9/30/2006
"YOUR WEB SITE NEEDS MORE YELLOW & ORANGE PLEASE"
When a couple of sleds are this dang sexy, I just can't help throwing a picture up. These are both in the Snowmobile Hall of Fame. I believe both belong to The Krueger family. Thanks to Loren Anderson for sharing the photo - including the top secret one I cannot show just yet....
Speaking of the Hall, the latest issue of Supertrax magazine has a blurb on the Jerry Bunke 1978 440-X RXL in the hall of fame. It features a GREAT photo of the sled (That's your poster hall of fame! Sell copies of that photo!) but the story has some details incorrect about the sled. I hate to get nit-picky about this stuff, but I can't let it go...... For the record, what is pictured is not a "1978 Starfire". It is in fact, a 1978 440X RXL (that's why the RXL logo is on the hood!). It is one of only 3 made. It does not have a 1978-1979 hood on it. That's a 1978 hood. The 1979 hood had a windshield, and a 3-tone blue paint job. There. I said it. I feel better. ;-)
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FIRST EVER VINTAGESLEDS.COM FLASH MOB!
A group of guys organized a get together of anyone who reads the Bull Sessions. They set it up to meet at a park in Detroit Lakes Minnesota this week. The purpose? Shoot the breeze, have a beverage, look at each others sleds and scare the bejesus out of anyone else in the park with open stinger pipes. By all accounts, everyone had a good time. I'm just sorry I wasn't there to share in the fun. To be fair, I didn't read the posts about it and no one invited me. My loss for not paying attention! Here's the thread about the get together, and here's some photos from it.
STARFIRE WARNING
Keith Warning sent in these photos of the 250 Starfire he put together to go do a little grass draggin'. Dig the 74/75 SnoPro hood mounted on the original belly pan, with the 75 decals. That looks sweet! We'll have to wait until Monday to see how she performed. I know it has some trick clutch parts in it. {{cough, cough}}.
9/27/2006
SNOPRO CHALLENGE AT GLENWOOD
Thanks to our good friends at Wahl Brothers, Provntage racing has announced a special one day snopro challenge race. Any Pro Vintage SnoPro member racing in the Snopro series who races in Glenwood, Minnesota, this coming February3rd and 4th will be eligible to win a special "high point driver of the day" purse of $1,000! Upping the stakes at this race even more... the race is already featuring the first awarding of the coveted Hetteen cup since Jim Dimmerman won it in the 1980's!
PVR Snopro series President Bill Stull called with the news morning. "This will up the amount of drivers and spectators for the race and the series - both of which are good for the over all sport of vintage snowmobile racing".
IRV THE LIQUIDATOR
Most Arctic Cat and Polaris fans will remember, with a sneer, the name Irwin Jacobs. Irwin's not the man that made Arctic Cat sick in the late 70's and early 80's, but he is the guy that pulled the life support and killed it. Irwin is back, and is on the cover of this month's issue of Twin Cities Business. Oddly enough, they put a title on the cover: "The Lion On Water Irwin Jacobs, Boatmaker and Business Builder".
Business builder??
In 1978, Irv bought out the largest shareholder in Arctic Enterprises, which was both Arctic Snowmobiles and Lund boats at the time. The very next year, Arctic filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Maybe it's just a coincidence that Irv stepped in and took over. Not to save the company, but to profit from the salvage.
But then again, maybe not.
In the Article, "Irv the Liquidator" (as he was known in the junk bond 1980's) has little to say about the whole Arctic Cat deal. Not a word about what it meant to the industry, customers, and the economy of Northern Minnesota. Instead. Irv focuses on what Irv knows best. Irv.
"I took it over. We sold off the snowmobile assets and merged our boat business with theirs. When we liquidated, we created Minstar, Inc."
Minstar was used as an umbrella company in the 1980's for Irv to perform takeover attempts and leveraged buyouts - about 30 businesses he tried or succeeded in killing all. Minstar was later renamed to Genmar. He currently runs Genmar. Looking for a new boat?
Makes me wonder where Arctic would be today had he not been involved... and where all the super rare race stuff would be had it not been auctioned off and hauled away to the four corners of the universe.
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Picture taken end of January 1981 in Canada, with about 10,000 people on hand to watch Gilles race - little did they know it would be the last time. Note the damaged hood & seat: Gilles had crashed while testing the machine. |
As she looks today. Current owner Brad Warning says he still has a little work to do on the sled, but it was on display for the first time last week at the Eagle River Reunion - with Allen Decker's original as well. |
9/25/2006
THE LAST SLED OF GILLES - NEW RAREBIRD
It's been a long time since I've added to the 'Rarebirds' section of the web site.. but I couldn't pass up adding this one. Many of you saw this sled for sale on Ebay a few months ago - disguised as a Ski-Doo.
This is the last sled Gilles Villenueve ever raced. At the time he was racing cars for Ferrari. In the fall he was at Bombardier, working on the twin tracks, then left for Europe to race the Ferrari's. Gilles came back to Canada mid-season to race this one. He ran it once. Ferrari found out he was playing with snowmobiles, and that was the end of Gilles' sled racing.
There was two Ski-Doo twin trackers built for the 1981 season, and one Moto-ski. They were the prototypes for the twin tracks that would come later. For most of its life, this sled was run by Bill Fullerton as a Ski-Doo, painted yellow right over the original Moto-ski Orange. Ed Webb had this sled in his collection until he sold it last year to Brad Warning bought it.
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Jim Smith's got a new baby: This fine looking 78 RXL just found a new home in his garage. |
Brad got it restored just in time for the Eagle River show last weekend. Brad was yanking everyone's chain at the show by telling everyone within ear shot he was going to "fire it up and drive it across the parking lot". As you can imagine, all the Deckers looked it over very carefully. Allen Decker was in on the testing of them in 1981. At the end of the season, Allen got one of the prototype Ski-Doo's to race, so he remembered everything about them. Allen still owns his, and it was also on display last weekend at Eagle River. Jacques Villenueve's Ski-Doo is still owned by Bill Fullerton.
Even though these were revolutionary, according to Allen Decker, the first year prototype was one big bug fest. They knew the twin trackers had potential, so they just kept working through the issues. Brad Huling's on his single track Scorpions killed everyone in 1981. But by 1982, the twin tracks began the domination that would eventually drive the single trackers off the track.
IT'S STILL OUT THERE!
Jim Smith has dreamed of owning an original 1978 RXL since, well since 1978. This week, Jim's dream came true as he brought home this absolute beauty to his garage. It hasn't been raced for over 10 years. Jim found it in Washington state and is really looking forward to the restoration. Congratulations Jim and welcome to the Midnight Blue Express!!!!!
9/25/2006
IT'S FIXED
A few minutes ago there was a problem with the connection to vintagesleds.com. The problem has been resolved - we apologize for any inconvenience.
9/21/2006
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
I get asked that a lot lately - usually followed by "Why don't you update your site more often!!". So here's the scoop. I'm pretty busy at work. Fortunately, I love what I do, so that's not an issue. I'm also knee-deep in way too many projects. Here they are, in order of what will get done first:
| Brad Hulings' 1978 440-X Polaris RXL Restoration |
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Photo of the sled back in the day, courtesy of Retrosno.com Bob Rankin. Photo was taken at Scarborough Downs , Maine in 1978. On the right is how it looked the day I started to go to work on it.
The sled was found on the East Coast, it was being drag raced with an 800cc Polaris free air motor in it. It has a magnesium bulkhead, and a serial number that clearly makes it one of the 78 440-X sleds. How do I know it is Hulings? Well, Steve Thorsen's 78 440-X is owned by Rob McMillian in Canada. Rob and I spent hours on the phone looking at every hole, cut, weld, mark, dent, mounting and piece of dirt on both sleds, and came to the conclusion his has to be Thorsen's (too many things matched the original photos to be coincidence) and since Jerry Bunke's is in the Snowmobile Hall of Fame - that leaves this one to be Hulings. As a bonus, the handlebars, gas tank fittings and the footloop all match how Brad had his. The serial numbers are strange for a 78 RXL, and they are one number off from each other!
Currently the sled is stripped to the bone; The motor is being gone through, parts are being cleaned, the track needs many new cleats, the seat is being repaired. I expect to have her done around the 1st of November. |
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It's not in the garage yet, but I'm getting ready for this one. This will be my rider sled this winter: A 1972 Polaris ATX 500 triple. |
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In getting ready to do a little more racing this winter, I'm doing a little upgrade work on last years 250cc leaf spring SnoPro. Nothing major, just some small improvements to the track, chassis and pipes.
The other one is a clone 340cc RXL. Since this one is being built from scratch, well, you can imagine how much work is going into this one. Fortunately, I have some really, really smart people helping me with the tricky parts on this one. I've owned and driven a lot of RXL's in the past several years, but this is the first one I'll be able to really race. I can't wait. Both are expected to be done before we get ice.
I'm also helping Jim Haug get is 340cc leafer ready as well has his new sled, which if I told you about it, I'd have to kill you. ;-) |
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As a few of you know, I've been working on a book about the Polaris race team for some time. I've interviewed Leroy Lindblad, Larry Rugland, Don Omdahl, David Johnson and many more, but I still have many, many interviews to go.
Recently I got to go to Rushford Minnesota and visit with Vern Bunke, brother of the late great Jerry Bunke. While I was there, I visited Jerry for a bit.
I plan on having the book ready this spring. I cannot wait to tell the full story about David Johnson's race career, all the way to Jerry Bunke and all the others that were, and dreamed of being on that team. |
So I've been getting to the updates as much as I can... but they might be a little slower then I like. In the meantime, enjoy the Bull Sessions - thats 500 people adding new stuff to the web site 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year! Thanks for all the great feedback, comments and support!
9/20/2006
'WINTERSMOKE' IS #500!
A new milestone has been reached on the Bull Sessions. Today, the 500th person signed up to take part in the fun and participate. Going by the name of 'Wintersmoke', the 500th person probably didn't realize he (she?) was the person to hit the magic number. About eight times as many people are still just lurking on the Bull Sessions - so c'mon! Jump in!
Thanks to Doc Jim who spends way too much time monitoring the Bull Sessions so they stay a fun friendly place for all of us to hang out.
TIP OF THE DAY: For those of you at work staring at the Bull Sessions at work, be sure to install a 'boss key' program of some type... these programs will allow you to hit one special key on your keyboard and will cover up the Bull Sessions with some boring looking spreadsheet. This will make your boss think you're working, all the while you'll be getting paid to yak about your favorite subject! Search Google for the term "boss key". They range from free to $29.
9/17/2006
CAT TWIN TRACKER ON THE BULL SESSIONS
A thread popped up on the Bull Sessions about Arctic Cat's attempt to jump into twin trackers in the early 1980's. Yes, one of the prototypes survived - and here it is:
IT'S STILL OUT THERE
Terry Bashoor struck Cat gold a few weeks back when he found a 76 cat 250 Z in a barn, and a 77 Cross-Country Cat was behind an apartment complex! Here's Terry's description of the finds:
These pics are just more proof that they are still out there. The 76 250Z was found sitting in a barn in Pennsylvania waiting to be discovered. The 77 Cross Country was sitting in the back yard of an apartment complex in Lincoln,Illinois. Oh yeah they are both residents of Ohio now. The Z is stripped down to the bulk head for a complete restoration and the Cross Country is resting comfortably inside waiting for its turn on the bench - along with a dozen or so other Cats!
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These two Cats were recently rescued by Terry Bashoor on Ohio. |
 9/14/2006
WATCH IT GET BUILT, KEEP IT FOR LIFE
The photo is vintage writer Hal Armstrong on his original 1972 Polaris ATX 335. He's wearing his dads original suit from 1971. You likely recognize Hal's name from many of the articles he's written for snowmobile magazines about vintage snowmobiles - including one in the current issue of Snowtech on the Brut.
Hal picked up this sled in October of 1971 with His dad. Pop Armstrong was the western Canada sales rep for Polaris at the time, and he worked out of the Polaris office in Beausejour, Manitoba.
Hal got to travel down with his dad to Roseau in the Polaris sales van and they actually got to watch it get assembled! The sled was then loaded right into the sales van. Hal and his father raced that sled for two years. Hal took a 4th in Junior 340 in 1972 with it at Beausejour that year.
The sled was later used for trail riding, hauling moose out of the bush and even driving it in the summer in the muskeg pulling a skiboose to get minnows. This was prior to ATV's. One guy would sit in the skiboose the other drove the sled. The swamp would keep the sliders cool. We would drive it into the small lake where we had our minnow traps. The minnows were dumped into a plastic garbage bin and the guy in the skiboose would sit with the garbage pail between his legs so they would not spill. The sled was fired up and they dragged the skibosse back to the road.
The sled is totally restored now and Hal always takes it to the Lake Belwood Vintage Rally in Fergus, Ontario each year.
9/13/2006
GIVING VINTAGE RACING THE BOOT!
Here are some pictures of a 1977 Yamaha ET 250 that was built for Kirk Zack the owner of HMK Snowmobiling - Kirk is of HMK snowmobile boot fame.
Kirk saw some of the race sleds we had built and he asked us (my dad and I) to build him a sled to race in the one lunger class. So we asked him what he wanted, the only condition was that it had to be a Moto Ski or a Yamaha - sleds we prefer to wrench on.
Kirk said he had the most fun as a kid on an ET 250, so that's what we built. The motor is stock, we did a little clutch work to get through the notorious "Yamaha" low end bog, the other items are mostly cosmetic. Note the Poalris tach, gaurenteed to make a one lung Yamaha go 10 MPH faster. ;-)
The 1st race will be a Yellowstone 2007.
Sent in by Larry Ellifritz of Spokane, WA - Can't wait to see how she goes!
WHAT MAKES KIDS HAPPY?
Riding sleds with dad! Steve Dahnke sent in this classic photo of his girls enjoying some vintage sno*jet caboose rides - Steve notes they had more fun in that then on the new Polaris pulling it!
 9/7/2006
VINTAGE SNOPRO RACING RETURNS - $11,000+ in prizes available!
Bigger and badder then ever, vintage SnoPro racing will return in the winter of 2006-2007, bringing the top name racers to six select events. Scheduled races are Eagle River WI., Freeport, MN., Glenwood, MN. (Awarding the Hetteen Cup!), Wausau, Wi., Hayward, Wi., and finally in Strathcona, Minnesota.
The series this year will be headed up by the newly reformed Pro Vintage Racing, with many of the members that made the Eagle River race a smashing success in past years. Bill Stull will be at the helm of the series.
This years Eagle River race will be run by the Derby track, as PVR will be running several other races in Wisconsin, as well as the SnoPro Series. The series awards are held in conjunction each year with the Snowmobile Hall of Fame's annual "Classic Sled Roundup" in the spring, where 3 drivers will walk away with division titles (free-air, liquid and IFS) and one driver will get his name etched into the Hall of Fame Cup along side 2005 and 2006 winner Mark Anderson.
The big news is that this year, the race tracks have put up $11,000 in prize money to be awarded to SnoPro drivers. All the races wil be 100% payback as well, meaning that vintage SnoPro drivers could indeed have a nice winter this year.
New this year is also a membership fee and class fees, as well as revised rules, classes and the point system. For more details, visit ProVintageRacing.com or see some of the additional information in the racing section.
9/6/2006
MORE TREASURE
Kevin Warning sent in this snapshot from "somewhere" in Wyoming. It's the back of a store, with a dozen or so trail muscle sleds strewn about. Talk about stuff... the Scorpions have to be of some interest, do they not? According to Kevin, they'd probably take $200 a piece for them..... Just goes to show it's still out there! Want to know more? Contact Kevin.
9/2/2006
SOME COLOR SCHEMES JUST STICK WITH YOU...
Grey Rolland got a motorcycle as a college graduation present. Needless to say, the bike was a big hit with Grey, who became obsessed with the color. So when it came time to build a sled, of course it would be a Yamaha (with an SSR 3 stage engine), but what to do about the color?
No problem. Just match your beloved bike, sit back and wait for the questions to start!
ATTACK OF THE ATX 500's
For vintage restoration guy and collector Dave Larsen, the lure of the 72 ATX 500 was just too much... again. When Dave found this one all alone in a wharehouse and looking for a new home, he just couldn't resist. I think this is the 3rd one for Dave, and he's really excited about driving this one this winter.
I like the ATX 500's so much that I had to get another one as well... my best memories of vintage riding over the last six or so years have been on an ATX 500 or 335. They just start so nice, sound so cool and run so well. Plus them big "bug-eye' headlights really get attention on the trail.
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8/31/2006
WHAT THE?
I've got some really cool tools to see what is really happening with a web site and the traffic going to and from it. One thing I always monitor is what words and phrases people put into search engines to find good old vintagesleds.com. As you would expect, "vintage sleds" and "vintage snowmobiles" have more and more searches done on them each year. Since 2000, each has had an average year to year increase of about 20%.
The phrase "vintage snowmobile racing" barely showed up in all the prior years. But this year, the number of people searching on that is up 250% from last year. What's up with that?
Speaking of vintage racing, I'm pretty close to putting up my story on the 2006 SnoPro races - a picture journey of the 5 races that made up the series.
PRINCETON REPORT
It's all good. Good weather, a much bigger then usual vintage sled show (Boss Cat II, Dave Larsen's VSCA national winning 68 Polaris, and an 81 Ski-doo racer with a neat history topped the list for me). Parts? You bet - as long as you weren't there searching for super-rare stuff, there was a lot of decent parts available. I found some spindles and clutches.
Lots and lots of semi-dressed young ladies made for sweet distractions almost everywhere you turned. I still have a sore neck from all the rubber-necking. That's the truly great thing about summer shows. Belly-button shirts. Short skirts. Long legs. Spaghetti-strap tops. What was I yakking about? Oh yeah, snowmobiles.
Rupp dominated the grass drags. Tracey Kruege rand his Rupp won several top honors over much bigger Polaris, Alouettes and Ski-Doo's.
SMITH BROTHERS ON A ROLL
The vintage version of Team Arctic racing from Wasilla Alaska has had everyone buzzing over the last few weeks. Team leader Mike Smith has made the trip from Alaska to the lower 48, and has burned out several rental cars (now there's a real Team Arctic guy!) running from Northern Minnesota to Eastern Wisconsin, to Southern Minnesota and back to Northern Minnesota. He's visiting swap meets, engine builders, chassis builders, racers, association leaders - anyone, anywhere involved with vintage racing.
It seems the brothers had such a good time with everyone down here that they just can't wait to get back down here this fall and do it all over again. I had a chance to travel along with Mike as he made a top-secret trip to the northland - I had to pick up some stuff from up there as well.
I can tell you first hand that Mike's enthusiasm is downright contagious. So much so that some very key people have taken a notice and are paying attention. I'm sworn to secrecy on the rest (even though being a Polaris guy and in the enemy camp, my lips are sealed!) but Mike and the boys are getting some pretty amazing things done this summer - despite being 3,158 miles away!
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Wade Bartholomew's new love: Another 76 Z,
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8/25/2006
PACKING FOR PRINCETON
Judging by the people I've heard from getting ready to be at Princeton tomorrow, it could be one heck of a great big show. Boss Cat II, VSCA and PVR booths, a Vintagesleds.com booth, and many many others. Vintage drag racing has a pretty good purse attached to it, so that should be a good show as well. I will be there at 7:00 AM or so, and will likely be around the Vintagesleds.com booth, or the VSCA booth. Hope to see many of you there!
THERE'S STILL MORE TREASURE OUT THERE!
Wade Batholomew sent in some photos and this story of his new found treasure: A 1976 Cat Z. Yep, the treasure is still out there!
Well, the story of this sled goes like this: My mom works with a guy and she showed him a picture of my other 76 Z, and he said "Oh I've seen one of them next to a barn on the way to my house."
Well he ended up buying it for $250 and I told him if he didn't want it I would buy it off of him. Well, he called me up a month later and sold it to me. Now its being restored back to original. Sled has been sitting since 1988, the last owner says. He trail rode it in Michigan, In a town called Glendale. All hood decals are painted on. Ya that's right. It doesn't look bad for being painted. It also has cooling fins under the running boards, instead of the radiator. It looks to be all there from there.
Just shows again they are still out there. Look hard.
Thanks - AWESOME WEBSITE!
8/21/2006
A GOOD DAY IN THE WEEDS
Jeff Lausten sent in these photos and the story below about two sweet old Yamahas he found out in the weeds one day. More proof that lots of treasure is still out there!
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Jeff Lausten's new treasure, A 73 SR292 and a 71 SR433. |
Hello Larry,
Here is a picture of the results of one good day of Bushwackin'. I heard about the one on the left from a car junk yard guy who was picking up some old vehicles from a place back in the woods near Shevlin, Mn. I had to check it out...
After a Saturday morning road trip and talking to a few different people the sled was found under a spruce tree in the middle of no where, the owner was no where to be found either, but a helpful neighbor pointed me toward the owners sister's house. I pulled in the yard having high hopes of possibly making a deal but was told by the old gal that the owner of the sled was in Michigan until July 4th!
I could hardly stand waiting for two weeks until the 4th rolled around, but I endured the mental challenge. Tuesday morning the 4th came and I was out of bed at 3:30am with my wife wondering what the hell was going on, and mumbling something about crazy and obsessed, then went back to sleep.
I reached the destination and met with the fellow that owned the sled and his brother in law, we made the deal and loaded the machine. I was pretty stoked about the whole thing and ready to leave and head back home when the brother in law says "I have a old Yamaha in my can shed that you can load up too if you want it" so I had to look.
We get there, the shed is full of aluminum cans and the roof is falling in, way in the back is a yamaha hood poking out of the debris. I crawled back, moved some stuff and about [pooped] myself when I saw what was there. I tried to keep my cool and made another deal, loaded this one up also and drug it home.
July 4th 2006 was a good day, it yielded a '73 SR292 and a '71 SR433. Both need a little TLC but the price was right!
Thanks - Jeff Lausten
No thank you Jeff!
PRINCETON BUZZ
Is it just me or is the buzz about this weeks giant swap meet at Princeton deafening? I think these things all work by timing, and the timing of Princeton couldn't be better. The weather is getting a little better, and vintage sledders are at least looking into the garage to ponder the possibilities for next winter. Princeton looks like just a good way for all of us to get together and have a good time.
Ahhhh who am I kidding? We're all on the way to find treasure!
8/18/2006
MORE VINTAGE RACING PHOTOS
Jeff Steinke sent in a whole slew of photos when I interviewed Jim Dimmerman. They were all taken at Eagle River when Dimmerman became World Champion in 1984. Well, Jeff sent in a whole heck of a lot more photos of that race, including one scary picture of Darcy Ewing laying on the ice in agony.
Next up, Steve Dvorak sent in some really nice photos from Aberdeen, South Dakota in December of 1979. All pictures taken in the pits while the SnoPro drivers of the era wait for the weather conditions to clear up before racing.
Thanks to both Steve and Jeff for sharing!
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Joko watches the races from the pits, Eagle River, 1984. |
Woody's racer Steve Thorsen converses with former Scorpion team mate, Brad Hulings, Aberdeen, S.D. December, 1979. |
8/16/2006
ROLA RACING
I keep hearing how fun these guys are - in its seventh season, ROLA Racing (Regional One Lunger Association) continues to grow in popularity and attendance. What was once a group of friends and neighbors getting together to race on a small pond has grown to a group racers and spectators coming from a six state region and Canada to participate in exciting single cylinder racing.
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Go fast, Turn RIGHT? Look Cool. ROLA Racers in Action. |
ROLA Racing hosts six different races across Central Minnesota, and with ten different classes, there is a class for every single cylinder snowmobile that was made before 1980. ROLA prides itself as an organization that caters to everyone, that is the reason that they have for the stock, improved stock and modified classes, to offer great racing for all types of snowmobiles.
ROLA Racing also uses Lemans style race tracks with possible left or right hand hair pins and sweepers. Each track is unique and designed by a different ROLA associate, as to give different racers a chance at winning.
I hear they also had a pretty fun party a couple weeks back... see more at www.rolaracing.com
Here are the big ROLA winners for the past 2005-2006 season:
HR Stock - Matt Olson, New York Mills, MN
HD Stock - Kevin Dreyer, New York Mills, MN;
HR Improved Stock - Bill Adams, Sauk Rapids, MN;
HD Improved Stock - Kevin Dreyer, New York Mills, MN
Youth Class - Cameron Wedde, New York Mills, MN
Women's Class - Caroline Williams, Sauk Rapids, MN
1980 & Older Stock - Brett Lessman, Lake George, MN
Masters - Wes Truax, Hewitt, MN
1980 & Older Fan Mod - Brett Lessman, Lake George, MN
1980 & Older Open Mod - Brett Lessman, Lake George, MN
And the "Big Dogs", - The winners of the 9th Annual One Lunger 100,
Small Class (HR) Bill Adams and Josh Williams, and Big Class (HD) DuWayne Roberts and Paul Mindermann
MEET SOME BULL SESSION DUDES
Tom Anderson sent in this photo from a "bull session gathering" at the Kasson, MN. show. These guys are all great contributors to the forum, and a lot of fun. Now some of the other users of the Bull Sessions can put a face with some of these nicknames on the bull session forum:
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Left to Right: Jeff Haugen (vintagesledsrule), Kieth Kenyon (kenyokei), Chris Dostal (loudmouth johnson), Rick Weaver (sno snake), Justin fredrickson (71txman), Tom Anderson(sno bear) and Kraig Schoneman (71mustang) |
8/15/2006
JIM AND CORY DUNCAN
I didn't know these guys, but if they liked sleds, they were friends of mine. Jim and Cory passed away on AUgust 12th in a car accident - there is a very nice memorial to them at RebelSleds.com. |
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