Arctic Cat has voluntarily recalled about 3,000 snowmobiles due to fire hazard. The company is working in cooperation with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The sleds being recalled pose a potential fire hazard to consumers from oil leaking into the engine compartment. Arctic Cat has received 33 reports of oil leaks, including eight vehicle [...]
In an effort to raise money for the nonprofit organization Tread Lightly!, BioKleen has become involved in The 2009 Tread Lightly! Charity Auction on eBay June 1-11. BioKleen strongly supports Tread Lightly!’s mission to promote responsible recreation through ethics education and stewardship. All money raised will go to programs that will help keep the great [...]
In cooperation with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Polaris Industries voluntarily recalled about 7,200 model year 2007, 2008 and 2009 snowmobiles with Clean Fire Injection and a left-hand pump flange assembly, according to the CPSC. The fuel lines on the snowmobiles can make contact with one another, which could result in a fuel leak. [...]
A coalition of recreational access groups moved today to join a lawsuit challenging Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plans covering nearly seven million acres in Utah. The motion was filed by the Trails Preservation Alliance (TPA), Colorado Off-Highway Vehicle Coalition (COHVCO), and BlueRibbon Coalition (BRC), all trails-based, grassroots recreation advocacy groups. The lawsuit was filed [...]
Polaris rider Paul Thacker recently jumped a snowmobile more than 300 feet breaking the world record at Minnesota’s Brainerd International Raceway, according to a Monster Energy press release. “I got up to 87 miles per hour and hit the take-off ramp. When I was in the air I just knew it was perfect. Flew over [...]
LaVallee Wins the Race and the Championship! Kaufman Falls Short of Title Hopes, Gulla and Simons Follow LaVallee to Podium; Ebert Wins Semi-Pro Open Race But Tremblay Clinches Title Even the best Hollywood writer could not have scripted a better scenario for the final Pro Super Stock race of the season than what unfolded [...]
Reckoning Day Is Here! Year End Championships Decided at Geneva Seven Down and One to Go; Battle for Season Supremacy is On and Every Race Matters When the AMSOIL Championship Snocross Series Hits Geneva MINNEAPOLIS (March 11, 2009) – Nearly an entire season has unfolded during the inaugural AMSOIL Championship Snocross Series, yet [...]
Winning Proves Contagious as Bender Wins Again Iain Hayden Gives Yamaha First Podium of the Season; Tremblay Poised to Capture Both Semi Pro Year-End Titles Faced with perhaps the most technically challenging track of the season, the racing action for day two of the Hayward 300 proved to be some of the most competitive and surprising [...]
Tremblay Snares First National Win; Gulla Wins Pro Bauerly and Mees Tangle, Opening Door for Tremblay in Semi Pro Open; Gulla Pulls Away with Kaufman and Crapo in Tow in Pro Super Stock Warm temperatures earlier in the week, followed by a freeze turned the already technical track at the Hayward 300 into one of [...]
The BOSS Racing promotion, “The Greatest Giveaway in the Sport” will be ending March 19, 2009. One lucky winner will receive a complete prize package, which will greatly change the way they spend their time outdoors. Participants log on to www.teambossracing.com after each snocross event where Ski-Doo/BOSS Racing competes. After creating a log-in ID, participants [...]