![]() Bob Ozman won the Dual Race that day and Sean Mallard won the Mass. Riders who were already qualified for the X Games could not race in the qualifying races but a seperate Super Mass Pro Race (6-man) was held that was open to everyone. The combined points of the two races determined those who qualified for the X Games. Dual (2-man) and Mass (4-man) races were held with points being awarded based on placement in each. On May 2-3, 1997, the IGSA San Bernardino Grand Prix gave anybody in the world the opportunity to qualify for the X Games! The event was a big success with a huge (at the time) field of 44 Street Lugers competing for the 32 available invitations. Marcus organized an IGSA sanctioned Open Qualifier in San Bernardino, CA to fill the remaining spots. For the 1997 X Games, the IGSA worked with RAIL, EDI, and Hot Heels to invite their top five riders. In early 1997 Marcus was hired by the X Games to be the new Street Luge Sport Organizer and the competitions would be sanctioned by the IGSA. They were unhappy with the current organizer so their contract wasn't renewed after the 1996 X Games. In late 1996 word got out that ESPN was looking for a new Street Luge organizer. The IGSA group kept working on their new sanctioning body sporadically through 1996 while most of them kept competing. ![]()
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