Minneapolis – Sunday’s (March 15) running of Pro snowmobile racing’s premier competition racing series, Amsoil Championship Snocross, powered by Ram, from Grand Geneva Resort & Spa is scheduled to air live on CBS Sports, beginning at 3 p.m. EST.
Featuring the Emmy-winning announcing team of play-by-play men Chris Hawkey (KFAN 100.3/Minneapolis-St. Paul) and veteran Mike Schroeder, along with former top Pro snocross racer Levi LaVallee providing the color and Carly Aplin on the track, the annual Nielsen Enterprises Grand Finale, presented by Dayco Grand Finale is the series’ pinnacle event—a three-day (March 13-15) exclamation point on the world’s No. 1 competition snowmobile racing series. The Wisconsin-based contest, run up and down the Mountain Top ski area at Grand Geneva Resort, showcases snowmobile racing’s crown jewel series at it comes to a thrilling crescendo for its legions of fans across the motorsports spectrum with the live broadcast on CBS Sports.
“It’s been a banner season for Amsoil Championship Snocross, powered by Ram. And what a better way to wrap up championship runs in both the Pro Open and Pro Lite classes than to team up CBS Sports to deliver Sunday’s final—live on television—to our loyal fans,” said ISOC’s Carl Schubitzke, president and race director of Amsoil Championship Snocross. “We kicked off the season last November in Duluth (MN) and have enjoyed seven rounds of highly successful race weekends leading into Lake Geneva next week. And we can’t wait to show off the sport of professional snocross to the world.”
In opening the 2014-15 Amsoil Championship Snocross season, CBS Sports delivered an unbelievable 1.2 rating for the Amsoil Duluth Snocross National—making this the most-watched Pro snocross event of all-time with nearly two million viewers.
Who: 150 of the world’s top snowmobile racers
What: Rounds 15, 16 and 17 of 20114-15 Amsoil Championship Snocross
When: March 13-15
Where: Grand Geneva Resort & Spa, 7036 Grand Geneva Way, Lake Geneva, WI 53147
Times: Opening ceremonies are at 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Noon on Sunday.
Host hotel: Grand Geneva Resort & Spa
Tickets: General admission tickets are $25 per day or $40 for the entire three-day weekend. Children 5 and under are free. Parking is $5. Tickets are available at the gate and online at www.isocracing.com
More information: www.grandgeneva.com