Round 3 & 4 Shakopee, MN
Thirty years snocross has been part of Canterbury Park’s event schedule. Going back to WSA days. Can’t saying snocross without Canterbury Park, this weekend was going so so with rain Thursday night eventually let up, leaving an icy deep, technical, and hard to navigate for riders track. We saw snow Saturday during the evening to night show making it feel even more like the “Daytona of Snocross”.
This weekend we kept a close eye on Jr 10-13 & Sport-Lite class, man these young guns are on the gas never letting up! Top Runner Ryan Shimanski would have a dominate weekend and winning the “Dominator” award taking home $1,000 bucks. We see Ryan being in a factory trailer soon once he goes into the sport classes. Securing second would go to Canadian athlete Jack Gelinas on the 680 sled chasing down Ryan but not closing the gap enough at the finish, rounding the podium would go to Logan Bruch battling hard to secure second but wouldn’t have enough time. Who will dethrone Ryan and do you see Jack or Logan swapping for moving up positions or will there be a new player that moves these three off the podium? 18 point difference separating Shimanski from second place in points.
Ski-doo has focused on rider first attitude while keeping lots of junior riders on the platform, sport-lite is that one class, looking at the points the top three riders are on Ski-doo’s. Derek Gosselin leading the way on his True North Racing sled in points and holding the torch high Friday with 1-1-1 results extending his points lead, will we see red plates in his sled going into the next stop? Derek would drop down a position to Ryder Hayes, who we didn’t see anywhere near the podium in Round 3 finishing 13th. Way to come back and get on the box Ryder! Thene Motorsports satellite rider Carter Van Horsigh rode strong as weekend long, standing on the podium both days, Friday would be a 2nd and Saturday a 3rd. Charlie Lucas of Lucas Racing had all engines firing with raw speed man this kid was on it, podium during rounds 5 & 6. We think so! On the Elite Motorsport program Thomas Didier fought all the way up to get third Friday, having his work cut out for him on this deep technical track this one didn't come easy.
Snocross announced Sunday morning the tour will see Cantebury Park again on the tour as the fill in for Deadwood. We are just as bummed as you are to not see the Historic Deadwood stop. Man Deadwood is just an iconic stop and the rich history. We hope to see the bullring in 2027! Looking forward we hear major changes will happen to Shakopee 2.0. See everyone there!
