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 first story in “StarFire Kids – Midnight blue Express” is largely centered around this trailer, once the home base for the Polaris Professional Race
Starfire Kid and my friend Joel from SnoProUSA put this piece of massive awesomeness on his website. How awesome is that?? Thanks Joel!!!
Just some more photos that have come to light recently… the top one is Pam (Bunke) Klima watching the races in Eagle River with a
The First IFS Cross-Country Machines Starfire Kids – Midnight Blue Express chronicles the amazing story of how the first IFS cross-country sleds were conceived and
Just a nice shot of one of Larry Rugland’s 73 factory Starfires. Note the aluminum pipes. I believe this was taken in the pits at
Awesome video shots of Starfire Kid Randy Hites beating the snot out of his race sled in the Winnipeg to St. Paul race. Randy would
A few years ago, I got to meet fellow Starfire Kid Gordy Carlson and see the 1977 SnoPro he’s been the caretaker of a for
Thee two motors were built by Fuji for Polaris starting in the late 1960’s. The 4 cylinder inline motor was built as an answer to
“Author Larry Preston is a home-grown Minnesotan. Growing up Larry was an avid fan of the Polaris Professional Racing Team, who says his family always
Jerry Bunke and Brad Hulings 440 machines from 1977, photographed at the Kawartha Cup in Peterborough, Ontario in February of 1977. These pictures are from
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.
