The Polaris racing blog and the ongoing chronicle of the amazing men and machines of the Polaris Professional Race Team from author Larry Preston.
Way back in about 2005, I walked into my friends garage where he was building some clone RXL’s so he could go racing. On a
It’s finally done and is now shipping! The second printing of Starfire Kids – Midnight Blue Express is back from the printer and ready to
Brad Hulings’ 1977 440 Brad and this sled won so many races in 1977 that it was scary. Jerry and Steve won their fair share,
Forty six years ago, the big-time Polaris factory race team was headed into the 1972 race season with the brand new Polaris Starfire. It wasn’t
Heading into 1969, Jerry Reese built a custom sled with two of the new Fuji 800cc motors installed. The sled was fast, but as you
IT’S ALIVE! Video of Jim Bernat’s 1977 440 IFS Running This is Jim Bernat’s 1977 440cc triple IFS SnoPro, one of just four 440’s built
My First RXL The History Back in December of 1976, I got to see the 1977 leaf spring snopro sleds at the race in Alexandria,
A never before published photo of Starfire Kid Wes Pesek in 1970, clearly out west somewhere. Wes was one of the most effective racers in
The Polaris trailer in 1978, and the Freightliner that hauled it for many years. It was the best equipped race trailer of all the factories,
Recently discovered photos from Carl Lillenthal. These are of Pam and Jerry Bunke and a big check that helped them pay for their first house.
Starfire Kids Midnight Blue Express is the unauthorized and previously untold true story of the people from Roseau, Minnesota and the machines they built to find fame and fortune in the brutal, challenging, and often very dangerous sport of snowmobile racing in the 1960s and 1970s.
