Story & Photos: Emily Wicklund
Cor Powersports brought riders to Dubuque, Iowa for the first round of the Midwest Extreme Snowmobile Challenge series. With National Hillclimb in Jackson Hole and a race at ERX, numbers were lower than anticipated.
Saturday featured hillcross and hillclimb each consisting of three rounds and finals. Cross-country was all scheduled for Sunday.
Hillcross
Hillcross was the first dicipline to hit the track. In the schoolboy class, Paul Brown won all his heats on his Arctic Cat. In the final he jumped the start and finished 2nd but was penalized 2 positions putting him back to 4th. Ski-doo rider Andy Junglen took home the win. Paul Brown also swept his heats in Sport 600 stock but finished 4th in the final which was won by Derick Krug. Michael Neely won Vet 30+ and Mitchell Gross took the open/sport 900 mod class.
Hillclimb
In Pro 900 Stock Andrew Michels had the fastest climb at 41.59. Joseph Matthias took the Schoolboy and Sport 600 Stock classes with a 42.18. In the Open class, Andrew Michels took home the win. Korey Johnson was the lone entry in Pro 900 Mod with a time of 46.05 and was the Mod King.
Cross-Country
Sunday brought in scattered showers and dense fog on Sundown Mountain. With no signs of fog lifting, riders took on the 2.1 mile course. Joseph Mitthias took a quick lead in the first race and was consistant through the 6 lap Sport final. He took the victory with Luke Van Lyssel and Nick Can Lyssel rounding out the podium. Michael Neely yet again won the Vet 30+ class with Joel Kreuziger and Adam Johnson behind him.
Marshall Busse took home the win in Semi Pro Factory with Derick Krug and Paul Brown rounding out the podium. Joseph Matthias had an excellent weekend taking another win in Sport Stock by a minute and a half. Peter Theisen also won the Trail class by over a minute. The 15-lap Semi-Pro final was a close battle across the board.
