The Polaris racing blog and the ongoing chronicle of the amazing men and machines of the Polaris Professional Race Team from author Larry Preston.
I love this photo from 1978. That teenager in upper left with the Polaris hat (A hat he got from none other than Bob Eastman
The Scott Johnson Formula 500 sled – raced by Madison Phillips – pictured here in Alexandria by photographer Nick Skajewski. I cannot stop staring at
Boyd Burke on an original 1979 RXL set a new record in Forest Lake, Minnesota of 89.6 MPH for a new NSSR record for vintage
In his big win in Beausejour, Manitoba in the 1960’s, Allen was driving what could be considered the very first factory snowmobile that was purpose-built
Well done article from our friends at Snowtech on the iconic 1977 Polaris TXL, complete with some GREAT, never before seen photos! After losing the
A few weeks back I posted some photos of the Scott Johnson Formula 500 sled that he and his team designed to be a modern
40 years ago, Steve Thorsen won his second World Championship. Yesterday, Blaine Stephenson, racing the very last motor built by the Reverend Larry Rugland, won
Snowmobile racing was popular enough in the late 1970’s that news of Jerry Bunke’s accident was even published in the New York Times. The Times
Bill is part of the team that designed the iconic 1977 Polaris SnoPro hoods – including the famous bursting star. Here’s he’s giving a TED
Almost a year ago, I published a story that Jerry Bunke’s 1973 440cc Starfire had been found. I based that merely on a phone call,
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.
