After the conclusion of another great year of racing, it's time to thank the people who made it all possible.

Difficult weather conditions created a major obstacle, yet ECS carried on thanks to herculean efforts from our awesome staff;  including Shawn Longbook, General Manager; Fred  Mang, Race Director; Bob Pawlowski, Track Engineer; John Decato, Tech Director; Jenn Carrier, Registration and Scoring Manger; Shawn Achilles, Race Schedule Director; Jamey Magowan, Circuit Announcer; Travis and Taylor Leighton, Snow Making/Track set-up/Race Official (anything you ask of them)

We would also like to thank the following staff members and Race Officials for their outstanding efforts; Rhonda Decato, Jessica Stiles, Paul and Amanda Deslandes, Brianna Magowan, Murray Price, Justin Mensing, Larry Wierzba, Dan Donohoe, Jerad Bologna, John Przestrzelski, and Nicole as well as our other part-time workers and those affiliated with host groups. Of course, Mike Key who handles our web site and print design and Phil Whipple our PR Director.  It takes a ton of manpower to pull these things off, and you folks got it done in fine fashion.

Of course, we also want to extend a sincere thanks to all of our great marketing partners, including presenting sponsors AMSOIL and Woody's Traction; along with New England Race Fuels, Choko, Ingles Performance, daSilva Motorsports, Malibu Boats, Island Water Sports, AFX Helmets, EVS, Camoplast, Arctic Cat, Ski-doo, Polaris, and C & A Pro Skis.

East Coast Snocross is also proud to have support from the following associate sponsors, who contribute greatly towards the overall cause; North Star Racing, Camara Slate Products, Jones Cam, Mike's Towing Service, CJ's Auto Body,  Ruggeiro Racing, Al's Snowmobile, Green Mountain Racing, Pattenaude Pool Plasterers, RPM's Apparel, Powermadd, Lemieux Trucking, Desrochers Excavating, Wood Island Corp, 139 Designs, Paramount Construction, and Team Southside.

On the competition side, we all witnessed some exciting racing across the board. Capturing most of the headlines was the dominant season enjoyed by Danny Poirier, as he recorded his third career Pro championship.

Yet other athletes stole the spotlight whenever possible, like young Lincoln Lemieux when he claimed the high-stakes, non-points ECS Challenge in Plattsburgh. And after coming up just short of the old Semi-Pro titles one year earlier, Lucas Brunelle nailed the first-ever Pro Lite championships to confirm he's ready for the move up to Pro.

Outstanding performances in all divisions including the hot rookies in Pro (Chris Ackerman, Mike George and Jacob Muller); Mike Pilotte's head-turning run in Duluth and late-season charge here in the East; the emergence of young Montana Jess (four clean sweeps in Sport Super Stock), and the fine efforts by Leo and Hunter Patenaude, among many others. There were exciting races from start to finish - and that is what it's all about.   Our end of the year  Awards Banquet had a recorded setting attendance.

Thanks again to all of our racers, staff members, highly-valued sponsors and dedicated fans.  We are both looking forward to an even more exciting 2012-2013 season, and who knows, it might even snow!

Truly yours,
Bob Roscoe and Eric Scott

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Long awaited return to Maine on tap for East Coast Snocross series,
Presented by AMSOIL and Woody's Traction

CHESHIRE, Conn. (March 2, 2012) - It's no secret that Maine has some of the finest snowmobile trails in the country, and is also home to thousands of race fans with numerous active paved ovals in the state.

Now, after a five-year absence, all of those sled-loving powersports and racing enthusiasts have reason to cheer. Championship snowmobile racing finally makes a long-awaited return to the Pine Tree state, as East Coast Snocross (ECS) invades Carrabassett Valley on Saturday and Sunday, March 10-11, at the Sugarloaf Regional Airport.

Read more: Snocross Returns to Maine

EVS Sports, a proud sponsor of the East Coast Snocross series is a firm believer in rider safety in all forms of motorsports. To show their dedication to safety, EVS Sports will be giving a 50% off coupon to the winner of each class at the next ECS stop in the great state of Maine.
Visit EVS-Sports web site to see their full line of protective gear from chest protectors and braces to helmets and rider apparel.

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At the Grand Prix de Valcourt snocross event last weekend, ECS Sophomore Pro Corin Todd made a mid-season brand change a permanent one as he campaigned his daSilva Racing Ski-doo XP race sled in the Pro Division events in Canada. Todd made both Pro finals in Valcourt on his stock sled including a 1oth place finish in the Pro Open final.

Todd of Otego, NY started off the 2011-12 snocross season back onboard the Arctic Cat, this time running under the Camara Racing flag. After a successful 2011 rookie season in the Pro Division where he scored a Pro Stock win and multiple podium finishes, struggles with the new Cat chassis prompted the change.

As so often happens when manufacturers make major chassis changes, it takes the better part of a season for teams to work out the bugs of the new design. After 3 ECS point races, and only one podium finish in Boonville, it was decided that a sufficient amount of forward progress was not realized with the new Cat chassis. So talks began with Paul daSilva, owner of the Hampstead, NH based Ski-doo race team, about the brand switch and to maintain a reasonable chance for a division championship.

Read more: Mid-Season Brand Shift for ECS Pro Todd