The Finnish Lynx snowmobile factory of Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) has developed the world’s first natural gas-powered snowmobile. The Lynx-branded model is to be sold mainly to central European skiing resorts, which requested the development of a gas-powered alternative a couple of years ago. Using natural gas instead of... Read more

Those wishing to purchase the revolutionary “Superclamp” composite snowmobile tie-down can now do so through Spiralus Group Inc. (www.spiralusgroup.net). Spiralus Group Inc. is a new online distributor for the Superclamp brand of products, serving the USA and Canada. The Superclamp snowmobile tie down system is one of the quickest... Read more

PowerMadd has announced their purchase of the Cobra snowmobile and ATV windshield product line from Sportech, Inc. Effective immediately, Cobra windshields will be available to powersports distributors from PowerMadd, located in Burnsville, Minnesota. “This is a great fit with our capabilities and our product philosophy,” states PowerMadd President Randy... Read more

Perennial grass-drag champion Pat Hauck closed his long career over the Sept. 30-Oct. 1 weekend by leading a 1-2-3 Yamaha Apex sweep in Stock 600 over Jerry Fix and Rocky Miller in the final round of the Woody’s Triple Crown at Wausau, WI. “I have been racing Yamahas for... Read more

With the ISR rules opening up to 4-stroke sleds, this coming year expect to see testing teams competing on Yamaha 4-stroke sleds in the Open classes. Yuji Nakazawa dominated the Japanese Snocross Series on his open mod Nytro. In the United States, Yamaha jumped into testing snocross this past... Read more

The Hastings 500 snowmobile grass drags and Michigan Snowmobile Associations snow show, the second weekend of October, being October 13-15, 2006. This event is held at the Barry Expo Center in Hastings, Michigan. Drawing people from all over the world for an entire weekend of snowmobile excitement, They have... Read more

Land & Sea, makers of the portable DYNOmite dynamometer system, is offering contingency prize money as a proud sponsor of the National Speed Association’s exciting Pro Stock Asphalt snowmobile drag racing circuit. Sleds in the NSA range from 1000 to 1500cc with highly modified engines, making anywhere from 225... Read more

Polaris Industries Inc. recently announced the appointment of Scott Swenson as General Manager, Snow Division. Swenson joined Polaris in 1998 to lead the company’s financial service business through Polaris Acceptance. Swenson also was responsible for the Treasury function and building the Medina facility. After successfully building the financial services... Read more

Arctic Cat recently announced that Robert Bonev, vice president of sales and marketing, has departed the company. Bonev had been with Arctic Cat since 2001. “We appreciate Robert’s contributions during his tenure at Arctic Cat and wish him well in his future endeavors,” said Arctic Cat’s Chairman and CEO... Read more

Polaris snowmobile hillclimber Rick Ward won the coveted Stock King of the Hill title at the 31st annual World Championship Snowmobile Hillclimb held March 23-26 on Snow King Mountain overlooking Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Ward set the pace for Polaris as he dominated the Stock competition, winning the World Championships... Read more