
Jim Bernat’s 1975 340
Jim Bernat, one of the original Starfire Kids, kicking you know what and taking names on his 1975 340cc machine. Location unknown.
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Jim Bernat, one of the original Starfire Kids, kicking you know what and taking names on his 1975 340cc machine. Location unknown.
In December of 1977, I was fourteen and watching the races at the famous Dayco Holiday Spectacular and was snapping pictures as fast as I
After one of the first races in 1974, the phones in Roseau started ringing off the hook with racers wanting these special “torque converters” they
Two good photos from Eagle River, 1975 featuring Jim Bernat (269) on the outside of Doug Hayes (Absolutely an honorary Starfire Kid!) on his 440.
In 1969, Polaris was still working with variety of engine providers, so headed into the ’69 race season they were using a variety of German
The best of the best lined up to do battle for the 1977 Eagle River World Championship. If you read the story of this race
Some rumors have been swirling about Reverend Rugland’s medical condition, and tonight I spoke to his wife Kathy to set the record straight. Last Sunday
New information has come to light from Thee Starfire Kid – Bob Eastman. When the team went to Alaska for testing in October of 1976,
1975 was arguably Larry Rugland’s best year as a Polaris factory racer. He would win the overall points total for the year with impressive wins
In 1968, the team made some special racers that featured the giant grill on the front that came to be known as the “Cow-Catcher”. It
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.