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More than 300 of the finest restored vintage snowmobiles from the sports golden heyday will be on display at the Better Living Center in West Springfield, MA, October 13 & 14, 2007.

Their proud owners are vying for the second Vintage Snowmobile Club of America (VSCA) National Championship, the highest honor in a popular hobby showcasing snowmobiles from the ‘60’s to the 80’s.

Historic snowmobiles from brands like Rupp, Sno-Jet, Mercury, John Deere, Scorpion, Speedway and dozens more will be represented alongside classic Arctic Cat, Polaris, Yamaha and Ski-Doo machines.

In addition, collectors will display memorabilia, clothing and other products. Vendor displays are added attractions and open to the public.

Admission is $8 per person (kids under 12 are free). The show opens to the public Saturday at 10:00AM, with the National Champion awarded at 8:00 PM following a buffet dinner.

The show continues on Sunday at 10:00 AM where attendees will be able to see the proudly displayed trophies of the winners.

“With vintage snowmobile collecting growing exponentially each year, the VSCA agreed that now is the time for a world class national show that awards a true National Champion,” said Mike Meagher, President of the VSCA. “Thief River Falls was the natural choice for the first annual event; it’s the hometown of Arctic Cat and very close to Roseau, Minn., hometown of Polaris and New England will continue this successful event as it was noted as the heart of oval racing and the birthplace of the VSCA.

Collectors throughout North America will attend the 2nd Annual event, showing original and restored snowmobiles. For more information on the event, including registration options to display a snowmobile, go to www.sledmass.com or contact Andy Holland, Chair of the SAM Vintage Committee at 508-485-6553.

The 2nd Annual Vintage National Championship is sponsored by the Snowmobile Association of Massachusetts and will be held in conjunction with the 16th Annual New England Snowmobile Expo, West Springfield, MA.

The show is a selling show of hundreds of snowmobile related products and draws thousands of snowmobile enthusiasts for this two day event showcasing the snowmobiling industry and winter tourism in Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, New York and Canada.

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Yamaha racing wraps up another year of high performance competition

No matter what type of snowmobile racing, Yamaha’s 4-stroke sleds posted several wins and podium finishes in the toughest events and circuits in the North American Snowbelt. From a 4-stroke Snocross win heard around the world, to Team Blue’s repeat dominance at the Soo I-500, Yamaha 4-stroke snowmobiles have become a force to be reckoned with on the track!

Snocross

Clearly the most exciting news for Yamaha race fans was Yamaha’s big Snocross victory at the WPSA National event in Brainerd, Minnesota. That historic event saw the first-ever heat win for a 4-stroke sled in a national Snocross as well as the sport’s first-ever win in the Pro Open class aboard a race-modified FX Nytro. Yamaha was successful for the rest of the season pulling in 11 more podium’s in heat races.

Cross Country

Adversity is the name of the game in racing. How a rider and machine can overcome the challenges before them defines how well they will do in competition. Champion racer Corey Davidson broke his leg in a motocross training accident just before the season got underway. He was back in the saddle, cast and all, for the Mille Lacs 300 in Garrison, MN, in which he won the Pro Open and took third in the Pro Stock classes of the two-race event. Davidson would go on to claim a number of top-10 cross country finishes, including another class win at the Grand 400.

Semi-Pro driver Travis Hjelle showed that a consistent season is the trail to a championship season in his rookie year. New to the series he had to learn the courses and how to compete in the USCC series. Even with all this adversity he prevailed as the season points champion in the Pro Open class and third in the Pro Stock class.

USCC’s Mach got in on the action as well, piloting a Phazer in the new Sport 85 class. He scored a second at the Munising 300. After his race, he had this to say about the Phazer as a race sled, “the sled felt really light. I think it’s because of the torque the motor has. I could burp the throttle and double through the big holes which helped me make up time.”

Enduro/Oval Racing

For the second consecutive year, a Yamaha Apex snowmobile has won the prestigious Soo I-500 endurance race in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. The winning team of Chad Gueco and co-driver Bill Wilkes simply dominated throughout the entire event on Saturday, February 3.

Last year’s winner Corey Davidson, driving with Travis Hjelle and Troy Hanson, put another Apex on the podium in third. Filling out the top five for Yamaha was the Loshaw Racing team of Shawn Ritchie and Terry Wright.

Yamaha 4-stroke sleds were consistently competitive in their classes again this season on the ice ovals, with two of the top three points finishers in MIRA’s marquee Pro Enduro class.

Yamaha’s #02 Pro team of Joel Diamond and Brent Versmeerch took second and the #85 Pro team of Darrell Howard, Mitch Diamond and Ryan Kohl earned third-place honors in the season overall. Diamond and Vermeersch capped off a strong series with a first place finish at the tough Michigan CAT 500 in Lincoln, Michigan.

Grass Drags

Allen Ulmer took his stock Apex RTX and modified Yamaha 4-stroke sleds through an undefeated season in SDSDRA’s Stock C and Improved Stock 600 classes last fall. Ulmer was backed up in the Stock C by Doug Killion, who earned the second place points championship on his Yamaha racer.

At Hay Days, Pat Hauck and Jerry Fix took home wins in Stock C and Stock E classes, each leading two other Yamaha in the finals.

Jerry Fix cleaned up the Pro Class competition at the NSRA’s WSA 500 in Jessup, IA and Semi-Pro racer Rocky Miller took home wins in two classes. Fix went on to win three season-end points championships in the NSRA: Stock 500, Stock 600 and Improved Stock 600 on his Yamaha sleds.

On the COSDRA grass racing circuit, Steve Agdorny climbed the podium frequently, thanks to his Yamaha 4-stroke sleds. Among his many accomplishments this past year, he won the Stock C class at the Hastings 500 and pulled a pair of seconds at the ISR World Series of Drag Racing.

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GE Plastics today announced that its Xenoy* 6620U-1001GT and 6620-BK1066GT injection-molding resins have been approved by the California Air Regulations Board (CARB) as an Innovative Product, offering manufacturers the opportunity to avoid tank permeation testing through the use of these materials.

Xenoy 6620-GT resins provide a one-step, monolayer solution to help meet CARB and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards governing vapor emissions from fuel tanks in lawnmowers, snow blowers, personal recreation vehicles, generators, and other off-road equipment. The goal is to reduce volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions.

According to CARB’s Executive Order “It is ordered and resolved that no tank permeation data is required to be submitted in the certification process for equipment using GE’s Xenoy 6620U-1001GT and 6620-BK1066GT resins for an injection-molded fuel tank.”

This designation means companies using the GE material to mold small-engine fuel tanks with an average nominal wall thickness of 2.5 mm or greater, following process and material specifications as set out in Component Executive Order C-U-07-007, will be recognized as approved by CARB after submission – without the need to undergo costly and lengthy tank permeation tests.

“With this significant regulatory milestone, our Xenoy 6620-GT resins have become the only non-rotomolded solution currently recognized by CARB as an Innovative Product,” said Craig Williams, industry manager, Transportation at GE Plastics. “The simplicity and speed of injection-molding our materials is a sharp contrast to the complexity of traditional approaches such as multilayer extrusion blow molding. And by avoiding the need for tank-by-tank tests or group tests, manufacturers can cut cycle times even more.”

Xenoy 6620-GT resins avoid the high costs of traditional multilayer extrusion blow-molding processes, as well as the cost and time required for secondary fluorination of conventional monolayer molded tanks.

The materials also provide an outstanding balance of mechanical performance and weatherability, including excellent UV stability, and high- and low-temperature ductility. Xenoy 6620U-1001GT resin is available in natural, and Xenoy 6620-BK 1066GT resin is available in black.

Both resin grades not only comply with the current 2007/08 CARB standard, which limits fuel vapor emissions to 2.5g/m2/day for small off-road engines, but also comply with the tighter 2011/12 limit of 1.5g/m2/day. CARB requirements are becoming the de facto industry standard.

In addition, GE Plastics’ Xenoy X6800BM blow-molding resins are currently undergoing evaluation by CARB with the expectation that they will also receive approval as an Innovative Product for blow molding small-engine fuel tanks.

GE’s Xenoy 6620-GT injection-molding resins and Xenoy X6800BM blow-molding resins are available globally.

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As the leader of organized snowmobiling in this province, the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC) welcomes the exclusive commitment of Arctic Cat, BRP, Polaris and Yamaha to the OFSC Go Snowmobiling Show , September 28 to 30 at the Toronto Congress Centre, 650 Dixon Road.

The Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) will be on hand to showcase their complete line of 2008 snowmobiles for the first and only time in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).

Besides bringing their large, professional corporate booths and a strong factory presence, the OEMs are also participating actively in OFSC Go Snowmobiling Show planning, promotion and added value features.

“The OEM’s are very excited about providing corporate support to the OFSC Go Snowmobiling Show because we believe that the OFSC’s lifestyle approach will renew and grow snowmobiling in Ontario,” said Ed Klim, President of the International Snowmobile Manufacturers Association (ISMA). “We invite everyone with a business stake in the growth of our industry to join us in supporting the OFSC by exhibiting at this show.”

Recent consumer research, conducted by both the OFSC and ISMA, clearly identifies a large group of consumers who are interested in snowmobiling for the first time or in doing more snowmobiling.

In addition to existing family snowmobiling enthusiasts, the OFSC Go Snowmobiling Show is carefully positioned to attract new participants — providing exhibitors with new customers and further sales opportunities.

“We know that many snowmobilers want to attend an upscale show whose primary focus is snowmobiling, and that starts with the prestige of anchoring our show with a spacious, attractive, ‘snowmobile mall’, exclusively featuring all the latest OEM sleds and a few surprises, too,” stated OFSC President Bruce Robinson.

As one component of the province-wide GO Snowmobiling Campaign, the OFSC Go Snowmobiling Show is an annual, non-profit event committed to renewing and growing the snowmobiling industry by celebrating family recreation and the snowmobiling lifestyle experience.

OFSC show proceeds support organized snowmobiling and snowmobile trails in Ontario.

For exhibit information:

Denise Hayward
Tel: 905.361.5246
E-mail: hayward@sportshows.ca

For OFSC show information:

Paula Richards
Tel.: 705.739.7669, ext. 235
E-mail: prichards@ofsc.on.ca

SUPERCLAMP has picked up and moved its offices from Edmonton Alberta to Calgary Alberta. This move puts manufacturing, shipping, sales and marketing all under one roof.

SUPERCLAMP manufactures a number of innovative products for the snowmobile industry including SUPER-GLIDES and the industry’s #1 tie down system – SUPERCLAMP.

On top of this announcement, SUPERCLAMP also points out that it has landed a distributor in Norway that will carry SUPER-GLIDES and SUPERCLAMP Front and Rear for distribution throughout Europe. This new distributor will also work on developing the company’s dealer network abroad.

SUPER-GLIDES are an innovative ramp system for safely loading ATVs and snowmobiles onto your trailer bed. Watch for an evaluation of SUPER-GLIDES in an upcoming issue of All-Terrain Vehicle Magazine and Supertrax.

Visit www.SUPERCLAMP.net and call 403-203-2210 for more information.