MENTAL SNOWMOBILE RACING

It is good to plan the race in advance.Think over what you will want to do in a certain situation, but be prepared for changes.Race with a positive attitude and try not to let the crowd bother you.
Concentration is vitally important. Always think ahead.
The most important aspect of racing is that you, the racer, enjoy yourself. Racing is a sport and you should have fun, other than trying to win.

INSIDE LOOK OF A 1975 YAMAHA GPX

 Leading the way in the Yamaha line for 1975, was the high performance GPX series of snowmobiles.
Yamaha offered 338G and 433G models with free air twin cylinder engines.  Both rode on a 15-inch reinforced rubber track, have an aluminum frame, slide rail suspension, autolube oil injection, disc brakes, intake silencer, tether switch, parking brake, gas and oil gauge, and CD ignition.

1984 YAMAHA PHAZER

 For 1984, Yamaha claimed that after three years of rumors, the Yamaha mystery sled appeared as the 1984 Phazer...as close as coming from a fresh sheet of paper as anything ever built by Yamaha.

1982 KAWASAKII 440 LTD

In 1982 Kawasaki claimed it's LTD to be The All-Around Rocket. It didn't matter whether you were interested in touring along a twisty trail or tearing across a frozen lake, spending a day at the races or a night on the town.
This was the sled that did it all.  High performance, responsive handling, unmatched comfort, and super styling. 

AUTO-SKI INC FILES BANKRUPTCY

February 1974 - Levis, Quebec - Auto-Ski, Inc., manufacturer of Auto-Ski snowmobiles, has filed bankruptcy with more than $900,000.00 owed to creditors. According to Paul LaCasse, company president, loss of backing from major a shareholder and reduced snowmobile sales for the past two seasons, were the major contributing factor to the corporations indebtness.
Paul and Maurice LaCasse, brothers founded the company in 1968. Auto-Ski sold 700 1973 snowmobiles and produced 1,800 machines for the 1974 season.
The LaCasse brothers purchased the parts inventory from the bank and indicated that they would seek financial backing to produce 1975 snowmobiles.

THE 1988 POLARIS INDY's

In 1988 Polaris claimed that it would be tough to make up your mind which Indy to buy.
The fleet of Polaris Indy snowmobiles may be the most impressive fleet of trail sleds on the market, Polaris claimed.
With The Indy 650 leading the way, there were many selections of options in The Indy lineup.  The Trail Indy had a two-up seat which offered comfort for both driver and passenger.  Polaris offered two long tracks which turned enjoyment out of any task.  The Indy Classic impressed the competition with its graphic design and then there was also The Indy Sport, The Indy 400 and The Indy Sprint.

1984 SNOWMOBILE RACING SEASON

The winter of 1983/84 saw a significant increase in snowmobile racing opportunity of all kinds for both racers and racing fans.  More races from oval sprint and endurance to snocross and cross country were scheduled in all the traditional competition hotbeds and in several new locations for the season.
A long line-up of sponsors including Budweiser, Schmidt, Pabst, Stroh and more put up healthy purses and promotions to add punch to the biggest racing season in more than a decade.
Snocross, plus oval and cross-country events were all showing growth and vitality for the 1984 snowmobile racing season.

SNOWMOBILING GROWING FAST

September 1976 - Since 1973, snowmobiling gained 19 percent more participants (from 7,700,000 to 9,200,000), which made it the third fastest growing sport in the nation.  So said a recent sports survey conducted by a National Research firm.
The study was conducted among 3,000 U.S. households. (2,000 households were surveyed in 1973), with the results projectable to all households and individuals in the U.S., according to the company.  The survey toke into consideration 27 sports activities.

1982 SKI-DOO 5500MX bLIZZARD

SNOWMOBILING AT ALBERTA