The Polaris racing blog and the ongoing chronicle of the amazing men and machines of the Polaris Professional Race Team from author Larry Preston.
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
When the Starfire Kids arrived in Ironwood, Michigan in December of 1973 to begin the 1974 Sno-Pro season, they, like everyone else, were seeing the
After the accident that claimed Jerry Bunke, Polaris pulled the plug on the most effective factory race team in motorsports. So the team packed up
How Many Polaris RXLs Were Made? Well that is a good question that I get asked about several times per week. Our friend Ryan Koenig
So what’s a Yamaha doing on Starfirekids.com? Simple. These little monsters dominated the 440 class in the original, 1974 Sno-Pro series. Larry Rugland described them
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.
