The Polaris racing blog and the ongoing chronicle of the amazing men and machines of the Polaris Professional Race Team from author Larry Preston.
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.
By popular demand we have added Starfire Kids – Midnight Blue Express decals to the store! 7″ X 2″, they are perfect for your car,
At the first SnoPro race of the year, it wasn’t clear that Polaris would emerge as the dominant force in racing for the year; most
Nick named “the professor” because he was attending college when he began his career at Polaris as a Starfire Kids, Stan Hayes won the grueling
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.
