The Polaris racing blog and the ongoing chronicle of the amazing men and machines of the Polaris Professional Race Team from author Larry Preston.
The life of David Eli Johnson was celebrated in his hometown of Roseau Minnesota this past weekend. The high school auditorium was packed with family,
The first race of the first ever big time professional snowmobile racing scene called “Sno-Pro” started in Ironwood Michigan in December of 1973. The press
This is a very rare photo… in 1974, Burt Bassett, Leroy Lindblad and Wes Pesek won the I-500 in Sault St. Marie Michigan. There are
Jim Bernat’s official induction into the Snowmobile Hall of Fame was in 1991. This is the official Hall of Fame information.
The press was fascinated with Dorothy Mercer, putting her in countless newspaper and magazine articles and often interviewing her for television. It was a good
With the budget cut to near zero on 1976, the factory team had no choice but to modify a greatly compromised 1976 stock Starfire. They
A very early picture of David Johnson in his natural habitat – riding and enjoying one of the many early sleds that came out of
Prior to the 1978 season, Jerry Bunke and one of his sleds were tapped to do some wind tunnel testing. The results came back too
Progress! Doors are now all up to snuff and all the body work that needed to be patched, welded or cleaned up is done!
Bob Przekwas, Loren Zutz, Ronnie Zutz, Burt Bassett, Wes Pesek and Mark Johnson placed 2nd through 8th in the 1976 Winnipeg to St. Paul Race.
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.
