsports will be at Duluth.
Also at the AMSOIL Duluth National Ross Martin, last years Pro Open and TJ Gulla, the Pro Stock champion. Making this year’s race very competitive is returning past AMSOIL Duluth National champions, Tucker Hibbert, Robbie Malinoski, and Blair Morgan to the field.
The AMSOIL Duluth National is using snowmaking equipment at Spirit Mountain for the start of this year’s WPSA Snocross tour and while early cold temperatures have been less than favorable the 2007-2008 tour starts this Friday. The snowmaking will continue right up to race time on Friday Morning.
The Friday racing is scheduled to start at 3:00 P.M. rather than of 9:30 AM. This change is to ensure time to prepare the best track possible for the racers and spectator viewing. Friday’s fireworks show is still scheduled for 6:00 PM
For more information call (218) 722-4011, 1-800-4-duluth or log onto visitduluth.com or powersportstour.com.
