Team AMSOIL in Super Bowl of Snocross

Locally Based Riders to Compete in Winter X-Games

Aspen, CO ~ The nation's elite snocross racers will converge this week on a Colorado mountain to determine the best of the best at ESPN Winter X-Games VIII. DJ Eckstrom of Island Lake, Minnesota again leads a strong AMSOIL team to Buttermilk Resort January 30 - February 2. AMSOIL teammate Justin Tate of Forest Lake, Minnesota is also in the exclusive field of competitors.

Eckstrom already has three podium finishes in four World Snowmobile Association events. He's currently third overall in the Pro Open Class and fifth in Pro Stock. Tate has podium finishes in the first two events of the Super Snow Cross Stadium Series. He's in the top 12 in WSA Pro Open and Pro Stock. Both riders will compete in snocross and hillcross.

Team Owner Steve Scheuring of Aurora, Minnesota has taken Team AMSOIL to the games five years running. Eckstrom placed third two years ago and has never finished out of the top six. AMSOIL struck gold in 1999 with Chris Vincent riding the now familiar black sleds.

Eckstrom earned a return trip to the games with his top six performances last season. Tate was awarded entry to the games with his 2002 International Iceland Championship. Qualifying rounds are held across the country to fill the 32 snocross and 27 hillcross spots. Snocross is an oval course with deep drops and big air jumps. The hillcross course goes straight up the mountainside nearly a half-mile with monster mounds and large launching pads.

For more information on AMSOIL and Team AMSOIL racing click here. The X-Games snowmobile action can be seen beginning February 1 on ABC and ESPN.

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John Schuldt
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