The Polaris racing blog and the ongoing chronicle of the amazing men and machines of the Polaris Professional Race Team from author Larry Preston.
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.
Enjoy Mitchell Johnson, David Johnson and Mike Hetteen discussing the early days of our favorite little company, some race footage, as well as a look
Watching Brad Hulings on his 250 leafer hauling the mail in December of 1976 left an impression on me. I wanted to ride that sled
Stan won a hard-fought battle to win the 1973 Winnipeg to St. Paul race. Thus grueling, man-beating, sled-destroying trek through Canada and Minnesota was incredibly
It’s on the way to the printer folks! The second printing of Starfire Kids – Midnight Blue Express has been updated, cleaned up and is
After the 1977 SnoPro racing season, Jerry Bunke was on top of his game. This photo (taken by Jim Beilke) was taken at an October,
This is the standard 1977 Polaris promo picture, features a 440 twin leafer, and the race team with Don Omdahl. When they first shot this
Greg Marier took this candid photo of Jerry Bunke as the biggest year in his career was just about to start in International Falls, Minnesota,
Polaris went from three guys (David Johson, Allen Hetteen and Edgar Hetteen) tinkering in a garage all the way to being a Fortune 500 company.
For a few years in the mid to late 1970’s, International Falls, Minnesota was host to an unofficial snopro race to start the season. The
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.
