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With a snowmobile jumping distance record of 301.5 feet, Thacker would seem a shoe-in for Knock Out. Thacker thinks his chances are good, though he says he won't have the usual control over the ramp and landing. He's also working on a unique -- and scary-sounding -- trick for Best Trick, made more frightening by the fact that he anticipates his first on-snow landing will be at Winter X.