Williams Lake’s Brock Hoyer is at it again, this time claiming first place in round one of the National Snow Bike MX Championship Race Series in McCall, Idaho on Saturday.
“We had a pretty good amount of snow,” Hoyer said of the racing conditions, as he travelled back to Williams Lake Monday. “It started getting foggy and snowing so it wasn’t the best visibility, but you go with it.”
The motocross course he competed on is about one minute long with jumps, corners, straights and obstacles.
Hoyer has participated in the race three times in a row, winning each time, he said.
When Hoyer reached the finish line after doing his five laps, he had a “fairly good gap,” he said.
“There were about five guys who were pretty quick for sure.”
Vernon’s Reagan Seig joined Hoyer on the podium Saturday, garnering second place.
The two Canadians were one of close to 60 competitors in the race.
Hoyer is hoping to participate in the bulk of the race series, which totals five rounds.
The other four rounds are slated for Feb. 13 at Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, March 12 at West Yellowstone, Montana, March 19 at Eden, Utah and April 16 at Boise, Idaho.
“A couple of the races are really far away,” Hoyer said of the distance he would have to travel from Williams Lake to participate.
Hoyer grew up in the Cariboo and said freestyling on snow machines comes very naturally to him and is a lot of fun.
When he’s not freestyling he’s working for his own business as a mobile mechanic.
