SNOWMOBILE RACING IN DEADWOOD

Deadwood South Dakota January 31, 2014
SNOCROSS SHOOTOUT - Deadwood - Kody Kamm didn't have the best starting spot but it was the right place to grab the lead in Friday's International Series of Champions Pro Open Final.
Kamm, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, qualified second behind snowmobile racing series point leader Tucker Hibbert of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, for the start of the twenty two lap Pro Open final at the SnoCross Shootout at the days of '76 Rodeo Grounds.
   But Kamm found the lead when Hibbert's Arctic Cat sailed wide in a tight left-hand first turn.  Kamm paced the 15-rider field the rest of the way, but only after fending off a last-lap blitz from Tim Tremblay of Drummondville, Quebec. Tremblay later tumbled his sled on a section of whoops coming out of the turn and finished seventh.
   "I was getting a little tired and making a few mistakes out there," Kamm said.  "I knew he (Tremblay was going to come back on the inside...I just squared him up and got him right back there," Kamm said.
   Kyle Pallin of Ironwood, Michigan, finished second with Dave Joanis of Cochrane, Ontario third.  Hibbert has his work cut out for him after sliding off the first turn. He the powered through the fireld to as high as third place before the last-lap scramble among the leaders.
   Corin Todd of Otego, New York won the 14-lap Pro Lite final, taking advantage of a late-race off-track
by Andrew Carson of Elk River, Minnesota.  "Andrew unfortunately came off late in the race in the section right after the finish line.  I got the lead there, not the way I wanted to get it.  I wished I could have passed him myself, but a win is a win," Tod said.
   Round 8 of the Amsoil Championship is Saturday at The Days of '76 Rodeo Grounds.  The Deadwood Shootout rounds will be televised on The CBS Sports Network on February 9th and 16th.