The Finger Lakes Racetrack was invaded by snocross fans for Round 5 of the International Series of Champions AMSOIL Championship Snocross Series (ISOC ACSS) Eastern Nationals. The aroma of racing fuel and adrenaline filled the air as the best snocross racers in the world went bar to bar throughout the weekend.

While this was the fifth stop on the National circuit, it was the last stop on the tracks for Tucker Hibbert.  All of his competition kept that thought in the back of their minds as each one hoped to be the racer to derail Hibbert before he stepped down on his own to turn his attention to motocross for the remaining 2009-2010 season.

In the AMSOIL Pro Open final, the holeshot went to Levi LaVallee, of Longville, Minnesota, but Hibbert poured on the steam and got out front at the get-go. The drivers didn’t give in and instead stepped it up and put the pressure on Hibbert.

Ross Martin of Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, started in the middle of the pack and battled his way up to second place. With hard work, he focused on his lines. In front of his hometown crowd, Brett Bender of Colden, New York, forged his way up from the last row to get to the third place position.

The order stayed the same and at the checkered it was win number 55 for Hibbert. Martin took second and Bender took a well-earned third. Hibbert thanked the fans for a great season and said, “I’m going to go home and sit on my couch for a while.”

After a hard day of racing, the track was beaten down as 15 riders started out for 16 laps in the Air Force Semi Pro Super Stock #2. Mike Bauer of Owen, Wisconsin, nabbed an awesome hole shot.  Within the first two laps, riders started bumping and bobbling. The pressure was on.

Kyle Pallin of Ironwood, Michigan, grabbed a handful of throttle and didn’t let go. The most exciting race of the day was the battle between Pallin and Bauer only inches away for over half the race. Logan Christian of Fertile, Minnesota, was breathing down Bauer’s neck.

The top three stayed in that order for the remainder of the race, but it was bumper to bumper, near passes and lap traffic that created the heart pounding exciting race to the checkered.

On the podium it was Pallin with a well-earned first place, Bauer in second and Christian in third.

The next stop will be Round 6 in Salem, New Hampshire, for the HK Powersports New England National  for Valentines weekend February 12 to 14.

International Series of Champions
Amsoil Championship Snocross Series
Farmington, NY
February 5-6, 2010

Pro Open: 1. Tucker Hibbert (Cat); 2. Ross Martin (Pol); 3. Brett Bender (Pol)
Pro Super Stock: 1. Tucker Hibbert (Cat); 2. Tim Tremblay (Doo); 2. Ross Martin (Pol)
Semi-Pro Open: 1. Cody Thomsen (Cat); 2. Darrin Mees (Doo); 3. Justin Broberg (Doo)
Semi-Pro Super Stock 1: 1. Mike Bauer (Pol); 2. Colby Crapo (Pol); 3. Kyle Pallin (Cat)
Semi-Pro Super Stock 2: 1. Kyle Pallin (Cat); 2. Mike Bauer (Pol); 3. Logan Christian (Cat)
RMR Pro Open: 1. Danny Poirier (Pol); 2. Bobby LePage (Pol); 3. Iain Hayden (Yam)
RMR Pro Super Stock: 1. Danny Poirier (Pol); 2. Mathieu Morin (Doo); 3. Jason Boron (Doo)
RMR Semi-Pro Open: 1. Lincoln Lemieux (Doo); 2. Nick Pattyn (Cat); 3. Justin Ochsner (Pol)
RMR Semi-Pro Super Stock: 1. Nick Pattyn (Cat); 2. Brett Nastala (Pol); 3. Corin Todd (Doo)
RMR Pro Women Stock: 1. Steffanie Lemieux (Doo); 2. Martha Wells (Doo); 3. Paige Calderwood (Doo)
RMR Plus 35 Stock Pro AM: 1. Joseph Lemieux (Doo); 2. Greg Weever (Doo); 3. Michael Berghorn (Pol)
RMR Women Stock 600: 1. Steffanie Lemieux (Doo); 2. Paige Calderwood (Doo); 3. Melanie Acker (Pol)
RMR Sport Stock 500: 1. Joseph Bishop (Doo); 2. Sean Wright (Doo); 3. Marshall Himes (Cat)
RMR Sport Super Stock 1: 1. Jake Scott (Pol); 2. Jesse James Bonaduce (Doo); 3. Mike Billow (Pol)
RMR Sport Super Stock 2: 1. Joseph Bishop (Doo); 2. Christopher Ingles (Doo); 3. Jake Scott (Pol)
RMR Plus 25 Stock: 1. Daryl Nutting (Pol); 2. Josh Gessinger (Cat); 3. David Bidwell Jr. (Pol)
RMR Plus 35 Masters Stock: 1. Rene Desrochers (Pol); 2. Rob Sapp (Cat); 3. Jason Soucy (Doo)
RMR Junior 16-17: 1. Edward Bandel (Doo); 2. Leo Patenaude (Cat); 3. Nick Zielinski (Doo)
RMR Junior 14-15: 1. Edward Bantel (Doo); 2. Hunter Nelson (Doo); 3. Leo Patenaude (Cat)
RMR Junior 14-17: 1. Leo Patenaude (Cat); 2. Connor Roscoe (Cat); 3. Edward Bandel (Doo)
RMR Junior 10-13 600: 1. Tyler Adams (Cat); 2. Kaleb Dallmann (Doo); 3. Hunter Patenaude (Doo)
RMR Junior 10-13 380: 1. Montana Jess (Doo); 2. Wade Acker (Pol); 3. Nate Newland (Doo)