08/18/2026
🏁 LET’S PUT SNOCROSS ON THE NATIONAL STAGE! 🏁
What if one of the next faces of Sports Illustrated wasn’t from football, basketball, baseball or soccer…
…but from SNOCROSS? ❄️🏁
That’s why we’re asking you to help RUSSELL become the 2026 Youth Athlete of the Year!
Russell isn’t just a racer. He’s a multi-sport athlete, competitor, and kid who sets his own goals, creates his own practice routines, and constantly pushes himself to get better. He believes in himself, puts in the work, and then backs it up when the gate drops.
WHY THIS MATTERS BEYOND RUSSELL
Snocross and motorsports deserve a bigger spotlight.
Imagine opening Sports Illustrated and seeing a young snocross athlete representing the sport.
Imagine kids who spend their weekends at the track, in the pits, wrenching on sleds, chasing the perfect line and dreaming about racing seeing someone who looks like them on a national sports stage.
That kind of exposure could introduce snocross and motorsports to an entirely new audience.
And Russell could be the kid to do it.
He represents something bigger than a race result — hard work, determination, family, competition, sportsmanship and the belief that you can chase something different and still dream BIG.
So let's make some noise for snocross. 📣
🏁 VOTE FOR RUSSELL 🏁
You can cast a FREE daily vote every 24 hours. Voting is public and determines who advances through each round.
👉 VOTE HERE:
athleteoftheyear.org/2026/russell-b213 — VOTE FOR RUSSELL
And while you're there, FOLLOW WALSH RACING so you can follow Russell's journey, races, wins, crashes, podiums and everything that comes with chasing the checkered flag. 🏁
FOLLOW. SHARE. VOTE. REPEAT.
Let’s show the Youth Athlete of the Year competition — and Sports Illustrated — that SNOCROSS BELONGS ON THE BIG STAGE. ❄️🔥
