Archived Snowmobile News Articles
to Sept 25 2007
This Weekend Grass Drags in Douglas Minnesota!
Sept
20, 2007: DOUGLAS MN: By Donny Henn; Post-Bulletin, Rochester MN
; Grass drag event features snowmobile racing in September. A big
snowstorm at the end of last winter salvaged some of the snowmobiling
season for riders in southeastern Minnesota. But was it enough to
whet the appetites of snowmobilers for the coming season, or did
enthusiasm for the sport melt away with all those snow-free months?
"Last year the weather ended on a high note with that snowstorm,"
said Jim Miesbauer of the Byron Snow Bears snowmobile club. "Hopefully,
that was enough to get people excited again about this winter."
Miesbauer and his club are banking on that being the case. The Byron
Snow Bears will get a gauge on local interest in snowmobiling when
the club presents the 13th annual Great Southern Grass Drag Nationals
this weekend near Douglas. Get the rest of this snowmobile events
news story
here...
Plenty of trails, lots of snowmobilers,
just need snow
September 17, 2007 ALBANY,
N.Y. (AP) - It's way too early for most New Yorkers to utter the
"S" word -- snow. For the tens of thousands who are members
of snowmobile clubs, it's never too early to start thinking about
winter. There are some 11,000 miles of trails in New York state
and almost 60,000 snowmobile club members. But the joker in their
deck is the snow, which failed to fall last year until after the
holidays. Jim Jennings is executive director of the New York State
Snowmobile Association. He says his group likes to see it start
snowing by Christmas. Last winter, the first big snowfalls didn't
arrive in most of upstate New York until well after New Year's Day,
although some areas had snow into April. The late snow was cited
as one reason for the drop in statewide snowmobile registrations.
There were nearly 150,000 snowmobiles registered in New York state
two years ago. But last season that number dipped to 130,000.
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Woman Gets One Year In Prison For
SUV Snowmobile Death
Sept 19 07: FARMINGTON -Rhonda
Erskine- A woman accused of killing a snowmobiler
with her SUV has been sentenced to one year in prison. Sarah Forbes
appeared in Franklin County Superior Court in Farmington Wednesday
morning. Forbes admits she was drunk when she crashed into a disabled
snowmobile on the side of Route 2 earlier this year. 20-year-old
Lisa Cerqueira was killed in the crash. Monday in court, Forbes
pleaded guilty to aggravated OUI, and the state dropped a manslaughter
charge against her. Members of the victim's family were upset about
the plea deal, they were even more disappointed by the sentence.
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Fall Snowmobile Bash in
Ohio Attracts Large Crowds
KIM DUNNE-Telegram Staff Writer; Published:
Monday, September 17, 2007 ; OHIO - Despite the cold and rainy weather
on Saturday, a large crowd still made its way out to the annual
Snow Bash event in the town of Ohio. Snow Bash is a grass drag
snowmobile race run by the Ohio Ridge Riders Snowmobile Club
and sponsored by North-South Connection Trailers Sales and Blizzard
Manufacturing Inc. People from across the northeast and Canada took
part in the event that is considered one of the top events in the
country. Racers run their sleds down a 500-foot, four-lane track,
with scoreboards keeping track of the speeds of the racers. Racers
were competing for a bonus purse of $18,300. Other cash prizes included
$500 AM Bash Master; $1,000 Pro Bash Master; $1,500 Fastest Sled;
and $1,500 Lowest ET.
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Faulty Polaris
Fuel Pumps Replacement Kits
Alert from www.snowtechmagazine.com
Polaris has determined the fuel pump sender units on all
2005 & 2006 big block 755 & 866 (700 & 900 Cleanfire
models) can deteriorate. The deterioration can allow small particles
to contaminate the fuel system, including the fuel filter and injectors.
This could cause reduced performance, and/or engine damage. Polaris
has developed kits to remedy this situation. All models get a new
fuel pump sender unit, and some models get a new fuel filter as
well. Owners of these snowmobile machines should have the
appropriate kit installed to prevent fuel system contamination.
More
here
Snowmobile
News Item:
Polaris Factory in Romania to build 60,000 Units
Sept 14 2007: US snowmobile and motorcycle
maker Polaris Industries will invest 50 million euro (some
70 million USD) to build a snowmobile factory in Romania
or Bulgaria, company officials announced on Friday, quoted by Reuters.
The investor plans to employ up to 800 workers and some 80% of the
factory production, or some 60,000 units in the first year, is to
be exported to EU member countries. The location of the factory
will be decided in November this year, Bogdan Gheorghiu, regional
manager for Romania, Bulgaria and Moldova said, quoted by Reuters.
He said Polaris will launch the investment in the second
half of 2008. The company expects annual sales of 250 million euro.
