For various reasons I don't normally post events on this site, but here's one that caught my eye that I feel the need to mention, if for no other reason than (at this point) I'm planning to attend.

The other reason I'm posting it is that it's a pretty novel idea for a fundraiser benefiting snowmobile clubs.

Click to learn more.

Racing is tough business.

While the limelight typically shines on the winners and thrill of victory, it's the ups and downs that happen in the trenches that characterize most racers' experience.

Arctic Cat Wildcat racer Alex Fortune is a perfect example. His first-person recap of the 2014 season is an example of the joy and frustration that all racers experience.

Click to read his story.

After sitting out the entire 2014 race season due to an injury, 563 Motorsports/Team Arctic Pro Am Women’s racer Megan Campbell is set to resume her career at the upcoming ISOC national in Duluth, MN, the same place she was injured last season.

New this year: Gear sponsorship from DRIFT Racing.

Click to read the press release.

Arctic Cat just announced the new line of Tucker Hibbert Sportswear from Arcticwear, all inspired and designed the Tucker himself.

An assortment of 15 hoodies, hats and t-shirts are online now. Click to read more.

Today (Nov. 14), would have been C.J. Ramstad's 69th birthday, had he not died in a tragic automobile crash with his son, J.J., in May 2007.

He was (and probably always will be) my favorite writer. One reason why was his great Pops Quiz column in Snowmobile Magazine during early to mid-1980s. As a gift to yourself on C.J.'s birthday, please read this gem from 1984.

Arctic Cat announced today that it has hired Christopher T. Metz as the new company President and Chief Executive Officer beginning Dec. 3, 2014.

Metz comes to Arctic Cat having served as managing director of Sun Capital Partners, Inc., a leading private investment firm, and president at Black & Decker, leading its Hardware and Home Improvement Group.

Welcome aboard, Chris!

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Episode 5 of the fantastic One Lungers series is up and worth watching.

It focusses on vintage collector Harlan Rohner, who certainly qualifies as having an ultimate barn find.

I don't want to know why, rather I'd prefer to know what it drives like.

I'm referring to this honey of a Yugo that's powered by a 900cc Suzuki triple straight out of an Arctic Cat Thundercat. Someone just paid $2,025 for it on eBay.

Click to learn a wee bit more.

(And if you've driven this baby, please give us a report!)

I'm thankful for the Minnesota deer hunting opener.

I'm thankful my Quadski can transport me over the river and through the woods.

I'm thankful that, in the event my hunt is unsuccessful, I can buy a little more photoshopping for this image.

And I'm thankful it's Friday, Nov. 7, 2014.

Recently, the core of Team Arctic's legendary Sno Pro team reuinited for the first time in more than three decades.

Larry Coltom, Dave Thompson, Bob Elsner, Jim Dimmerman, Roger Skime, Bill Ness and Bill Decker gathered to remember their past and reveal the present.

In this heartfelt, personal account of that weekend, Dimmerman takes us there and shares what it meant to him personally.

It’s November 1993.

While race-prepping the ZR 440 that he sponsored for me to contest the 1994 ISOC cross-country race season, Brian Nelson adds an accessory that will forever change my snowmobile experience and set a template for every snowmobile that I’ve owned since then.

It isn’t some game-changing clutch secret or revolutionary suspension set-up. Nope, far less tantalizing or exotic...(MORE)

Briggs and Stratton is proud to announce the debut of the inaugural USXC Briggs and Stratton Triple Crown, a three-race series of cross-country events for youth who compete with 120-class snowmobiles equipped with the Briggs 206 engine.

In addition to the excitement and prestige associated with these true cross-country events for youth, Briggs and Stratton is offering $3,000 in prizes that will be randomly given away to registered 206-class racers.

The three USXC Briggs and Stratton Triple Crown events include:

Dec. 2 Dec. 20 – Pine Lake, Minnesota

Jan. 31 – Park Rapids, Minnesota

Feb. 28 – Thief River Falls, Minnesota

Click for more info.

I'm thankful that we celebrate the mischievous one day each year.

I'm thankful when that day is a Friday.

I'm thankful for the fiery idea that I stole from THUG Kitchen.

And I'm thankful it's Halloween 2014.

(The thoughtful feedback and comments I get from you guys is one of my favorite things about this website. Beginning this week I'm going to post semi-regular questions that swirl around in my brain, with hopes that you might share your answer.)

53,280.

That was how many minutes until the first cross-country race of the season, from the moment that my son Calvin asked the question recently.

He was sort-of joking when he asked the question, but he was dead-serious about his anticipation of going and competing there. He was making plans... (MORE)

I'm thankful for the sheer thrill of ditch banging on my snowmobile (although I prefer groomed trails).

I'm thankful for the corner-carving excellence of this rider-forward snowmobile design.

I'm thankful I don't wear a scarf.

And I'm thankful it's Friday, October 24, 2014.

Team Arctic has been home to many of the all-time greatest snowmobile racers. Among the elite list of all-time greats is Bob Elsner, stalwart of the Team Arctic Sno Pro era and the 1979 World Champion.

Recently, the humble man from New London, Wis., answered a pile of questions from this lifelong fan, which was truly a dream come true.

Click to read what he has to say.

The 2015 Arctic Cat ZR6000R race sleds were rolling off the assembly line in Thief River Falls yesterday.

Dang, these sleds look cool!

Click to see some more pix.

I'm thankful the engineers FINALLY built us a proper musclesled.

I'm thankful it's got a Hemi.

I'm thankful for the 1.25-in. lug track that comes on the Sno Pro edition.

And I'm thankful it's Friday, Oct. 17, 2014.

"When I pushed the throttle it sunk me deeper into the powder making me very stuck."

For his 7th grade English writing project, my son Cal describes a snowmobile ride in our backyard that occured when he was 5 years old.

In doing so, he depicts a situation that pretty much every snowmobiler can relate to.

Tucker Hibbert is back in Arcticwear Race Gear beginning this season, wearing the sweet jacket/pant combo (above) as he continues his remarkable career.

There will also be a signature Sportswear Line for Arcticwear bearing his name and iconic No. 68 in the near future.

Click to read the press release.