1888 Press Release - Rocky Mountain Snowmobile Racing is a new professional snowmobile racing circuit for the Rocky Mountain States. With six stops in the points series, the first race of the season took place in Grand Lake, CO on January 4-5, 2014. The next event in the series is Roost the Butte in Crested Butte on January 18-19 and will feature many professional riders as a warm-up to the ESPN 2014 Winter X Games.

Denver, CO - Rocky Mountain Snowmobile Racing (RMSR) hosted it's inaugural race event at Winding River Ranch in Grand Lake, CO, the snowmobile capital of Colorado on January 4-5, 2014. Host Jolstad Motorsports took advantage of the early season snow to build four great tracks for the event that challenged the riders and provided a great weekend of racing action for spectators.

Anticipation at the track was high for the debut of HillCross and Drag Races to the race schedule. SnowCross and SnoOval complete the four-discipline lineup that will be offered at all six RMSR race event this season. All four disciplines offer a wide variety of classes including Juniors, Women, Sport, and Pro Lite. The 2014 race schedule can be viewed.

The attention now turns to the Roost the Butte event at Crested Butte Mountain Resort in Crested Butte, CO on January 18-19. The second of six stops on the RMSR points series, the Roost the Butte event will also be a practice opportunity for the 2014 Winter X Games in Aspen, CO at the end of January. Many of the major manufacturers will be sending their athletes to participate the Roost the Butte event, including Polaris racer and nine-time Winter X Games medalist Levi LaVallee. More information regarding sponsorship or race registration for the Roost the Butte race event can be found.

Race Recap

Saturday's action had riders competing in the HillCross and SnoOval disciplines. Many racers brought out their vintage sleds but it was Tony Cook (brand?) who was the winningest driver of the multiple SnoOval vintage classes. The action wrapped up Saturday afternoon with the HillCross Pro Open final that saw Artic Cat racer Taylor Meuwissen take the podium followed by Dylon Moss (Polaris) and AJ Stoffle (Ski-Doo). All three Pro riders also earned an additional purse by wearing avalanche packs provided by RMSR sponsor Tyler's Backcountry Awareness.

Racers brought out their fastest sleds on Sunday for the SnoDrag competition. Following a great morning of double-elimination racing, Chad Westbrook (Polaris) edged out Steve Penley (Yamaha) in the SnoDrag Pro Open class. The weekend's racing action culminated with the SnoCross finals that included a very competitive Junior 10-13 class. Ultimately it was Taylor Meuwissen (Artic Cat) who took the top spot in the SnoCross Pro Lite class with Jason Fox (Polaris) and Wes Chapman (Artic Cat) rounding out the top three.

About Rocky Mountain Snowmobile Racing
RMSR is the rebranded, reenergized, and expanded XMR, a regional professional snowmobile race circuit collectively coming into the 8th season of winter racing action. Since the inaugural 2007 - 2008 winter season, the racing has been a lot of fun with two-day, multi-discipline race events located throughout the Western Region. Following a hugely successful Roost the Butte four discipline event at the end of the 2012 - 2013 season, RMSR will be offering four disciplines at six two-day race events for the upcoming season. For additional information, visit 720.771.1949 and info ( @ ) RMSRracing dot com dot

Media Contact: Mike DePalma, Race Director, mike ( @ ) RMSRracing dot com, 720.771.1949