Snow Racing was established in 1991. Demetri Snow, Banker by day and Racer on the weekends started racing street bikes in 1991 in the AFM and WSMC road racing organizations. In 1992 he got his pro license and started racing the Prestigious AMA Road Racing Series in the Super Sport 600 and 750, GTO and GTU classes around the United States. Demetri retired and started his own race team in 1998. Don & Danny Hart became the new team members, two young brothers that had grown up racing dirt track with the Hayden brothers and the Bostrom's. Both of the Harts had there pro dirt track licenses and adapted to road racing like fish to water. They both got their Pro AMA licenses in 1999 and away they went AMA 600 & 750 SS class racing.
Colette Bourgonje Wins First-Ever Paralympic Medal for Canada on Home Snow Canada NewsWire (press release) ... to win a Paralympic medal on home snow after she claimed the silver in the women's 10-kilometre sit-ski race at Whistler Paralympic Park on Sunday. ... and more » |

The Free Lance-Star | Couch Slouch checks in on the Iditarod, and its canine correspondent Washington Post Tuffy the Snow Prince, the outspoken 55-pound Siberian husky on musher Spoons Grabilovitch's sled team, again agreed to keep a daily log for us. ... Jamaican having hoot on the Iditarod TrailAlaska Dispatch all 6 news articles » |

CBC.ca | Avalanche Kills Three People During Snow Mobile Race AHN | All Headline News British Columbia, Canada (AHN) - Three people are dead and as many as 30 missing after an avalanche swept through a snowmobile race in Canada. ... At snowmobile events like Big Iron,'bragging rights' are the prizeThe Canadian Press Two snowmobilers dead in Canadian avalancheThe Associated Press Two dead, 30 hurt as avalanche hits snow raceIndependent Vancouver Sun -Breaking News and Sport -National Post all 1,040 news articles » |

Snowshoe Magazine | 2010's Tenth Men's USSSA Championships: A 10! Snowshoe Magazine Anything that slows the race down benefits me, and the hills and soft snow in New York were the perfect recipe.” Giving homage to the competition in this ... 2010's Tenth Women's USSSA Championships: A 10!Snowshoe Magazine 2010 Tenth USSSA Championship: A Racer's ReviewSnowshoe Magazine all 3 news articles » |

Anchorage Daily News | The real race is on, Neff says from Kaltag; King pursues Mackey Anchorage Daily News A small crowd of onlookers, their boots squeaking in the snow, lined up along Neff's dogs as the Tok musher walked a 5-year-old named Watson into the leader ... Mackey leading King down Iditarod stretchmsnbc.com Race heats up as Mackey passes KingAnchorage Daily News all 253 news articles » |

Universal Sports | Teamwork: Pinelli previews Alpine season finale Universal Sports March 13, 2010: Maria Riesch wins her second straight slalom World Cup title on home snow in Garmisch. Lindsey Vonn won 11 World Cup titles in the 2009-10 ... and more » |

msnbc.com | Rookie yearns for Nome Anchorage Daily News Sixteen mushers lined narrow snow roads of the checkpoint, feeding dogs and wrestling with icy sled runners in the burning cold. The race leaders were ... How Iditarod rookie Moon crashed outAlaska Dispatch Just mush!Psychology Today (blog) Trip to start line a harrowing journey for Iditarod mushersAlaskajournal.com Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman -Alaska Dispatch all 622 news articles » |
Ski race back on after lack of snow WNYT The race is on. Saturday morning, 90 skiers and snowboarders will hike to the summit of Mount Greylock for the historic Thunderbolt race. ... Thunderbolt race is onBerkshire Eagle all 3 news articles » |

Globe and Mail | Fog and snow cause Paralympic training problems Vancouver Sun ... of Olympic medal winning snowboarder Maelle Ricker, clear fresh loose snow from the Whistler Mountian race course finish area at Whistler Creekside. ... Heavy fog scrubs first day of Paralympic skiing but Canada wins in sledge hockeyThe Canadian Press Wet, heavy snow threatens Paralympic alpine racesCTV.ca The return of the brashGlobe and Mail all 751 news articles » |

CBC.ca | Three straight World Cup Titles for Vonn Sports Network According to Vonn, having a course set that was familiar on a race day plagued with tricky snow was a key factor in her win. "Our coach Alex Hoedlmoser set ... Vonn Wins Super-G, Clinches 3rd Overall World CupBloomberg Maze wins final GS, Vonn crashes outSkiRacing.com Vonn nails down World Cup downhill title, finals are nextIdaho Mountain Express and Guide Gaea Times (blog) -Brownsville Herald all 1,665 news articles » |

The SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge, set for March 15-20 at Michigan Technological University, received $10,000 from the Coca-Cola Foundation.
The donation was made on behalf of Coca-Cola of Hancock.
The SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge is a collegiate design competition of the Society of Automotive Engineers. Engineering students from 19 participating schools are re-engineering stock snowmobiles to reduce emissions and noise while maintaining or boosting performance.
Rob and Gary Scholie, owners of Coca-Cola of Hancock, have supported the Challenge for years though their donations of Coke products.
"Everybody is looking to go green, including Coke, and that's what the Clean Snowmobile Challenge is about," said Rob. "It's an honor for our region. Plus, we like to support local events, and the Challenge brings so many people here, which is good for everyone."
Snowmobiling is a major tourist attraction in Michigan. "The trend is toward more environmentally friendly sleds," said Gary. "We want to do whatever we can to support snowmobiling now and into the future."

BRP launches its Ski-Doo Riding Gear, Parts and Accessories online store at store.ski-doo.com. The new website allows consumers to buy genuine Ski-Doo parts, accessories, and clothing anytime of day and have it delivered to their doorstep anywhere in Canada and
the United States.
Shoppers can simply log on to store.ski-doo.com to order.
"The site was tested over the past few months by a group of 30 BRP/Ski-Doo dealers and the results were convincing," said Sandy Scullion, vice-president, Riding Gear, Parts and Accessories. "With the official launch, we offer North American consumers the convenience of
shopping from home and having their orders fulfilled quickly and easily by the power of a network of more than 800 dealers," he added.
In 2009, BRP launched the U.S. shopevinrude.com site and plans to extend this e-commerce solution to its other major powersports brands in the coming years. "Online shopping is a growing trend and both our customers and dealers are eager for it," concluded Scullion.
Online orders are fulfilled by authorized BRP/Ski-Doo dealers. The turnkey sales tool enables dealers to rapidly acquire new customers and turn inventory quickly with minimal transaction time. BRP provides participating dealers with real-time sales data to see what is selling locally and nationally, enabling them to make smart purchasing decisions for product stocking.



Pro-Ride chassis and suspension infiltrates entire lineup
By Mark Savage
You've seen the teasers, Polaris' reveals of its new 800 Rush Pro-R and 800 Pro-RMK models, now hold on to your bibs, because there's a lot more!
The Pro-Ride chassis and ground-breaking progressive-rate rear suspension moves further into the Polaris lineup for 2011 - into no less than 9 models, including five RMK mountain sleds (see sidebar).
There are other changes too, including a new Switchback Assault 144 for the crossover crowd, along with a 550 Shift 136.On the luxury end there's a new 600 Rush LX, 550 IQ LXT and a variety of other tweaks and upgrades.
First, here's the meat of the lineup for us trail guys.
Rush Report
Snocross fans watched during warm spring-like weather Tim Tremblay win the Pro Open at the AMSOIL Championship Snocross Series race on March 7 at the Hayward Powersports/Polaris 300.
The day was packed with bar-to-bar racing with each and every driver giving it all they had to improve their points standings for the final showdown in just two weeks. If excitement is what folks were looking for, they were not disappointed.
The AMSOIL Pro Open had the fans on their feet from the green to the checkered. Getting started proved to be a bit more challenging for several riders as they barely made it out of the hole shot when Paul Bauerly (Arctic Cat), Garth Kaufman (Arctic Cat) and Steve Taylor (Ski-Doo) tangled in turn one setting them all back to mid-pack. Emerging from the carnage unscathed Dan Ebert (Arctic Cat), Ross Martin (Polaris), and Zach Pattyn (Arctic Cat) took the top three lead positions turning a 28 second first lap of the grueling 24-lap race.
The battle erupted and Tim Tremblay (Ski-Doo) flew seemingly out of nowhere to get between Martin and Ebert. He put the throttle down and took over the lead position where he prepared himself to keep his mantra of consistency for the remainder of the race.
Behind Tremblay the racers were electrified battling for every move. Martin got around Ebert taking second for a lap or two when Pattyn poured on the steam bumping Ebert down a position for nearly half the race. With about 8 laps to go, Launchin Levi LaVallee was tripling jumps catching big air moving him up with every jump. In the turn #2 power turn, LeVallee snuck under Pattyn to put himself in the third-place position.
The entire pack was making huge moves changing positions with the speed they were born to give. "Everyone was picking good lines it seemed. It was a really fun race," LaVallee said. "I just starting finding my own good lines and picking people off left and right and ripping it up."
At the podium the top three were all smiles as they stood with Tremblay of Ste Jeanne D'Arc, Quebec in first, Martin of Kansasville, Wisc. in second and LaVallee of Longville, Minn. in third.
Martin, who won the Pro Super Stock race, remains in the top points position going into the final race in Lake Geneva in two weeks. He is holding on to an 80-point lead over LaVallee with Tremblay only 17 points behind LaVallee. The pressure is on for all of the top leaders. But the smooth sailing Martin said he is planning to make Geneva the best. "I am just going to go out there and really have some fun," he said with a huge smile.
In the Semi-Pro ranks Team Warnert's Justin Broberg is clearly the man. Broberg took wins in both Semi-Pro Open and Stock this weekend and moved back into Championship contention after a disqualification at the previous event. He still has a gap to make up, but it's within reach at the final race. Broberg's teammate at Warnert Racing, Dylan Martin, had a strong weekend with a third place podium finish in Semi-Pro Stock and fourth in Open showing great speed and consistency.

Pro 600
1 Brian Dick Arctic Cat
2 D.J. Ekre Arctic Cat
3 Chad Lian Arctic Cat
4 Ryan Huston Arctic Cat
Pro Open
1 D.J. Ekre Arctic Cat
2 Brian Dick Arctic Cat
3 Gabe Bunke Polaris
4 Aaron Christensen Polaris
Semi Pro Improved
1 Ryan Faust Polaris
2 Erik Bute Arctic Cat
3 Adam Brandt Arctic Cat
4 Cody Matthees Arctic Cat
Masters 40+
1 Bill Slominski Arctic Cat
2 Jon Arneson Arctic Cat
3 Brian Perreault Arctic Cat
4 Steven Arneson Arctic Cat
Masters 50+
1 Bill Slominski Arctic Cat
2 Paul Anderson Polaris
3 Jim Sobeck Arctic Cat
4 Dennis Topp Polaris
Junior 14-17
1 C.J. Vandeputte Arctic Cat
2 Timmy Kallock Arctic Cat
3 Christopher Klie Arctic Cat
4 Chase Nordstrom Arctic Cat
Women's
1 Jenna Sobeck Ski-Doo
2 Sasha Cook Arctic Cat
3 Lisa Nelson Ski-Doo
4 Jolene Bute Arctic Cat
Juniors 10-13
1 Adam Mach Arctic Cat
2 Ryan Trout Ski-Doo
3 Matt Feil Arctic Cat
4 Nels Eide Arctic Cat
Expert 85
1 Bryce Buchanan Arctic Cat
2 Nathan Moritz Arctic Cat
3 Bobby Menne Arctic Cat
4 Ryan Greening Arctic Cat
Expert 85 Improved
1 Brad Pecka Arctic Cat
2 Nathan Moritz Arctic Cat
3 Bobby Menne Arctic Cat
4 Chris Sobeck Arctic Cat
Sport 85
1 Chris Klie Arctic Cat
2 Luke Perreault Arctic Cat
3 CJ Vandeputte Arctic Cat
4 Dustin Grausam Arctic Cat
Semi Pro 600
1 Ryan Faust Polaris
2 Dustin Holmstrom Polaris
3 Cole Nyman Arctic Cat
4 Adam Brandt Arctic Cat
Sport 600
1 Chris Hoff Arctic Cat
2 David Forbes Arctic Cat
3 Dillan Dohm Polaris
4 Terry Sizemore Arctic Cat
Sport 600 Improved
1 Matt Austin Arctic Cat
2 Terry Sizemore Polaris
3 Sasha Cook Arctic Cat
4 Dillan Dohm Polaris
Vet 30+
1 Corey Davidson Polaris
2 Chad Lian Arctic Cat
3 Ame Rantanen Arctic Cat
4 Jeff Klein Polaris
Trail
1 Luke Perreault Arctic Cat
2 Casey Clement Arctic Cat
3 Chris Sobeck Arctic Cat
4 Timmy Kallock Arctic Cat
120 Improved
1 Sara Larson Arctic Cat
2 Collin Ausin Arctic Cat
3 Alex Gudajtes Arctic Cat
4 Noah Arneson Arctic Cat



National Straightline Snowmobile Racing hit Chetek, Wisconsin like a whirlwind for its' fourth race of the NSSR Super Series on Lake Chetek for the "Fastest Show on Ice". Temperatures ranged from 5 to 39 degrees F with a 6 to 10 mph breeze from the North to North West during the day. The racers dealt with a good crosswind on the track that was aimed east . The stage was again set for a fabulous and fast day of racing action with bright sunshine and fantastic weather.
Racer entries included 105 on the Pro track and over 120 on the Fun Run track for nearly 850 passes between the two shaved ice tracks. Over 1000 fans were on hand to witness the record setting runs throughout the day. The weather was just about as good as it can get without being too warm. Justin Varholdt of Coon Rapids, Minnesota came with a positive attitude and raced on the fun run track with his 1998 Polaris 600. He then came to the pro starting line in his wheel chair to watch the pro racers launch into their 1000 foot runs. Talk about a great day of racing!
Four World Records were broke that included Mike Martin out of Galesburg, Illinois on his 2009 Arctic Cat Z1 Turbo tuned by Glen Hall going 130.513 mph in the Super Twin Lake Racer Four Stroke Class, Danny Blachfelner bumped the Improved Four Stroke speed to 138.461 mph with his 2002 turbo powered Yamaha RX1, Dan Petras bumped the Four Stroke Stock Four Cylinder record to 109.09 mph on his 2008 Yamaha Apex, and Ed Ensor in the Exhibition class bumped his old record, but lets talk about that later.
Name Sled Speed Backup
Trail Stock 600
No Entries
Trail Stock 800
Paul Lally 2002 Polaris XC 800 106.142
Kerry Sersha 2000 Ski Doo Mach Z 102.491
Trail Stock 1000
No Entries
Jr Stk 440 Fan
John Jacklitch III 98 Ski-Doo MXZ Fan 80.446
Jr 440 Liquid
John Jacklitch III 2002 Ski-Doo MXZX 101.766
Jr Pro Dial In
John Anderson 2007 Vortex 8.369
Simone Warner Warner Custom 250 32.312
Austin Henricks Artic Cat 2 runs
Jr Mod
Dana Norman Ski Doo 59.056
Stock 440
Greg Bates 2000 Ski-Doo MXZX 101.408 100.699
Valinda Bayer 2003 Artic Cat Sno Pro 101.408 99.884
Mark Jensen 2004 Polaris 440 Pro XR 98.742
Stock 500
No Entries
Stock 600S
Valinda Bayer 2005 Artic Cat F6 106.930
Jesse Doberstein 2004 Artic Cat F6 106.798
Stewart Esse 2007 Polaris 77.005
Stock 600RS
No Entries
Stock 600
Jeremy Reid 1998 Yamaha SRX 107.329
Scott Kostman 1999 Artic Cat ZRT 104.347
Roberta Mills 1998 Artic Cat ZRT 103.597
Stock 700S
Patty Olson 2003 Artic Cat F 7 115.200
Scott Kostman 2003 Artic Cat F 7 113.684
Valinda Bayer Artic Cat 112.353
Brent Meyer 2003 Artic Cat Firecat 111.340
Stock 700
Sandie Reid 2001 Yamaha SRX 700 112.062
Taylor Gullikson 2001 Yamaha 110.627
Chris Parent 2001 Yamaha Sno 108.406
Stock 800S
Dan Graunke 2008 SkiDoo XP 800R 115.046
Patty Olson 2010 Artic Cat CFR 800 112.500
Kelly Shilts 2010 Artic Cat CFR 800 109.923
Al Doberstein 2010 Artic Cat CFR 800 109.783
Jim Kane 2004 Polaris XC 800 n/a
Stock 800
Harvey Otremba 1999 Ski Doo Mach Z 115.662
Lon Sash 2000 SkiDoo Mach Z 115.353 115.200
Valinda Bayer 1998 Ski-Doo ZRT 115.353 113.385
Stock 1000
Brent Meyer 2009 Crossfire Artic Cat 116.599
Valinda Bayer 1998 Artic Cat T-Cat 115.200
Scott Kostman 2009 Crossfire Artic Cat 113.089
IS 440
Mark Jensen 1998 Polaris 440 XCR 103.102
Greg Christianson 1998 Ski Doo MXZX 98.517
IS 500
Brett Nelson 2001 Artic Cat F5 108.679
IS 600
Eric Lunzer 1998 Ski Doo Formula III 114.741
Kris Doberstein 2004 Artic Cat F6 113.089
Bradley Copeland 1994 Polaris XLT 106.012
Mike Banks 1996 Artic Cat ZRT 600 89.906
IS 700
Al Doberstein 2003 Artic Cat F7 119.172
John Jacklitch Jr 1998 Mach I Ski-Doo 114.741
Randy Windspeger 2003 Artic Cat F7 107.865
Dan Petras 1998 Yamaha SRX
IS 800
Joe Kittel 1998 Ski-Doo Mach Z 123.428
Tia VanGuilder 1999 Ski-Doo Mach Z 122.901
Dan Graunke 1998 Ski-Doo Mach Z 121.861
Rich Anderson 2000 Polaris XCR 800 112.353
Pat Welty 2002 Polaris XC SP 800 110.911
IS 1000
Doyle Swift 1999 Artic Cat T-Cat 133.539
Tia VanGuilder 1998 Ski Doo Mach Z 121.861
PS 700
Tyler Kulus 1996 Polaris XCR 132.110
Larry Norberg 1996 SkiDoo Mach Z 131.908
Jamie Lewis Ski Doo Mach Z 127.058
PS 800
Jamie Lewis Ski Doo Mach Z 137.799
Kevin Loebrick Polaris Ultra 132.923
John Jacklitch Jr 1998 Ski-Doo Mach Z 132.515
Mike Cleary 1998 Ski-Doo Mach Z no runs
PS 1000
Tia VanGuilder 1998 Ski-Doo Mach Z 143.521
Mike Cleary 1998 Ski-Doo Mach Z 143.283
Tom Warner 1996 Polaris Ultra 142.574
John Smith 2001 Artic Cat ZRT 142.105
Mike Graham 2007 Ski-Doo RT Mach Z 139.130
Jamie Lewis Ski Doo Mach Z no runs
PS 1500
Jerry Benson 2000 Ski Doo Mach Z 144.966
Mike Cleary 1998 Ski Doo Mach Z 142.809
Super Stock
Darrick Graunke 1999 Ski-Doo Mach Z 128.955
Ken Norman Ski Doo Formula 800 127.810
Super Stock Twin
Dan Graunke 2004 Ski-Doo MXZ 115.817
OM 440
Greg Christianson SRC/Rotax 128.955
Mark Anderson 2006 Vortex 126.872
Laura Birkaker 2000 Ski-Doo 440 119.337
OM 500
Greg Christianson SRC/Rotax 130.513
Mark Anderson 2006 Vortex 126.500
OM 600
Ryan Lewis 2006 Artic Cat 125.764
OM 700
No Entries
OM 800
Rick Schellbach 2001 Union Bay Anderson 147.189
OM 1100
Rick Schellbach 2000 Union Bay Ultra Mod 154.838
Super Mod
Mike Schmidt 2004 Anderson Outlaw 151.578
Dial In
Chris Parent 1992 Yamaha V-max 4 0.859
Dan Wagner 2006 Yamaha Apex 2.304
Rick Heutmaker 2007 Artic Cat F1000 4.410
Lon Sash 2000 Ski Doo 2 runs
Four Stroke IS*
Danny Blachfelner* 2002 Yamaha RX1 138.461 137.36
Four Stroke IS Mod
Shanon Disch 2004 Yamaha Warrior 158.823
Four Stroke Pro Stock
Dan Wade 2006 Yamaha RX 1 163.018
Four Stroke Stock (4 Cyl)*
Dan Petras* 2008 Yamaha Apex 109.090 107.329
Four Stroke Stock Turbo
No Entries
Super Twin Lake Racer
Kyle Shilts Artic Cat D&D 126.500 No Backup
Jack Henricks OSP 122.206
Charlie Fleck 2008 Ski Doo MXZ Renegade 120.839
Keith Perry 2003 Artic Cat F7 87.360
Pat Welty 2005 Ski Doo Mach Z 66.924
Super Twin Lake Racer* (Four Stroke)
Mike Martin* 2009 Artic Cat Z1 130.513 130.120
Lake Racer All Motor
Shanon Disch Mach Z Crankshop 136.492 No Backup
Douglas Perry 2000 Artic Cat ZRT 135.849
Doyle Swift 1999 Artic Cat T-Cat 134.789
Pam Sward 2001 Ski Doo Mach Z 128.630
Lake Racer
No Entries
Lake Racer Open
Justin Durand 1994 Yamaha Turbo Vmax 163.636 No Backup
Pro Max
Larry Johnson 2001 Polaris XCR 800 146.689
Exhibition Class*
Ed Ensor* 2009 Busa Mod 183.439 182.278
Darrin Weber Chopper City Jaws 162.406
Paul Groth Frozen Assests 151.845
Vintage 340 Stock
Rick Bolduc 1977 Yamaha SRX 91.622
Ted Whitmore 1976 Mercury Sno Twister 78.616
Vintage 440 Stock
Rick Bolduc 1976 Yamaha SRX 105.365
Vintage 440 Improve Stock
Rick Bolduc 1979 Yamaha SRX 109.783
Vintage Mod 250
Ted Whitmore 1976 Mercury Sno Twister 78.616 77.488
Fun Run
MINI's
Blakely Nyhus 2006 Arctic Cat Chippewa Falls, WI 19.63
STOCK TO 550 FAN
Tami Barnier Ski-Doo Rush City, MN 86.14
Brittany Jovan Ski-Doo Rush City, MN 81.93
Kevin Johnson Yamaha Barron, WI 80.21
STOCK 500
Marcus Kovatovich Polaris Zimmerman, MN 91.64
Christian Mohr 1998 Polaris East Bethel, MN 91.05
Tasha Hagman Arctic Cat Anoka, MN 89.03
STOCK 600
Chris Parent 1999 Yamaha SX Eagen, MN 105.88
Brett Nelson 2000 Polaris XC SP McGregor, MN 103.73
Denny Ludwigson Polaris New Auburn, WI 102.83
STOCK 700
Jon Humphrey 2000 Yamaha Turtle Lake, WI 111.66
Jeremy Gavin Arctic Cat Brahm, MN 109.48
Chris Parent Yamaha Eagan, MN 105.14
STOCK 800
Aaron Reid 1995 V-Max Ashland, WI 113.23
Jim Mullen Yamaha Wisconsin 111.55
Chris Hagman 2002 Artic Cat Anoka, MN 103.30
STOCK 1000
Anthony Amundson Yamaha Owatonna, MN 113.46
Anthony Amundson Yamaha Owatonna, MN 111.05
Paul Weildling 1998 T-Cat Glenwood City, WI 110.07
JUST FOR FUN
Jenny Stevens Polaris Dayton, MN 137.95
Pam Sward Ski-Doo Grasston, MN 130.43
Alex Nitchoff Ski-Doo Lement, IL 128.57
IMP STOCK 0-500
Kevin Smith 2001 Polaris Hudson, WI 106.78
Marcus Kovatovich 1998 Polaris Zimmerman, MN 101.94
Ben Imdieke 1997 Arctic Cat Sauk Center, MN 94.10
IMP STOCK 600
Bill Bennet Yamaha Wisconsin 114.67
Greg Peterson 1996 Polaris Ramsey, MN 103.63
Rick Heutmaker Artic Cat Glenwood City, WI 102.83
IMP STOCK 700
Jenny Stevens Polaris Dayton, MN 116.76
Steve Lindenberg Apex Ashland, WI 113.98
Tim Hetchler 2000 Ski-Doo Chetek, WI 97.74
IMP STOCK 800
Eric Oman 2000 Ski Doo Isanti, MN 123.62
Steve Hauge 1999 Ski Doo Mach Z Chippewa Falls, WI 115.97
Gus Nelson 1993 Yamaha Barron, WI 97.44
IMP STOCK 1000 & UP
Jeromiey Sommers Ski Doo Cambridge, MN 127.04
Alex Nitchoff Arctic Cat ZR1 Belment, IL 126.05
VIN STOCK 0-340
Ken Melrose 1971 Ski-Doo Chetek, WI 52.89
VIN STOCK 441-650
Taniel Schellbach Polaris Rush City, MN 89.10
Jenny Stevens Polaris Dayton, MN 88.16
Eugene Jones 1983 Yamaha Rice Lake, WI 77.66
VIN MOD 0-340
Jerry Noyes 1977 Artic Cat Prescott, WI 81.05
Eric Renstrum 79 1/2 Kawalaris Grasston, MN 76.81
VIN MOD 441-650
Todd Noyes 1979 Arctic Cat Crystal, MN 132.58
VIN MOD 651-UP
Jerry Noyes 1979 Arctic Cat Prescott, WI 81.34
VINTAGE OUTLAW
Ryan Lewis Arctic Cat Gaylord, MN 135.21
ATV
Rod Strumball 3-Wheeler Cloquet, MN 119.68
Brett Hodgson Yamaha Chetek, WI 72.55
Polaris Industries Inc announced continuing a 28 year annual tradition of profit-sharing with its employees.
The Company will distribute today nearly $10 million of its profits from the 2009 calendar year among approximately 2,200 hourly and non-salaried Polaris employees. On average, each of these employees will receive nearly 15 percent of their annual pay base. In addition, Polaris will distribute profit-sharing payments to each of its fulltime salaried employees today as well.
"Profit-sharing is something that is very important and fundamental to the culture at Polaris, especially as we continue to outperform the industry," said Scott Wine, Chief Executive Officer. "We understand that Polaris' success is built on a foundation of dedication, innovation, and hard work from our employees. To acknowledge and reward that extra effort is something we are proud to continue."
Polaris began sharing its profits with employees in 1982, embracing the idea that the Company's success is dependent on dedication and tireless work from its employees, and therefore, each employee was entitled to benefit from that success. Since its inception, Polaris's profit-sharing program has shared cumulatively over $200 million with its hourly and non-salaried employees.

Beginning the race from a 21st starting position, Chris Olds and Tyler Huntington, on Polaris IQ 600's, won the 2010 Iron Dog on February 27 in 41 hours 4 minutes, according to a Klim press release.
The team won a total of $52,500 from the $186,000 purse.
The Iron Dog is a 1,971-mile snowmobile race and is considered the world's longest, toughest snowmobile race. Eighteen of the 29 teams scratched during the race, many because of mechanical problems lack of snow, according to Anchorage Daily News.
For the first 20 years of his life, Huntington watched the race come through his home village of Galena. Now 24, he spent the last three years trying to win it before this year's breakthrough.
"I feel awesome," he said. "It's been something I've been dreaming about my whole life, and I finally got it. I can't explain it."
Huntington finished seventh in 2007, third in 2008 and scratched in Nome in 2009.
Klim sponsored the winning team this year.
Defending champs, Todd Minnick and Nick Olstad, were passed in Kaltag due to four hours of repairs.
"We never ended up having to really race or go super-fast this year, so it definitely was more of a mental race than a physical race," Olds said. "As soon as we got in the lead, it was like, 'Well now what do we do?'"
Doug Dixon and Stephen Spence crossed the finish line 2nd at 12:52 p.m. -- 2 hours, 33 minutes behind the winners. Minnick and Olstad scratched in Manley.
The winning duo survived by keeping an eye on their temperature gauges, Huntington said. When their machines reached 215 degrees, they stopped and put snow on their heat exchangers. That meant they paused about every two minutes, Huntington said.
"The mental aspect and trying to keep your machines together played a bigger factor than trying to be the fastest guy out there," he said.
Final results were
1 Huntington / Olds Polaris 41:04:09
2 Dixon / Spence Arctic Cat 43:37:40
3 Helwig / Quam Arctic Cat 44:34:46
4 Cherrier / Wilkes Arctic Cat 47:02:23
5 Sweetsir / Tope Polaris 47:31:11
6 Sottosanti / Neeser Polaris 50:13:47
7 Miller / Miller Polaris 51:10:16
8 Richter / Spikes Arctic Cat 59:11:56
9 Muir / Jones Ski-doo 60:49:20
10 Johnson / Lachinski Polaris 64:09:42
11 Farley / Farley Ski-doo 64:32:36

The Pink Ribbon Riders' 3rd Annual Wyoming Snow Run will take place on March 19 through the 20th.The event will raise funds from men and women diagnosed with breast cancer.
The Snow Run is a two-part event that includes a Welcome Party and a snowmobile ride with a dinner banquet with contests and giveaways. Two of the signature contests that take place are a snowmobile awareness decorating contest and a vintage snow suit contest.
The Snow Run tour has taken place this winter in New York, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota. The 3rd Annual Wyoming Snow Run at Togwotee Mountain Lodge is the last stop on the tour for 2010.
The pink ribbon ride is on the Continental Divide Snowmobile Trail that runs from Yellowstone Park to Lander, Wyoming. Uniquely remote and accessible, the groomed trail system carves its way below the towering peaks of the Absaroka and Wind River mountain ranges through some of the most majestic and wildlife rich terrain in America.
The volunteer based non-profit organization's mission is to provide financial assistance for men and women diagnosed with breast cancer. The Pink Ribbon Riders financial assistance program is made available to help the patients with any financial needs they have while battling the disease.
The event is open to both men and women and is limited to space at this time as we are almost full! For more information on the event and or registering (the event does require pre-registration) please visit www.pinkribbonriders.com.




By Mitch Weber
And what a weekend it was. We started on Thursday. It was mid morning when my mom picked me up from school. I went home and ate some breakfast and we hopped in the truck with the three-place trailer. Within minutes we were headed to the Northwoods of Wisconsin for a long weekeknd of riding. I was psyched.
The four-hour ride seemed like it took forever. Once we arrived it was great. We unloaded our sleds. We had a 2010 Yamaha Vector, a 2010 Ski Doo MXZ 800 E-TEC, and a 1998 Yamaha Vmax 700. The first day we rode from about 3pm to 8 pm. The weather was good. The trails were in great condition and the traffic was low. It was an awesome. That day we put on close to 100 miles. We went back to our great hosts, the Kedingers. Jim Kedinger is one of my dad's best friends. He has worked as a Yamaha engineer most of his life.
Check out Mitch on a new 2010 Ski-Doo testing his tricks.



By Mark Boncher
After the media introduction to Arctic Cat's 2011 lineup we heard a lot of media-types grumbling that Cat is in a holding pattern, or that Cat's on cruise control. I prefer to think of it this way, "if it ain't broke, why fix it?"
Most importantly, you will see that Cat is focusing on its "4 cornerstone's of a great riding experience," which their marketing types have been preaching the last year or so. To refresh your memory, those are:
1. Having the world's fastest snowmobiles.
2. Doing this with the industry leading horsepower.
3 Creating body-saving ride and chassis technology.
4. Building expert grade mountain sleds.
Stretching out
This year the powerful 800 (we dyno tested it at 163.4 hp) is still powering the F8 Sno Pro, LXR, CFR and M8, but it also gets bolted into an all new 800 EXT! Yep, just like Cat stretched its Z1 Turbo last year to make an EXT Turbo, it now stretches the F8 to a full 144-inch track length.
The new F8 EXT is still in the Twin Spar chassis but with the longer, and very grippy, 1.25-inch lugged Cobra track rolling around the slide-action rear suspension. This longer tracked 800 will get even more power to the snow and absolutely tear out of a hole. The EXT gets Fox Zero Pro shocks all the way around too, as well as Cat's IRP adjustable seat and handlebar system so you know this will be a plush ride. Push-button reverse and electric start also make this a "no hassle" rider's sled.
The Z1 Turbo LXR, Sno Pro, and EXT all return for 2011 with just a few changes. For instance, the Z1 Turbo LXR gets a new high windshield for more wind protection and the Z1 Turbo EXT gets the new IRP heated seat.
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By Mark Savage
Hey, we all have some ups and downs with our jobs, some good, some bad. And we know that you probably think our job testing new sleds is ALL fun and games!
Well .... OK, it is pretty entertaining most of the time. One reason it's so much fun is that we deal with some pretty creative people at all the manufacturers. From the engineers to the marketing and PR folks these are guys who LOVE their products and everything about snowmobiling and motorsports. Even better news, they realize that the products we are testing are meant to be fun so they make their press briefings as entertaining as possible.
Doctor, Doctor – Ski-Doo marketing and PR folks (and an “assistant”), don lab coats and scrubs in a skit to unveil their 2010 sleds at a sneak peek in Quebec.For instance, Ski-Doo for several years has put on some pretty outlandish skits to highlight their new model year sleds ... one was a "Family Feud" knockoff with the media as game show participants, another had a medical theme with "doctors" and "nurses" introducing the sleds. We even had Denver Broncos cheerleaders AND a Minnesota Vikings cheerleader model sleds for us at separate events!
Yamaha has fed us a steady stream of amusing videos featuring "Johnny Skeptical" and all his various oddball relatives talking up 4-strokes and their cleanliness compared with 2-strokes. If you bleed blue, you've probably seen some of these promotional videos. Lots of yuks for sure! Watch a "Johnny Skeptical" video
Arctic Cat has put on several very entertaining press events. This year we were "forced" to race tiny pink ATVs around the snowy ERX Motor Park snocross track after hearing Cats pitch for the 2011 lineup. Picture 20 grown men bumping, drafting and getting stuck while racing on tiny pink 90cc ATVs and you can't help but laugh.
Tread lightly – You’d have to watch your step on this “World’s Fastest Treadmill” powered by an Arctic Cat 1000cc motor. Here Cat’s marketing crew shows the treadmill’s power, AND food preparation abilities, tossing eggs, flour and lettuce on the track, with messy results.USCC
Pro
Pro 600
1 Brian Dick Arctic Cat
2 DJ Ekre Arctic Cat
3 Ryan Huston Arctic Cat
4 Cody Kallock Arctic Cat
Pro Open
1 Cory Davis Arctic Cat
2 DJ Ekre Arctic Cat
3 Brian Dick Arctic Cat
4 Cody Kallock Arctic Cat
Semi Pro
Semi Pro 600
1 Logan Christian Arctic Cat
2 Ryan Faust Polaris
3 Ryan Greening Arctic Cat
4 Dustin Holmstrom Polaris
Semi Pro Improved
1 Logan Christian Arctic Cat
2 Nick Pattyn Arctic Cat
3 Ryan Faust Polaris
4 Brad Cierzan Arctic Cat
Expert 85
1 Zach Pattyn Arctic Cat
2 Nathan Moritz Arctic Cat
3 Bobby Menne IV Arctic Cat
4 Ryan Greening Arctic Cat
Expert 85 Improved
1 Zach Pattyn Arctic Cat
2 Bobby Menne IV Arctic Cat
3 Brad Pecka Arctic Cat
4 Luc Karpik Arctic Cat
Sport 85
1 Luke Perreault Arctic Cat
2 Chris Klie Arctic Cat
3 C.J. VandePutte Arctic Cat
4 Dustin Grausam Arctic Cat
Sport 600
1 Zak Mason Arctic Cat
2 Dillan Dohrn Polaris
3 Mark Beltinck Ski-Doo
4 Terry Sizemore Polaris
Sport 600 Improved
1 Zak Mason Arctic Cat
2 Dillan Dohrn Polaris
3 Mark Beltinck Ski-Doo
4 Terry Sizemore Polaris
Vet 30+
1 Jon Arneson Arctic Cat
2 Bill Slominski Arctic Cat
3 Mike Gentz Ski-Doo
4 Jim Sobeck Arctic Cat
Masters 50+
1 Paul Anderson Polaris
2 Bill Slominski Arctic Cat
3 Jim Sobeck Arctic Cat
4 John Petz Ski-Doo
Trail
1 Luke Perreault Arctic Cat
2 Chris Sobeck Arctic Cat
3 Casey Clement Arctic Cat
4 Dustin Grausam Arctic Cat
Juniors 14-17
1 C.J. VandePutte Arctic Cat
2 Timmy Kallock Arctic Cat
3 Chase Nordstrom Arctic Cat
4 Zach Herfindahl Arctic Cat
Women's
1 Jenna Sobeck Ski-Doo
2 Deede Petz Ski-Doo
3 Sasha Cook Arctic Cat
4 Callie Slominski Arctic Cat
Juniors 10-13
1 Freddie Grove Arctic Cat
2 Adam Mach Arctic Cat
3 Marissa Kallock Arctic Cat
4 Ryan Trout Ski-Doo
120 Stock
1 Sara Larson Arctic Cat
2 Cole Whitehead Arctic Cat
3 Logan Whitehead Arctic Cat
4 Collin Austin
120 Improved
1 Sara Larson Arctic Cat
2 Abbie Hayes Arctic Cat
3 Collin Austin
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The two-day Munising race featured mild temperatures with both days in the low 30-degree Fahrenheit range. Clouds dominated but the sun managed to poke through from time to time. With only about three feet of snow on the ground the race didn't get as tough as in years past, but Saturday's conditions were a challenge as the course was at its roughest. Racers ran a 15-mile loop that consisted of woods, ditch, powerlines and some trails.
Attrition quickly became the determining factor in Pro 600 results. Arctic Cat riders Ryan Simons and Cory Davis were victims the first day as Simons was a DNS for the Pro 600 race later in the day as a result of a crash in Fox Racing Shox Pro Open and Davis hit a tree and folded his a-arms back. Polaris rider Gabe Bunke's weekend proved generally problematic, putting him well off the pace, while Corey Davidson was another rider who never made it to the line in Pro 600. Another top rider, Aaron Christensen, didn't make the race at all due to a bout of pneumonia. After Day 1 Dick sat atop the charts with a time of 1:50:56.213, some four minutes ahead of Arctic Cat rider and teammate D.J. Ekre (1:54:00.622). Another Arctic Cat rider, Ryan Huston, sat in third (2:00:05.184).
The club groomed some of the course between Day 1 and Day 2, but it didn't matter because everywhere else got seriously rough. Dick has the rough course setup dialed in and was able to maintain his Day 1 lead over Ekre, finishing with time of 2:55:38.676 to Ekre's 3:01:48.342. Huston held onto third place with a two-day time of 3:10:38.726. Cody Kallock (3:19:07.173), Bill Slominski (3:22:22.512) and Chad Lian (3:24:26.436) followed them to the line. With the win, Dick maintained his points lead over Ekre. Dick sits in first place with 287. He is followed by Ekre (272), Lian (250), Huston (234), Bunke (224), Kallock (219) and Christensen (215).
Davis won the Fox Racing Shox Pro Open race with a time of 1:15:14.988, some two seconds ahead of Ekre (1:17:31.327). He was followed by Dick (1:21:13.451), Kallock (1:33:00.523) and Grant Lynch (1:42:15.625).
Arctic Cat rider Logan Christian swept the Semi-Pro classes, winning the ArcticFX Semi-Pro 600 class with a time of 2:18:57.943, besting Polaris rider Ryan Faust (2:20:40.666) by nearly two seconds. Arctic Cat rider Ryan Greening came in third (2:25:09.966). Christian won the AMSOIL Semi-Pro Improved class with a time of 1:23:07.635, over a second faster than Nick Pattyn (1:24:29.373) and almost two seconds faster than Faust (1:24:58.777). Other class winners at the Munising 300 include: Jon Arneson (Arctic Cat, 1:29:40.320) Stud Boy Masters 40+; Paul Anderson (Polaris, 1:22:37.564) Speedwerx Legends 50+; C.J. Vandeputte (Arctic Cat, 0:21:56.086) TekVest Junior 14-17; Jenna Sobeck (Arctic Cat, 1:45:22.179) Powermadd Women's; Freddie Grove (Arctic Cat, 0:24:14.222) Carver Performance Junior 10-13; Zach Pattyn (Arctic Cat, 1:24:45.348) Brothers Motorsports Expert 85; Zach Pattyn (Arctic Cat, 1:16:46.304
) Arctic Cat Expert 85 Improved; Luke Perrault (Arctic Cat, 0:49:26.475) Yamaha Sport 85; Zak Mason (Arctic Cat, 0:46:04.498) Woody's Sport 600; Zak Mason (Arctic Cat, 0:20:53.619) C&A Pro Sport 600 Improved; Corey Davidson (Polaris, 1:16:10.566) RV Sports Vet 30+; Luke Perrault (Arctic Cat, 1:33:49.268) Orion Industries Trail; Sara Larson, 120 Stock; Sara Larson, 120 Improved.
For complete results from the Munising 300 visit www.usccracing.com.