Arctic Cat Reports 130 Percent Boost In Income
May 15, 2012
A new line of snowmobiles in 2012 helped drive up Arctic Cat's income. A lineup full of new snowmobile models plus strong sales of all-terrain vehicles helped Arctic Cat exceed analysts’ expectations for yearly sales and earnings. The Minnesota-based maker of snowmobiles and ATVs reported... Read more »
Friday’s Fast Five: 5 Snowmobile Racers Who Switched Brands Or Teams
May 11, 2012
In light of yesterday’s news about this season’s ISOC Pro Open snocross champion switching to a different snowmobile race team for next season, it seems appropriate for this week’s Friday’s Fast Five to be about other racers who made blockbuster defections to other brands or teams. Tim... Read more »
Reigning ISOC Snocross Snowmobile Racing Champion Switches Teams
John Prusak
May 10, 2012
The reigning champion of snowmobile snocross racing is switching teams, but staying with his brand. Quebec native Tim Tremblay has been signed by the Scheuring Speed Sports race team based out of Aurora, Minnesota, leaving the Warnert Racing Team with which he won the International Series Of Champions... Read more »
Friday’s Fast Five: Top 5 Snowmobiles That Need To Be Built Again
May 4, 2012
For this Friday’s Fast Five list, we move away from the snack bar and into the sled factories with a list of five snowmobile models that need to be built again. Chevrolet brought back the Camaro, Polaris brought back the Indy; they’re not the same as the originals, they’re modern renditions... Read more »
Friday’s Fast Five: Top 5 Snacks When Snowmobiling
April 27, 2012
When you’re out on a couple-hundred mile snowmobile trail ride or a long stretch of playing in the powder out West, nothing is more irritating than having a friend pull out a snack and realizing that you forgot to bring anything for yourself. Again. You stare longingly at his snack while making small... Read more »
Yamaha Earns Top-Three Finish At RMSHA Snowmobile Hillclimb
April 24, 2012
Cable Willford runs his Yamaha FX Nytro MTX at a snowmobile hillclimb race in Idaho. Yamaha is celebrating its history-making top-three finish in hillclimb competition. Cable Willford put his Yamaha FX Nytro MTX snowmobile on the podium recently at a Rocky Mountain Snowmobile Hillclimb Association (RMSHA)... Read more »
Friday’s Fast Five: Add-Ons For A Polaris XLT Snowmobile
April 20, 2012
Welcome to the first installment of Friday’s Fast Five, a weekly list from the Snow Goer headquarters. The list will sometimes be serious, other times demented: You decide which is which. This week’s category: Five must-have accessories for a 1995 Polaris Indy XLT Special. You can’t... Read more »
Work For Youth Powersports Vehicles, Trails Funding Earns High Honors
By John Prusak
April 13, 2012
Kids get to ride appropriate-sized sleds, ATVs and dirt bikes, dealers can continue to sell youth-sized off-road vehicles and trails will likely continue to be funded. A major player in those good things happening was honored Friday with a powersports-market award normally saved for industry insiders,... Read more »
Snowmobile Racing’s Arpin To Compete in NASCAR Race Friday Night
By John Prusak
April 12, 2012
Former snowmobile oval racer Steve Arpin — the personable pride of Fort Frances, Ontario, who used to run the No. 00 Polaris sleds on ice tracks — is back in the NASCAR ranks, for at least two weekends. Steve Arpin, pictured here in 2001 after winning the Pro Stock 600 final at the Eagle... Read more »
Ski-Doo MX Z Turns 20: Looking Back At A Revolutionary Snowmobile
Andy Swanson
April 12, 2012
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Ski-Doo’s legendary MX Z snowmobile that, in two decades, has introduced many advanced technologies to snowmobiling, been a multi-time Snow Goer Snowmobile of the Year award recipient and brought smiles to the faces of thousands of snowmobilers. The MX Z has... Read more »
