CHESHIRE, Conn. — As the first widespread frost and freeze advisories go out around northern New England, officials at East Coast Snocross (ECS) have announced seven of nine planned events on their 2012-2013 racing schedule.

With an early layer of snow already atop the highest peaks, excitement is starting to build for what should be a highly competitive season. A number of the region's veteran meteorologists and even those at the Farmer's Almanac are predicting a cold and snowy winter for the northeast.

"We feel we've put together a pretty solid schedule at some excellent venues," said ECS General Manager Shawn Longbook. "Most of the sites are familiar to our teams; with hosts that were very gracious in the past and wanted us back. I also think the new sites we'll visit have a lot of potential. I expect this to be the most competitive season to date for ECS. We're all very excited about the arrival of winter."

Read more: 2012-13 Schedule Mix of Familiar and New

The long awaited schedule for the 2012-13 ECS snocross season is now posted under the Events menu and features a few new venues on top of familiar East Coast Snocross whistlestops! Once again the season gets underway at the beautiful Burke Mountain Ski Resort in East Burke, Vermont and concludes at the Titus Mtn. Family Ski Resort in Malone, NY.

One of the major event shifts will be with our joint ECS/ISOC Eastern Nationals in February. After 3 years of traveling to the Fingerlakes Gaming Casino in Farmington, the event now moves to the Southwestern part of New York and stops at the Seneca Allegany Casino & Hotel in Salamanca, NY. New venues like this generate large amounts of excitement when moved to a new market, so make sure this is a "must-attend" stop this winter.

A couple of site TBAs are simply awaiting final confirmation and notices will be posted in the very near future. The temperatures are dropping and the snows have already begun and sound of revving 2-stroke motors is just around the corner!

The updated forms for both Online or PDF formats have been updated and are now ready for your use. The forms can be found in the Racer Forms submenu under the Resources menu at the top of the page. If you plan on racing in ECS events only, make sure you select the correct option. If you would like to compete in any ISOC National events you will need to select the ECS and ISOC option. Get your memberships in early the cold weather is just arounf the corner!

We'll be adding a Racer of the Week Feature to the web site and Facebook pages up until the first ECS event of the season at Burke Mtn. in December. Let everyone in on your plans for the upcoming 2012-13 East Coast Snocross season. Still accepting profiles. Click the Read More link below and fill out the form to submit your profile.

Week 9 Racer - Connor Roscoe of daSilva Racing • Profile
Week 8 Racer - Bradley Tatro of Green Mtn. Racing • Profile
Week 7 Racer - Cassidy Kislowski of Damexco Racing • Profile
Week 6 Racer - Taylor Anderson of Team Southside Polaris • Profile
Week 5 Racer - Jesse James Bonaduce - Pro-Lite • Profile
Week 4 Racer - Leo Patenaude - Pro Lite • Profile
Week 3 Racer - Elias Nolin - 120cc • Profile
Week 2 Racer - Corin Todd of Bailey/Hulten/Polaris Snocross • Profile
Week 1 Racer - Mike Pilotte of Southside Racing • Profile

View all of the Racer of the Week profiles by clicking on the Racer of the Week link under the Racers menu selection.

Racers: Fill out the form and submit to ECS staff. Please forward a quality photograph to be included with your profile. Try to avoid sending, blurry, grainy camera phone type photos. We will randomly choose from submissions that are accompanied with clear photos.

Navigate to the complete submission form by clicking on the Read More button.

Read more: ECS Racer of the Week