The Polaris racing blog and the ongoing chronicle of the amazing men and machines of the Polaris Professional Race Team from author Larry Preston.
1979: With the tragic accident that claimed Jerry Bunke, Polaris corporate threw in the towel and decided they were done with professional oval racing as
In 2008 at a vintage snowmobile show in Waconia, Minnesota, Starfire kids Greg Hedlund and Bob Eastman couldn’t help themselves and had to fire Jim
That’s just Brad Hulings, humming along on his 440 machine, on the way to winning that class in 1978 at Eagle River. Brad has been
1976: With tough budget cuts to the race department, the Starfire Kids had to take 76 Starfires off the production line and modify them with
Jim Bernat earned his nickname of “smiling” Jim Bernat because that grin (or a bigger one!) is always on his face, even today. Right after
1976 photo of starting line introductions.. I think at the race in St. Paul, Minnesota. Bill Yobe was on the gold Sno*Jet (furthest right), then
Perhaps the most elusive of all the Polaris factory race sleds, only one of the 1975 factory sleds still exists. The 440 and 650 stand
Heading into the 1977 season, the leaf spring snopro was the weapon of choice. By October of 1976, there was just two IFS sleds built
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!!!
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.
