oh noses... Wes Selby and SkiDoo are gunna f the Cat & Polaris riders up this year!

very few of these are going to Alaska for the fake cross country race... 

Cat has nine sleds to share amongst their racers

Polaris will pay $14 for a top place podium finish

 

what else?

8 hours ago, Crnr2Crnr said:

otb, and 2.86P tracks weigh less 

2.52 puts more picks in the ice

if my memory is correct a few years back several of the Iron Dog teams tried 1" lug 14"W 136" 2.52P speed tracks.

https://www.hardcoresledder.com/threads/iron-dog-indy-race-sled-pics.1869462/post-20390290

based on this pic from the 2023 race and how close the rear axle outer wheels are to the edge of the track it looks as though some still are running the 14"w

it's not the pic/post/thread/article I was looking for which was a ID Kit'd Assault with a 136" but...  

 

https://cdn1.polaris.com/globalassets/snow/root/team-polaris/racer-resources/cross-contry/parts-and-kits/2020-600-indy-xc-137-iron-dog-upgrade-parts-list.pdf?v=75e167d4

looks like that old link still works... notice the track drive comment on P2

The Iron Dog you say…. really?  
I thought that was just a dirt race up in buttfuck nowhere.

 

Edited January 19, 20241 yr by AK440

13 minutes ago, AK440 said:

The Iron Dog you say…. really?  
I thought that was just a dirt race up in buttfuck nowhere.

 

let's see your sled... 

16 hours ago, Crnr2Crnr said:

idk if the Doo race sled gets a single ply or an R track tbh.   what's the availability of R rated tracks this year?  I know it was an issue last year at the GD Soo and many teams suffered track related issues.   didn't Zach blow a non R track @Not greg b and end up spectating and drinking beer the rest of the day?

 

Not sure about last year but the year before he blew a track right through the front of the sled and took out everything including the engine. He was up on the hill with the rest of us delirics. We offered him beer and food but I think he thought racing is safer than partying with you fools. Several other people were blowing tracks that year. Troy and Gabe got tangled up in the race the night before and screwed themselves up badly and didn’t race the actual 500. They flew in gunner last minute to ride with Spencer and Gabe’s team ran his sled without him. 

6 hours ago, Not greg b said:

Not sure about last year but the year before he blew a track right through the front of the sled and took out everything including the engine. He was up on the hill with the rest of us delirics. We offered him beer and food but I think he thought racing is safer than partying with you fools. Several other people were blowing tracks that year. Troy and Gabe got tangled up in the race the night before and screwed themselves up badly and didn’t race the actual 500. They flew in gunner last minute to ride with Spencer and Gabe’s team ran his sled without him. 

yup, two years ago.   

has Hector posted anything about his Catalyst mod yet?   128"?  does it break 111mph?

caught the sweet 16 from eagle river when we got home last night... Doo was a rocket.  

Edited January 20, 20241 yr by Crnr2Crnr

I don't know how to embed from Facebook, but this was Fyle FLYING at Pine Lake.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/372337998738332

no sugar coating it from Zach...

 

 

16 hours ago, Crnr2Crnr said:

yup, two years ago.   

has Hector posted anything about his Catalyst mod yet?   128"?  does it break 111mph?

caught the sweet 16 from eagle river when we got home last night... Doo was a rocket.  

Hector is still waiting on his spoon engines he over nighted from Japan 

On 1/18/2024 at 9:46 PM, Premium said:

Zach gives a recap at the end (7:28) and basically says they haven't found the top speed they need to be competitive.  Hopefully they will find an answer!

 

3 hours ago, Crnr2Crnr said:

no sugar coating it from Zach...

 

 

Where ya been Crnr??

7 hours ago, Premium said:

 

Where ya been Crnr??

all over the damn place...

7 hours ago, Premium said:

 

Where ya been Crnr??

Kinda hard to be fast with no gearing options.

COR and AXC, the only 2 ISR sanctioned cross country circuits in the country are both cancelled for this weekend. Idk how the weather out there looks but we have another 3 day warm up this week that’s screwing us.

42 minutes ago, Palu49 said:

COR and AXC, the only 2 ISR sanctioned cross country circuits in the country are both cancelled for this weekend. Idk how the weather out there looks but we have another 3 day warm up this week that’s screwing us.

10 day forecast is not better here. I think the trails will be shot in the next 48 hours here 

57 minutes ago, Palu49 said:

COR and AXC, the only 2 ISR sanctioned cross country circuits in the country are both cancelled for this weekend. Idk how the weather out there looks but we have another 3 day warm up this week that’s screwing us.

 

15 minutes ago, Not greg b said:

10 day forecast is not better here. I think the trails will be shot in the next 48 hours here 

 

I have 3.4 miles... on the track stand.  1.4 of them around the property at work.

#fuckingepic

glad I didn't buy a new sled, tbh.  

Goodridge-Grygla I-500 - Cancelled 

38 minutes ago, racinfarmer said:

Goodridge-Grygla I-500 - Cancelled 

Saw that. Shitty 

1 hour ago, racinfarmer said:

Goodridge-Grygla I-500 - Cancelled 

fuck, but this was my year!!!! 

iron dog instead anyone?  

32 minutes ago, Crnr2Crnr said:

fuck, but this was my year!!!! 

iron dog instead anyone?  

Iron Dog? I think that’s the so called dirt race the Freedom Sledder clowns like to bash on all the time. 

7 hours ago, AK440 said:

Iron Dog? I think that’s the so called dirt race the Freedom Sledder clowns like to bash on all the time. 

that's correct 

9 hours ago, racinfarmer said:

Goodridge-Grygla I-500 - Cancelled 

First time since the 80s?

Park Rapids postponed, maybe they will have enough ice by then?

2 hours ago, Potatodigger1 said:

Park Rapids postponed, maybe they will have enough ice by then?

Bwahahaha! Great fricking winter for the Midwest. Just two weeks ago all the assclowns were saying how great conditions were and I told them don’t get used to it. 
 

Looks like snocross will be the only semi reliable form of snowmobile racing that can be done down there. Snowguns racing only. A couple more winters like this and the OEM marketing will be able to siphon even more money away from the race depts. Freedomsledder users will be making threads about which onesie is better and is a 155 better than a 163 for riding trees out west. 
 

 

someone  will enjoy this news... 

must have cost Textron a fortune to cancel all these races to avoid further embarrassment. 

 

11 hours ago, Palu49 said:

First time since the 80s?

2002, 2012, 2015, 2016, and 2021

3 minutes ago, racinfarmer said:

2002, 2012, 2015, 2016, and 2021

Not to worry, @Bontz vouched that climate change is fake. He’s got no snow and can’t ride but climate change is fake.

8 minutes ago, racinfarmer said:

2002, 2012, 2015, 2016, and 2021

Yea I looked at the winners list right after I asked that and saw it had been cancelled quite a few times since 2000