 Snowcross is a growing sport in Minnesota and over the weekend the sport made a stop in Brainerd. And this week's Northwoods Adventure Clayton Castle takes us to the Minnesota Snowcross Regional Circuit. Very excited to bring it back to Brainerd, hasn't been here for a number of years. It's been a while but it's back. This past weekend saw the return of the Minnesota Regional Snowcross Circuit to the Crow Wing County Fairgrounds. It was a cooperation of many different agencies that brought the event back to Brainerd, including coordinating every single detail down to who was going to produce the snow used for the races. With the cooperation of so many entities, the city, we've had rare excavating, we've had Tommy Thompson, the county, the state, all hauling snow, Eric Sullivan from Nautilus Land Services hauling all this snow in here because you can't make snow here. Organizers spent long hours before and during the races to make sure the snow was perfect for racing. Well we started about three thirty four o'clock in the morning we're done at about seven for races. Organizers say that one of the big factors for bringing the snowcross events to Brainerd is to put the Crow Wing County Fairgrounds to use which stay mostly empty during the winter months. I just sat down with Gary DeSette from the Fairboard and Gary said you know this fairground sits here all winter long nothing ever happens here we should try to do something someday and Scott and I said why not run a snowcross race. The event provided an opportunity for young snow cross racers to showcase their talents in hopes of jumping to the national circuit. This is a regional circuit so we're trying to build the the young kids getting up and you know building them up to the national circuit. The weekend went on without a hitch and for one avid snow cross racer and youth snow cross instructor the event was a chance to expand the snow cross brand and continue the legacy of the sport. It keeps interest in the sport going because I mean what the general public it's kind of ho hum you know because of the weather and you know the high cost of snowmobiles and and so on. The event in Brainerd was the fifth of six events in the Minnesota Regional Snow Cross Circuit reporting in Brainerd for this week's Northwoods Adventure Clayton Castle Lakeland News. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.