Jan 11-13, 2008 - Canterbury National Summary

Friday, January 11

Race 1 Pro Super Stock Canterbury Park in Shakopee, MN- held host to great performances of Team BOSS Racings’ Athletes, Crew, and Fans. The Team Boss Racing convoy was parked at the front of pit row and on pit road in full view of the grandstands. Pro rider Jeff Snow was up first in Heat one of the tough Double Header weekend. Jeff placed 8th in his first heat, 8th in his second heat, and rebounded to a 5th place finish in his 3rd heat. Team Boss was chasing suspension failures and set up flaws brought on with the ever changing conditions of the track. Robbie Malinoski placed 7th in his first heat putting down one of the fastest lap times of the race, he then placed 8th, and in his third heat he held a 6th. Holeshots eluded the crew all day- riders were piloting different sleds than those they had practiced on the month previous. The pursuit of perfect match of rider to sled was in high gear- and sled setup was in a constant state of flux. During the LCQ, Robbie’s tangled with another rider putting him 20 seconds behind the leader, and unable to get back to the front. The evening activity did not wane, as crew chief and mechanics handily addressed the raw feed from, Robbie and Jeff – intensely focused- tweaking and tuning settings to match the field input.

Race 2 Pro SS –Pro rider Jeff Snow placed 7th, 7th and 8th, in his three round series. During round one – Another snocross pilot landed his machinery atop Jeff Snows sled - tearing the right cowling off and spun his throttle 90* in a downward direction- not good. Adding to the drama- Jeff got caught up in the final moments of fellow riders accident- He threw the sled into a skid to avoid an overturned sled but lack of visibility got the better of him and he ended the scene parked atop thrown rider Levi LaValle. As Levi quickly got to his feet, SPEED Channel took the opportunity to air a replay.

Robbie Malinoski faced similar challenges in the first race series leading him to three 6th place finishes and a 5th place LCQ transfer to the Final. In the 15 lap final Robbie led the Team BOSS Racing Ski-Doo FXR sled to 8th place, inside the top ten and the highest placing Ski-Doo Team. Now attention turned to Saturday’s powerful Mod division.

Saturday, January 12

Jeff Snow:
Round 1, Heat 1, Finished 8
Round 2, Heat 2, Finished 5
Round 3, Heat 2, Finished 6
Last Chance Qualifier- Finished 8th

Robbie Malinoski:
Round 1, Heat 2, Finished 5
Round 2, Heat 1, Finished 4
Round 3, Heat 1, Finished 3
Qualifies 9th for Final in the Front Row.
Finished 12th after running in 10th spot, lost motor leaned out @ ten laps.

Sunday, January 13

Jeff Snow:
Round 1, Heat 2 Finished 5
Round 2, Heat 2, Finished 6
Round 3, Heat 3, Finished 5
LCQ Finished 5th Place

Robbie Malinoski
Round 1, Heat 2, Finished 6th
Round 2, Heat 2, Finished 4th
Round 3, Heat 3, Finished 5th
LCQ Finished 2nd

Both riders made the final finishing 12th (Jeff) and 13th (Robbie).