The Polaris racing blog and the ongoing chronicle of the amazing men and machines of the Polaris Professional Race Team from author Larry Preston.
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,
1974 Polaris SnoPros – Bob #77 Eastman on his 1974 340 SnoPro and Don Omdahl on his 1974 440. Both photos via CJ Ramstad.
The first run of Starfirekids – Midnight Blue Express is all sold out. It is now a collectible item, as I won’t be reprinting it
Hard to believe, but four years ago today we had a huge party up in Roseau, Minnesota to release Starfire Kids – Midnight Blue Express.
So this showed up in my inbox today. A film canister that came from John Deere that says: “Polaris IFS Snowmobile – Peace Garden Race
Those lucky enough to live in Roseau, Minnesota were not the only Starfire Kids. The Starfire Kids is a very large, extended family that could
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.
