From championship contenders to veterans of the sport and young future stars, 11 KLIM-sponsored Snocross athletes will put the world's toughest Race Spec gear to the test in the premier snowmobile racing series, which kicks off December 15 & 16 at the Mt. Zion Snocross National in Ironwood, Michigan.
The 2023-2024 AMSOIL Championship Snocross series brings exciting changes for KLIM's Snocross race team with top professionals Emil Harr and Kody Kamm inside the Judnick Motorsports Polaris trailer, Hunter Patenaude and Anson Scheele representing Scheuring Speed Sports, Oskar Norum and Evan Christian riding for KC Motorsports Polaris and the Krajicek Racing team with Kolton Krajicek, Ryan Frank, Owen Eide, Isaac Otto and Eleanor Schmidt added to the lineup.
Anson Scheele
Started riding: Around age 4 at his parent’s house on an Arctic Cat Kitty Cat. He soon moved up to a 120 so he could “go a little faster.”
Race team: Scheuring Speed Sports
Hometown: North Branch, Minnesota
Notable racing achievements: Sixth place, AMSOIL National Championship Snocross Series, Pro Lite class, 2023
Snocross Sport class win
Champion, Snocross, Jr. 14-15 and Jr. 16-17 class, 2018
Off-season hobby: Summers are spent playing golf and riding motocross
Fun fact: Big hot sauce guy: “It goes on everything.”
Named one of the most promising riders in the sport, snocross.com, 2018
Son of former pro Snocross racer, Aaron Scheele
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Eleanor Schmidt
Started riding: Age 4 at Minnesota’s ERX Motor Park on a Polaris 120.
Race team: Krajicek Racing
Hometown: Brainerd, Minnesota
Notable racing achievements: First place, AMSOIL Regional Championship Snocross Series, Sport Women class, 2023
First place, Regional Snocross, Jr. Girls 9-13 class, 2023
First place, Regional Snocross Jr. Girls 9-13 class, 2021
Off-season hobby: Boating is her second-favorite thing to do
Fun fact: She loves animals – especially donkeys
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facebook.com/p/Eleanor-Schmidt-Racing-100063549219675
Emil Harr
Started riding: Age 3 at his home in Sweden on a Yamaha BR250.
Race team: Judnick Racing Polaris
Hometown: Sorsele, Sweden
Notable racing achievements: Second place, AMSOIL National Championship Snocross Series, Pro class, 2023
Six Snocross Pro class wins in 2023
Second place, Swedish championship, Pro class, 2019
First place, Nordic champion, Pro class, 2019
Off-season hobby: Loves to hunt with his dogs and spend time with his girlfriend
Fun fact: Nicknamed "Moose" because he loves moose meat
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Evan Christian
Started riding: Age 4 in his parent’s yard around Christmas time on an Arctic Cat ZR 120.
Race team: KC Motorsports Polaris
Hometown: Finley, North Dakota
Notable racing achievements: Seventh place, AMSOIL National Championship Snocross Series, Pro Lite class, 2023
Fifth place, Snocross Pro Lite class, 2022
Two podiums, including a win, in Snocross rookie season, Pro Lite class, 2022
Champion, Snocross, Sport class, 2021
Second place, Snocross, Jr. 14-15 and Jr. 16-17 class, 2018
Off-season hobby: Loves to ride Harley-Davidsons, play golf, race dirt bikes and mountain bike
Fun fact: He graduated high school with a class size of six.
He has raced snowmobiles and dirt bikes since he was 4.
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Hunter Patenaude
Started riding: Around age 5 at home on a SkiDoo 700 Trail Sled.
Race team: Scheuring Speed Sports
Hometown: Hartland, Vermont
Notable racing achievements: Seventh place, AMSOIL National Championship Snocross Series, Pro Lite class, 2023
Fifth place, Snocross Pro Lite class, 2022
Two podiums, including a win, in Snocross rookie season, Pro Lite class, 2022
Champion, Snocross Sport class, 2021
Second place, Snocross Jr. 14-15 and Jr. 16-17 class, 2018
Off-season hobby: Enjoys riding his gravel bike, road bike and mountain bike, farming and other outside activities
Fun fact: In the offseason, he spends the majority of his time sitting in a tractor or working on the farm.
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Isaac Otto
Started riding: Age 5around the yard on an Arctic Cat Kitty Cat before racing an Arctic Cat 200 in the regional series.
Race team: Krajicek Racing
Hometown: Brainerd, Minnesota
Notable racing achievements: Second place, AMSOIL Regional Championship Snocross Series, Stock 200 (Ages 6-12) class, 2021
Off-season hobby: Mountain biking, soccer and fishing
Fun fact: Dad has been a Snocross mechanic for 14 years and Isaac loves working next to his dad on his sleds
Youngest of four children with three older sisters
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Kody Kamm
Started riding: Age 5 racing motocross on a KTM 50 SX before racing Snocross at about age 14 on a Ski-Doo MXZ 440.
Race team: Judnick Racing Polaris
Hometown: Kansasville, Wisconsin
Notable racing achievements: Champion, AMSOIL National Championship Snocross Series, Pro Open class, 2017
Two-time X Games silver medalist
Off-season hobby: Motocross and mud trucks
Fun fact: “I can do it all!”
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Kolton Krajicek
Started riding: Age 3 an Arctic Cat 120
Race team: Krajicek Racing
Hometown: Denison, Iowa
Notable racing achievements: Second place, AMSOIL National Championship Snocross Series, Sport Lite class, 2021
Finishing third in first Snow Bike race
Off-season hobby: Racing side-by-sides in the summer, going to the lake and riding dirt bikes
Fun fact: He started racing dirt bikes when he was 3: “My dad got tired of chasing me around the track with training wheels on, so I had to learn how to ride with no training wheels if I wanted to continue racing.”
He won his first short course side-by-side race as a rookie.
He is part owner of the Krajicek race team.
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Oskar Norum
Started riding: Around his mom’s property on his grandpa’s old leaf spring Tundra. His first sled on a snocross track was a Polaris Pro XR 800 when he was 10 years old.
Race team: KC Motorsports Polaris
Hometown: Bjurholm, Sweden
Notable racing achievements: Third place, AMSOIL National Championship Snocross Series, Pro class, 2021
Sixth place, Pro class, 2022
Swedish champion
European Champion
Off-season hobby: Likes to hang out with family and friends, ride things with engines, bicycle, train, travel and the outdoors
Fun fact: Snocross started as a family thing growing up riding with his friends in Sweden. He reached his childhood dream of coming to race in the USA.
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Ryan Frank
Started riding: 8 years old on a 1971 Arctic Cat Panther 440
Race team: Krajicek Racing
Hometown: New London, Minnesota
Notable racing achievements: Fourth place, AMSOIL National Championship Snocross Series, Pro AM Plus 30 class, 2023
Off-season hobby: Motocross, off-road racing, wakeboarding and flying his plane
Fun fact: Has pilot license and an Advanced Open Water scuba diving license
He is a Wings for Life ambassador, a nonprofit spinal cord research foundation
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