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OFSC Give It A Try Tour Returns for 4th Winter

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Free Snowmobiling Experience for First Timers

Hundreds of people including members of the media will go snowmobiling for the first time this winter thanks to the OFSC Go Snowmobiling Give It A Try Tour, produced by Digital Video Productions.

As a major Go Snowmobiling Campaign initiative for 2011, the Give It A Try Tour will put first timers and reporters on new sleds from Arctic Cat, Ski-Doo (BRP), Polaris and Yamaha for a fun-filled snowmobiling experience.

On the road with Ocean Transport, the tour is scheduled as follows: Haliburton (Pinestone Resort) January 27 to 30; Wasaga Beach (Wasaga Sports Park), February 3 to 6, and February 10 to 13. Best of all, Give It A Try is absolutely free, but participants must register in advance at www.tryriding.com.

“Research by the International Snowmobile Manufacturers Association has shown that the biggest deterrent to getting started in snowmobiling is not being able try it first,” said OFSC Go Snowmobiling spokesperson, Josh Grills. “Our major objective and the primary benefit of the Give It a Try Tour is to make that all-important first taste safe, affordable, accessible and fun.”

The 2011 OFSC Go Snowmobiling Give It A Try Tour, sponsored in part by Goodyear, involves local media, snowmobile clubs and sled dealers.

Since inception in 2008, the Tour has introduced about 1,800 newbies to snowmobiling. Following pre-ride safety instruction and practical sled orientation, participants go on their free ride in a controlled, supervised setting, wearing gear provided by Choko Design, Baffin boots and Royal Distributing. Murphy Insurance and Financial Services is providing ride insurance.

Go Snowmobiling promotes the lifestyle, experience and fun that trail riding offers Ontarians every winter. Its purpose is to grow snowmobiling by attracting new participants, persuading former riders to return, encouraging casual snowmobilers to ride more – and by urging everybody to do their sledding here in Ontario.

The Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs is dedicated to providing strong leadership and support to member clubs and volunteers, to establishing and maintaining quality snowmobile trails which are used in a safe and environmentally responsible manner, and to furthering the enjoyment of organized snowmobiling.

Polaris Cleans Up at ISOC Western Nationals

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Ross Martin & TJ Gulla Are in Top Four in Points in Both Pro Classes

Polaris snocross racers on Polaris IQ Race Sleds won two classes, earned two podium spots in Pro Super Stock, and continued to rise in the Pro-class points standings with strong performances at the ISOC Western Nationals held January 8 at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah.

Ross Martin (Judnick Motorsports) and Bobby LePage (Team LaVallee) finished second and third, respectively, in Pro Super Stock, and Martin and TJ Gulla (Hentges Racing) are in the top four in points in both Pro classes.

Mike Bauer (Judnick Motorsports) won the Semi-Pro Super Stock race at Sandy and James Johnstad (Johnstad Racing) won the Sport Super Stock race.

PRO CLASSES: Ross Martin Second in Points in Both Classes

In Pro Super Stock at Sandy, Ross Martin continued his consistently strong season performance with a second-place finish, one spot ahead of fellow Polaris racer Bobby LePage, who led early in the race.

Among other Polaris racers, Christian Salemark (Hulten Speed Sports) finished ninth, TJ Gulla was 12th, Brett Bender (Hentges Racing) was 13th and Andrew Johnstad (Johnstad Racing) was 14th.

Martin left Utah in second place in Pro Super Stock points, 12 points out of first and 10 ahead of the third-place racer. Gulla is currently fourth in points, LePage is 11th, Salemark is 14th and Andrew Johnstad is 16th.

In Pro Open, Gulla and Martin each won a first-round heat, and LePage and Martin won second-round heats as five Polaris racers qualified for the final in Utah. Gulla got the holeshot in the final and came home in fourth. Joining him in the top 10 were Bender in eighth and Andrew Johnstad in ninth. Martin finished 11th and LePage was 14th.

After the first three races of the season, Martin is second in Pro Open points and Gulla is in fourth. LePage is ninth in the standings and Salemark, who is from Umea, Sweden, is in 13th.

SEMI-PRO & SPORT CLASSES: Dual Polaris Victories

In Semi-Pro Super Stock, Mike Bauer ran strong and won the final, which moved him from fifth to third in points. Other Polaris racers who finished in the top 10 at Sandy were Andrew Lieders (Lieders Racing) in third, Renaud Alexandre (Renaud Alexandre Racing) in fifth and Kody Kamm (Kamm Racing) in ninth.

Joining Bauer in the top 10 in Semi-Pro Super Stock points are Renaud in seventh and Colby Crapo (Leighton Motorsports) in 10th. Lieders is in 11th.

In the Sport Super Stock race at Sandy, James Johnstad took the checkered flag and moved up to second place in points. Joining him in the top 10 in the race were Trevor Leighton (Leighton Motorsports) in fourth, Shadron Petersen (Play with Gravity Snocross) in seventh, and Michael Hughes (M2 Racing) in 10th.

Following the Sandy race, Leighton holds the Sport Super Stock points lead, James Johnstad is second, Kody Kamm is fourth and Brett Nastala (Redline Racing) is seventh.

Selected Polaris racers will compete in the 15th annual Winter X Games, January 27-30, in Aspen, Colorado. The next ISOC National Series points race will be the Eastern Nationals, February 4-5, in Farmington, New York.

2011 Ski Doo Summit Freeride 154 800R E-TEC Review

AJ Lester
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2011 Ski Doo Summit Freeride 154 800R E-TEC Review

Here’s a throwback to AJ’s review of the 2011 Ski Doo Summit Freeride 154 featuring the Rotax-powered 800R E-TEC engine.

READER REPLY: REGARDING SNO-X

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With the specialization of snocross sleds taking them to a level of extreme bump performance at the exclusion of other favorable attributes, ie: cornering ability, cold weather comfort, top speed, etc. they really don’t have as much relevance for trail-rider-performance.

It sure is different from the old days of the Indy Trail Specials when I started racing- with basically just a wider ski stance. Still snocross is a great show.

It would be nice if we could get back to a bit more of a grassroots snocross level for entry level riders. You would have to exclude the snocross specials.

Very difficult though to come up with local level snocross tracks, you almost need access to snow making equipment.

RO

– Read Article Here

READER MAKES AN EXCELLENT POINT

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A Supertax reader sent us these comments and we think they’re worth noting:

Mark’s History Makers and Breakers article in the December issue was a good one. As you said, there are more to come but you need to acknowledge a sled that created an entire product line for all the manufacturers: the Ski-Doo Summit.

No other sled has created an entirely new market that has become as significant as the mountain market.

Being the first production based mountain machine developed by any manufacturer makes the Summit at least as significant as quite a few in your list.

Now, if you want to continue, you could mention the Ski-Doo Renegade that was the crossover sled that drove that market to what it is today.

Keep up the good work!

Dave

2011 Polaris Switchback Assault 800 144 Review

AJ Lester
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2011 Polaris Switchback Assault 800 144 Review

AJ evaluates the new for 2011 Polaris Switchback Assault 800 featuring the 15-inch wide, 144-inch track and highlights all the details you might be wondering about if you’re hunting for a crossover sled on the used snowmobile market.

SLEDS ARE SELLING OUT EVERYWHERE!

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SLEDS ARE SELLING OUT EVERYWHERE!

Since we received early winter snow in substantial amounts clear across the snowbelt this year it’s put some big happy smiles on the faces of snowmobile dealers.

Both new and non-current model inventories are emptying quickly as ownersare beating the bushes looking to fulfill requests from snowmobilers looking for specific models.

It’s still really early in the selling season and some of the dealers we’ve spoken to are already down to their last half dozen sleds.

One long-established dealer we talked to told us he hasn’t seen anything like this in decades.

Normally, most dealers are left with about half their new-sled allotments unsold around the middle of December and the rest moving out over the balance of the winter.

This year, the “bargain” leftover sleds are mostly long gone and the 2011’s are moving out in big numbers – if they can get them.

We think an important factor in all this action is the fact large numbers of potential buyers have been holding onto their old sleds during the last two and a half years and now that they can get more use out of their sleds (because of all the snow), they’re nearly forced to move into a new, more reliable one.

DOOTalk.com Race Team In The Action

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The cross country racers on the DOOTalk.com racing team had a great weekend at the Grafton USCC 100. 

Ross Erdman recorded the fastest lap of the Pro 600 Class and finished 7th overall. Ross also finished 5th in the Pro Open. Sam VandePutte finished 2nd in the Vet30 class, and Nick Roehl finished 5th. 

In the Pro race, every single Ski-Doo that finished the race was a member of the DOOTalk Member Sponosred Race Team (Ross Erdman (7th), Tyler Akelstad (11th), Nick Roehl (13th), Sam Vandeputte (18th).

A big thanks to all of our contributing members and sponsors.

Visit dootalk.com and become a member today.

Polaris’ Corey Davidson Wins USCC Opener

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Proven Veteran Wins Pro 600 Class; Bobby Menne IV Wins Semi-Pro 600

When the going got rough in the first cross-country snowmobile race of the season, a proven pro, Corey Davidson, surged to the front on his Polaris race sled to win the Pro 600 class.

Davidson’s win came in the United States Cross Country Snowmobile Racing (USCC) season opener on January 2 in Grafton, North Dakota.

Davidson, who has built one of the sport’s most impressive cross-country resumes, also won the Vet 30+ and Masters 40+ classes at Grafton, and Polaris racer Paul Anderson won the Masters 50+ class.

Bobby Menne IV won the Semi-Pro 600 race on a 600 RUSH Pro-R in the first Semi-Pro race of his career and his first race on a Polaris.

Davidson used a fast yet steady pace to win the Pro 600 class on the brutally rough 14.5-mile race course outside Grafton. Multiple blizzards in the days before the race blanketed the region in deep snow and led to numerous road closures. Since some racers couldn’t reach the race site, the USCC declared it a non-points race.

The storms also left the race course with deep, drifted snow cover, and numerous racers had get-offs from hitting snow ridges or landing hard after catching air.

Davidson was in third place as the Pro 600 leaders began the third and final lap of their race, but the two racers ahead of him both crashed. Davidson took advantage, surging past to win by 14 seconds ahead of the runner-up and 19 seconds over Polaris racer Aaron Christensen in third. Polaris racer Justin Tate was sixth.

In the Semi-Pro 600 race, Menne won by more than half-minute and was the first of five Polaris racers to finish in the top 10. Ken Christensen was fifth, Travis Faust was seventh, Mike Hedlund was eighth and Korey Wenzel finished 10th.

“This is my first win as a Semi-Pro and it feels really good,” said Menne. “Our test time with the Polaris 600 RUSH Pro-R really showed in the race. The sled was working great. I feel more comfortable on this sled than anything I’ve raced in the past.”

Experienced Polaris racers swept the podium spots in the Masters 40+ class, with Davidson winning, Ken Christensen finishing second and Paul Anderson taking third.

The next race on the USCC schedule is the Grand Cities 100 in Grand Forks, N.D., January 15.

Questions About BIC Awards

Motorhead Mark Lester
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Question:

Dear Motorhead:

I just read the latest issue of Supertrax and in the BEST IN CLASS section you list the Polaris 600 Shift as best in its class. In its downfalls you mention it has no tach yet my 2010 shift 121 comes with the full guage package just like the higher end IQ models.

Yesterday I went to local dealer to check out the 2011 models both a 121 and 136 and they also had the full guage package (the analogue and digital read out). What exactly do you mean that it has no tach? My Shift’s and the 2011 in the showroom have the same guage package as everyother IQ I have seen.

Also, you mention the 600 Shift has the 2 injector CFI engine. Under the belt/tool kit on my 2010 shift 600 121 mine says its a 4-injector. Is it a different system for 2011 and is it the same system as the 600 RUSH?

I find it very confusing as to what engine/CFI system Polaris is running in there 600s and which model has which set up. I can’t seem to find this info anywhere.

Thanks for your time and any info you may have.

Trevor

Reply:

Thanks for your email!

No doubt you read our complete BIC feature in great detail and for this I am truly pleased!

You may have noticed my brother (Kent) made fun of me suggesting Mom had dropped me on my head at birth because he disagreed with some of my (all?) picks for BIC Awards. This was deeply troubling for me. Of course my picks were correct – right?

Your attention to detail actually completely exonerates me from the “dropped on my head” comment as I specifically instructed Kent as we were going to press that the 600 Shift CFI motor is in fact a four injector engine. So, who really was dropped on his head?

The reference to no tach is obviously incorrect – good call on your part.The reason Kent is confused is two fold.

1) the new 800 Liberty was four injectors in past years but is a two injector in MY 11 and 2) in actual fact two years ago Polaris released a 2 injector 600 available only in the Shift 136. It was discontinued the following year and returned to four injectors.

Truth is Mom did drop me, but I landed on my feet!

Motorhead Mark

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