Eight WPSA PowerSports Snowmobile riders qualified Friday for tomorrow night's Winter X Games 11 Snocross final.

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The final is scheduled to start at 8:15 p.m. MST, and will be telecast live on ESPN. The balance of the field will have to transfer through Round 2 of qualifying, scheduled for tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. EST. That event will also air live, on ABC.

Leading the charge into the final is five-time Winter X Games medalist Tucker Hibbert (No. 64 Monster Energy Drink/Arctic Cat). Hibbert will be joined by defending Silver Medal winner and three-time overall Winter X Games medalist Levi LaVallee (No. 108 Pirtek/Polaris). LaVallee's Hentges Racing teammate TJ Gulla (No. 44 Pirtek/Polaris) also qualified and looks to add a Winter X Games medal to his already impressive collection, which includes one Gold and one Bronze Medal.

Sophomore Winter X Games competitor Mathieu Morin (No. 27 XPS/Ski-Doo)will be joined by fellow French Canadian and Semi-Pro standout rider Katejun Coonishish (No. 101 Blair Morgan Racing/Ski-Doo). Winter X Games rookieBrett Turcotte (No. 196 Blair Morgan Racing/Ski-Doo), as well as Ryan Simons (No. 67 Speedwerx/Arctic Cat) and Mike Schultz (No. 5 Avalanche Race Team/Polaris) also transferred to the final.

Tomorrow's second round of qualifying consists of two heats with 12 riders each. The top-two finishers of each heat will also receive the final four spots in the final. The final is scheduled for 20 laps.

ESPN's Winter X Games, the world's premier winter action sports event, will be showcased on a wide variety of media platforms within ESPN and ABC, from nightly X Center highlight shows to daily Mobile ESPN content and more. The 11th annual event will be held January 25-28, 2007 in Aspen/Snowmass, Colo.

ESPN and ABC will feature 15 hours of live programming January 25 - January 28. ESPN2 will present daily late-night highlight programs from January 26 - January 29, resulting in 19 total hours of original programming for Winter X Games 11. Additionally, the Winter X Games will also be televised on ESPN's International networks to more than 121 countries and territories in Latin America, the Pacific Rim, Middle East, Africa and Israel.