12.1.10
The next stop of the National Snocross Tour will land only 40 miles from Tucker’s home. On December 10-11, the best snocross racers in the world will invade Newman Outdoor Field in Fargo, North Dakota. It sounds like a homefield advantage for the Monster Energy/Arctic Cat pilot!
Click HERE for Tucker’s full schedule to find a race near you!
11.25.10
Can’t make it to Duluth for the snocross season open? Watch the races LIVE from the comfort of your home for free! ISOC will be providing a web stream of the weekend’s races starting Friday morning at 9 a.m. Log on to www.isocracing.com to watch the drama of the first race of the season unfold. Click HERE to download the race schedule so you don’t miss any of the action.
Stay updated on the go with the Tucker Hibbert Official Facebook Page. A member of Team 68 will update his Facebook throughout the weekend with instant race results and trackside videos. The first video is already posted. If you’re lucky, you might even get a sneak peak under the hood of the no. 68 Monster Energy/Arctic Cat!
9.20.10
Mark your calendars! All eight stops of the AMSOIL Championship Snocross Series will be broadcasted on VERSUS this winter. Click HERE for the full broadcast schedule.
11.15.10
This race report is a couple months overdue but I still wanted to fill you in on my Chequamegon Fat Tire Festival experience.
On September 18, I lined up for my third Fat Tire Festival cross-country mountain bike race. This year was different. Instead up waking up at 5 a.m. and leaving my bike in staging with 1200 other bikes for the 40-mile race, I slept in. Since I was just cleared for full activity a couple weeks prior from my knee surgery, I opted to race the 16-mile event with a few friends.
I didn’t know what to expect and the only goal I had was to ride as hard as I could. I lined up around 700th place in a mass of nearly 900 people and bikes. It was cool and sunny, perfect for a race. When the gun shot, it felt like five minutes before I could clip-in and start pedaling. The race started on a barricaded city street in Cable, WI. I didn’t see any major pile ups but there were few close calls.
I spent the first nine miles weaving in and out of riders and their bikes trying to make my way up to the lead pack. The course gradually narrowed and eventually got into the woods. By that time, I had finally joined a group of riders riding at my pace. I pinned it the entire race and was the 46th rider to cross the finish line at Telemark Resort. I finished at 1:00.27.1 which put me fifth in the 25-29 age group.
Next year, I’m applying for a preferred start and want to win.
10.21.10
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9.7.10
Join Tucker this weekend at the 44th annual Haydays grass drags, swap meet and vendor extravaganza. It’s the world’s largest snowmobile event and will mark the “official start of winter.” Tucker along with his Team Arctic teammates will be signing autographs under the Arctic Cat tent Saturday afternoon. Haydays is moving to a new location this year so make sure to bring along your detailed exhibit map from the September issue of Minnesota Snowmobiling courtesy of Arctic Cat.
What: Team Arctic Autographs
When: Saturday, September 11 | 1-3 p.m.
Where: Arctic Cat display at Haydays
38400 Oriole Ave – North Branch, MN 55056
For more details on Haydays, visit www.snobarons.info
8.16.10
In honor of Tucker gearing up for his 11th pro snocross season and his new column in On Snow Magazine, OSM is giving away 11 free subscriptions! Take the steps below to have a year’s worth of OSM delivered to your doorstep!
1. “Like” the Tucker Hibbert Official Facebook Page
2. “Like” the On Snow Magazine Facebook Page
3. Answer the question on Tucker’s Facebook Page: “Tell us about your snowmobile. If you don’t own a snowmobile, what’s your dream ride?”
4. Contest Ends: Friday, August 20 at 5:00 p.m. CT – 11 people will randomly be chosen to win a one-year subscription of OSM!
8/7/10
I just got back from my first-ever trip to ESPN Summer X Games. I’ve been at Winter X eleven years but my typical hectic summer racing schedule always got in the way of flying to LA for Summer X. I knew early this summer that I would be at Summer X but thought I was going to be competing not spectating. After my knee injury, I figured I better still go and check out the event.
Downtown LA is a totally different vibe than Aspen. I wasn’t too excited about being at the event since I wasn’t competeing and to be honest, I’m not a big fan of California – I learned that after living there for a year. I knew it would still be a good idea to go so I could see Super X in person to be better prepared for next summer. ESPN lined me up with a couple interviews and asked me to be the medal presenter for Thursday’s events. Thursday night, I handed out the medals for Super X Men, Super X Women, Super X Adaptive, Moto X Freestyle and Skateboard Big Air. The highlight of the night was presenting fellow snocrosser Mike Schultz with the gold medal for Super X Adaptive. He’s such an inspiration and I’m so pumped about what he’s accomplished since his accident. Check out his story HERE.
At Winter X, all of the athletes compete at one venue so it makes it really easy to watch the other events, do interviews, etc. Summer X is spread out a little more but ESPN does a killer job organizing the venues to make it fan friendly. My favorite event to watch in person was Best Whip. Television doesn’t do this competion justice. It’s insane how those guys can throw their bike completely backwards and bring it back around. The BMX park competitions were up on my list too. It takes serious skill to handle a bicycle the way those guys do.
It was cool to see friends from the moto industry, since I haven’t been to a race since Steel City last year, and to run into a couple Winter X athletes. Monster Energy hooked us up with suite tickets for the events and passes for the party at the Fantasy Factory Friday night. That place is like a giant playground for big kids! I had my eye on the tennis ball gun but couldn’t figure out how to sneak up to the second level to shoot it.
Summer X is on my calendar for 2011 and I’m keeping my fingers crossed that I’ll be invited to compete not spectate!
7.20.10
One of the most successful and popular snowmobile racers/athletes in the sport today, Tucker Hibbert, has agreed to contribute to the On Snow Magazine (OSM) guest editorial team for coming season. Tucker will pen five guest editorials, each appearing in the fast growing On Snow Magazine in both the United States and Canada. Tucker will give readers a behind the scenes look into the personal life of T-Train, his wife Mandi as well as family members and crew who make up Team 68. Click HERE to read the full release.
