ARCTIC ANNOUNCES SPORT VAN WINNER

May 1974 - Thief River Falls, Minn. - Press Release
Grand prize winners in Arctic Enterprises Pre-Freezin' Season Sweepstakes are Mr. and Mrs. Milford Egland of Albert Lea, Minn. Their prize is a Dodge Swinger van.
   Egland is a retired police chief and his wife is a fifth grade school teacher.  They have three children and stated that their favorite past time is weekend camping.

THE 1974 SUZUKI SNOWMOBILE LINE

November 1973 - Forty years ago, the people at Suzuki Motor Corporation said that if you want the most rugged, reliable machine you can drive in the snow, buy a tank.
   But if you want a machine that's rugged, reliable and a lot more reasonable buy a Suzuki.
   They stated that Suzuki makes more 2-cycle engines than anybody in the world and they start easy even when its cold and they run all day without a whimper, even if there hot.
   They also said, a tank has a lot of iron, but a Suzuki snowmobile has an ironclad warranty.

THE 1972 SKI-ZOOM SNOWMOBILE

November 1971 - FOREVER - The New 1972 Ski-Zoom Snowmobile.
   Forever means a rich relationship with styling designed for the most demanding. Ski-Zoom's structure of rust-proof aluminum provides lightweight performance powered by Sachs engines.
   Ski_Zoom is harmoniously together and a snowmobile for the discerning of taste and free of Spirit.
   Ski-Zoom is made in Quebec by Autotechnic Inc.,
Montreal 133, Quebec

SNO-CYCLE FIGHTS HEAD TO HEAD WITH SNOWMOBILE DRAGSTERS

December 1983
Brothers kim and Mark Watzke have been running the Sno-Cycle head to head against snowmobiles in some of the grass drags.
   During the Michigan snowmobile Drag Racing Association championships at Perch Point Conservation Club it was a split in two matches.  The rear tire wide with heavy treads, is made for sand but doesn't get the bite of the ground that well studded snowmobiles can.
   But the Sno-Cycle has the muscle.  The boys toke a 650 Heath motor for the power plant, getting 430 RPM in 300 feet, installed an Arctic Cat clutch and drive train, and Mitchell aluminum wheels.
   We get it running about 80 miles per hour in 300 feet and close to 130 MPH in 600 feet.  We win some drags against snowmobiles and lose some.

NEW PRO RACE CIRCUIT SET

October 1974 - Green Bay, Wisconsin - Press Release
Four companies, including three snowmobile manufacturers and an accessory manufacturer, have thus far committed to a new factory racing circuit for the coming season to replace the defunct SnoPro circuit.
   The new circuit will be called the Professional Drivers Circuit (PDC) and the factory teams participating will follow it on an honor system over a thirteen race schedule according to guidelines established jointly by the factories, the racers, and the United States Snowmobile Association.  (USSA).

THE 1980 SKI-DOO EVEREST L/C

October 1979
What The Blizzard Did For Performance, The Everest L/C Did For Touring.
In the 1980 Everest LC, Ski-Doo offered this Mercedes of the snow.  It had all the civilities that any sophisticated could ever want - oil injection, liquid cooling, step-up seating, full instrumentation and more.
 Most importantly, the Everest benefited from the reinvigorated spirit and pride that was reinforced with 1979 Blizzard series.
   Ski-Doo's Everest L/C had re-arrived.  It was all new. It borrowed from the Blizzard technology  and incorporated all the logic of the original Everest.

ABOUT MYSELF

I would like to tell you a little more about myself.  As I've illustrated in my profile within this blog, my life has been centered around snowmobiles which includes the present time.  I was a Rupp dealer from 1969 thru it's death in 1978.  In 1980, I, along with some help made an attempt to bring Rupp Industries back into existence.  "GO HERE", To read all about this attempt.  In 1984, I moved to South Dakota and went on to expand my snowmobile parts and accessories operation by the name of SnoCat Shack and later was renamed Sport Shack, because of a legal matter.  I sold Sport Shack in 1996 and started a company by the name of Battery Shack and sold over 14,000 batteries in 10 years. "CLICK HERE", To learn more about this business.

THE 1973 JOHNSON GOLDEN GHOST

In the early 1970's,a big worry for the sledmakers was a difficult problem with sound levels that threatened to loom on the legislative horizon.  Johnson reacted to the challenge with the Golden Ghost in 1973, billed as the quietest production snowmobile in the world.  The Ghost was quiet at 73dB.(A), but very heavy.  Those who saw the first demonstrations of The Ghost could easily see the machines excessive weight was not due to the soundproofing, so the machine stood as proof to all that snowmobiles could be built quiet.

SNOWMOBILING SEASON IN THE BLACK HILLS OF SD COMES TO A CLOSE

Rapid City Journal - March 22, 2014
March 31st marks the official end of the season for the statewide snowmobile trail system.
   Black Hills Trails District Supervisor says grooming operations began in full force on the season opener and crews have been consistently grooming throughout the season.  Grooming operations will continue as long as snow conditions allow until March 31st.
   The program is funded by snowmobile users through license registration fees, fuel tax reimbursement and an excise tax of the sale of snowmobiles

THE 1986 ARCTIC CAT SNOWMOBILES

September 1985 - More HP For Tigre 6000, A Revamped Cougar And A New Cheetah.
When Arctco reopened the doors at The Arctic Cat factory in Thief River Falls, Minnesota a little over three years ago, A company spokesman told the snowmobiles industry that Arcto was going to take it slow and try to gradually rebuild.  The company was rebuilding after a devastating bankruptcy.
   But the improvements to the new '86 Arctic Cat snowmobiles demonstrates that Arctco isn't content with just catching up to the rest of the industry, Rather it wants to lead the industry.
   New for '86 in The Arctic Cat line is the Cheetah-a muscle bound long track sled designed to put more power and more track on the snow than any other long track sled in history. The new El Tigre also comes in with more muscle than ever with a 529cc engine making it meaner than ever.  The Pantera received Arctics AFS suspension and The Cougar, Arctic Cats Trail model received another carburetor to give added boast on the trail.