Snocross Finishes Up at Spirit Mountain

DULUTH - The final day of the snocross weekend was a cold one... But the place to be none the less."It's a life style, we do it every weekend, every year. This is actually my 15th year doing it. It's a big family event, the whole family comes. So it's a big part of our life," Kurt Bauerly, Co-owner and Race Manager of Team Bauerly Racing said. And it's the adrenaline rush that's keeping the racers on their toes."There's just so much excitement and the anticipation and once you get out there everything just kind of goes away and we get in the zone and it's just a lot of fun," Bauerly explained. What started as just a friendly game between brothers, became a professional dream. "Me and my brother started racing and it was just kind of a family thing then we started doing better and better and became a sponsored team from Ski–Doo," Bauerly said. What has become known as the biggest and oldest, boldest race of it's kind, is continuing to bring in a crowd."Duluth is always an exciting event, there's people that come from all over the world; Sweden, Norway, Japan, Canada, all over. So everyone comes and meets in one area and it's really exciting because everyone likes to see who's fast this year and which brand is going to be the fastest. Just a good way to kick off the year," Bauerly said. And it's not just old names coming back to take on the course."There's some new names that nobody knows and they're a big surprise so that's always fun to see and good for the sport as well," Bauerly said. An important part to remember about the duluth championship? Temperature plays a big part in these races. "Today you'll see with the cold temperatures you get a lot of snow dust hanging in the air making visibility tough," Bauerly explained. Just because it's the last day of Snocross, doesn't mean it's the final lap. Goals are constantly being put in place for these racers."Just to keep learning and to keep growing the team and getting better riders and as we learn more we get better and as you get better it's more fun," Bauerly said.