The Polaris racing blog and the ongoing chronicle of the amazing men and machines of the Polaris Professional Race Team from author Larry Preston.
In 2002, working some very talented people, I finished the restoration of my first 1978 Polaris RXL. Al Enno, Doug Monson, my brother “Doc Jim”
Larry Rugland was a man on fire in 1975 – winning more than his fair share of the money, trophies and press. Eagle River was
Craig Rollins was a star-stuck sixteen year old kid at the race at Bass Park in Bangor, Maine in 1977. “I don’t think I’ll ever
I love this photo. It was taken early in the morning of the first day of racing at the Dayco Holiday Spectacular in Alexandria, Minnesota
Raw, unedited footage of the Snopro races in Waldheim, Saskatchewan in 1979. After the 1978 season, the Polaris factory pulled the plug on the factory
At the end of the very successful 1977 racing season, the newly christened ‘Midnight Blue Express’ was charged with the task of building a production
One of Jerry’s best weekends in 1977 happened in Peterborough Ontario. In this very rare video, Jerry is filmed winning the 250 and 440 Super
I’ve often heard of the Polaris cross-country race trailer, but I had never seen it, nor seen a picture of it. Thanks to Facebook, I
Happy Thanksgiving – and I have a lot to be thankful for. Finding more and more 1977 photos is way up on that list! Enjoy!
Just found these photos on the old ‘interwebz over the last couple of days. I believe they are both from Bill Cudney. The top one
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.
