Duluth Report

The kick off weekend to the national series in Duluth is over!

It's always a stressful round... with new teams, new riders, new formats and mad suspense.

It's the ultimate testing weekend to see where the new factory equipment excels and where the teams need to improve.

Taylor had some bad luck in qualifying on Saturday for the stock class, including some poor starts in which he had to try to come through the pack in a short amount of laps. Then in his second round Taylor and Brett Turcotte were battling back and forth a little to hard causing Turcotte to get a black flag and disqualified from the round, and Taylor having to go to the LCQ.

The Mod classes started off hectic, way to much horse power entering a very small first corner, Taylor came through mid pack and worked his way to a hard earnerd 4th.

Then in round 2 Taylor's rear shock bolt broke in the first down hill, and nearly sent him over the bars as he pogo sticked over the finish line table top. He pulled aside and slowly finished the race just to get points.

He still had enough points to get in to the final. The final consists of 20 riders, 10 in front and 10 in the back row. Steve started in the back row and rode smart the whole time awarding him with a 6th place finish!

The top ten results for the Pro Open Final are as follows :

Tucker Hibbert -Arctic Cat

Ross Martin- Polaris

Levi Lavallee -Polaris

Robbie Malinoski -Polaris

Emil Ohman-SkiDoo

Steve Taylor-Ski-Doo

Cory Davis -Arctic Cat

Garth Kaufman- Arctic Cat

Matt Judnick-Polaris

Zach Pattyn _arctic Cat

* Photo Credit: Steve Hamilton WFO Photography

The count down begins...

Only 3 more days until Steve Taylor lines up for the first National of the season!

This is an exciting and suspenseful event for Taylor, who will be back on a two stroke SkiDoo and racing both the stock and mod class. He has not rode anything but a four stroke Yamaha since 2006, which only competed in the mod class.

The change will really set in to the industry and race fans as they watch Taylor's mechanic reach to a pull start handle on Taylor's ride for the first heat, instead of an electric start button!

Taylor will arrive in Duluth this Thursday night, after a week of testing at Park-X in Hill City, Minnesota.

For the Pro race schedule or live timing and scoring go to www.isocracing.com!

Warnert Racing

Follow SkiDoo and The Warnert Racing Team :

http://www.warnertracing.com/index.htm

TV Times for Snocross National Rounds

BROADCASTING OF AMSOIL CHAMPIONSHIP SNOCROSS SERIES TO APPEAR ON VERSUS TV CHANNEL!!

Dates and times as follows...

AMSOIL Duluth National -Duluth,MN Sunday, January 3, 2009 - 2 p.m. Eastern
Milwaukee Mile National - Milwaukee, WI Sunday, January 10, 2010 - 4 p.m. Eastern
Western Nationals - Sandy, UT Sunday, January 31, 2010 - 4 p.m. Eastern
Air Force National - Shakopee, MN Sunday, February 14, 2010 - 4 p.m. Eastern Eastern Nationals- Farmington, NY Sunday, February 21, 2010 - 4 p.m. Eastern
New England Nationals - Salem, NH Sunday, March 7, 2010 - 4 p.m. Eastern
Canadian Nationals - Sarnia, Ontario, Canada Sunday, March 21, 2010 - 4 p.m. Eastern
Hayward Powersports/Polaris 300 National - Hayward, WI Sunday, March 28, 2010 - 4 p.m. Eastern
Nielsen Enterprises Grand Finale - Lake Geneva, WI Sunday, April 4, 2010 - 4 p.m. Eastern ATTN CANADIANS: This tv channel is not available in Canada for the most part, so to watch the racing action you will have to go to: http://www.isocracing.com/LiveTiming.aspx. ((THIS IS LIVE, SO YOU MUST WATCH IT THE DATE OF THE ACTUAL RACE, NOT THE DATES OF THE TV TIMES ABOVE. ))

Taylor to compete at International Series of Champions

Follow Steve Taylor as he competes at the 2009-2010 ISOC series !!

For live broadcasting of his races you can go to this link:

http://www.isocracing.com/LiveTiming.aspx

Schedule of Events

December 11-13, 2009

AMSOIL Duluth National, Spirit Mountain, Duluth, MN

December 18-19, 2009

Milwaukee Mile National, Milwaukee Mile, Milwaukee, WI

January 9-9, 2010

Western Nationals, Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, UT

January 22-23, 2010

Air Force National, Canterbury Park, Shakopee, MN

JANUARY 28-31 ESPN WINTER X GAMES, ASPEN COLORADO

February 5-6, 2010

Eastern Nationals, Finger Lakes Gaming & Racetrack, Farmington, NY

February 13-14, 2010

New England Nationals, Rockingham Park, Salem, NH

February 20-21, 2010

Canadian Nationals, Hiawatha Horsepark, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

March 6-7, 2010

Hayward PowerSports/Polaris Hayward 300, LCO Casino, Hayward, WI

March 19-21, 2010

Nielsen Enterprises Grand Finale, Geneva Resort, Lake Geneva, WI

Blast From The Past

The last time Steve went to the line on yellow was in 2006 for the Factory SkiDoo- Blair Morgan Racing Team. Note here he's riding a Rev... this will be his first year on the new XP chasis that has been out for a couple of years already.

Steve Taylor Signed with Factory Skidoo

Press Release: Nov. 1/09

After one year away from the snocross racing scene as a factory test rider for Yamaha USA, followed by 2 years back on tour competing on the developing 4 stroke Nytro, Steve Taylor has gone back to his old roots.

He will be back on yellow this year, riding the new 2010 stock and mod SkiDoo 600's against the fastest racers in the world.

Taylor will ride out of the Warnert Racing Team for Factory SkiDoo with team mates- Tim Tremblay from Quebec, Dylan Martin from Wisconsin, Christian Salemark from Sweden, Darrin Mees from New York, and Justin Broberg from Wisconsin.

Many old Taylor fans are excited to see his speed and technical, smooth riding style return on the light weight XP. He is sure to be competing for a championship and an X-Games medal this year!