JACKSON HOLE, WYOMING
Ski-Doo snowmobiles salutes the women winter warriors for their overpowering performances this past weekend, along with all the X-Team racers and the men that brought home the gold in both Hillclimb and Snocross racing disciplines. Sammi McKeachnie and Jadian Pfaff each won multiple Queen of the Hill titles at the Jackson Hole World Championship Hill Climb and Malene Cottew continued her dominance on the snocross tracks by winning twice at the ERX snocross event and more importantly wrapping up her fourth straight ISOC championship.
The Jackson Hole World Championship, hosted by the Snow Devils, is the premier hill climb racing event each year with its challenging mountain course and lineup of top racers from around the world. Ski-Doo racers found success with wins in 14 of the 26 classes over the weekend, including the women previously mentioned, who each took two Queen of the hill titles, Jadian in Stock and Mod classes and Sammi in Improved Stock and Queen of Queens. There were multiple wins in Juniors, Amateur, Semi-Pro and Pro also with Blaine Mathews took home a win in Vintage something that has become a fun class for all, in addition to winning Stock 1000, while Trent Handsaker grabbed two wins. The future looks bright as Ski-Doo riders qualified for 14 of the 15 spots available in Semi-Pro.
2024 Jackson Hole World Championship Hill Climb Ski-Doo wins:
600 Stock: Wes Selby
1000 Stock: Blaine Mathews
Pro Masters Stock: Carl Kuster
1000 Improved Stock: Brock Sharp
Pro Masters Improved Stock: Trent Handsaker
Pro Masters Mod: Trent Handsaker
Juniors: Marcus Boyd
Semi Pro Stock: Jhett Johnson
Semi Pro Improved: Harper Handsaker
Semi Pro Mod: Jhett Johnson
Women Stock: Jadian Pfaff
Women Improved Stock: Sammi McKeachnie
Women Mod: Jadian Pfaff
Amateurs: Tyson Dales
Vintage: Blaine Mathews
ISOC Snocross ERX Motorsports Park Elk River, Minnesota
Malene Cottew has been nothing short of dominant in women’s snocross racing for many years and cemented her fourth straight ISOC championship title with wins on both Friday and on Saturday night at the world class ERX racing facility in Elk River, Minnesota. With 12 wins so far this season, she has a chance to add a couple more at the season finale in two weeks.
The Ski-Doo dominance of snocross continued as X-Team racers took 19 out the 22 class wins on a very rough track against the best racers in the world. Jordan Lebel demonstrated great speed and sled control all weekend and after some bad luck on Friday night, he put it together Saturday to sweep all three legs of the triple crown event, taking first place overall in the Pro division. Crayden Dillon continued his mastery of the Pro-Lite class and showed his superb race craft by winning on both nights, with Friday’s win coming from the back row. Of course, with 19 wins there are plenty of stories to recount, but below are the weekend’s race winners:
Friday
Stock 200: Henry Dillon
Transition 8-10: Tripp Knudson
Transition 9-13: Ryder Hayes
Junior 14-15: AJ Skogquist
Sport Lite: Shade Meyer
Sport: Kenny Goike
Pro-Am Women: Malene Cottew
Pro-Lite: Crayden Dillon
Saturday
Stock 200: Jack Gelinas
Transition 8-10: Tripp Knudson
Transition 9-13: Easton Kuhn
Junior 10-13: Tavin Knudson
Junior 14-15: AJ Skogquist
Junior Girls 9-13: Victoria Dillon
Sport Lite: Lawrence Eeg
Sport: Tanner Johnson
Pro-Am Women: Malene Cottew
Pro-Lite: Crayden Dillon
Pro: Jordan Lebel