I obtain an obscene number of photos throughout the days, weeks and months. Some I take myself, others I pilfer from the internets and many are graciously sent to me.
All have an Arctic Cat twist. So it’s time once again to share them with you.
I’ll start with some antique red Cats. These images from the Antique Snowmobile Club of America (ASCOA) meeting in Big Bay, Mich., were sent to me from Gary Koska.
Arctic Cat Model 170D.
There’s something so approachable about antique sleds, in part because of their slow, lumbering cadence, but also because the riders (understandably) don’t wear helmets.
Some friendly race action. Glad to see the Panther is leading this competition.
Knocking off several decades of historical timeline, here’s an excellent photo of four awesome Pro/Am Team Arctic women snocross racers, taken at the Lake Geneva National this past March. (L-to-R): Megan Campbell #563; Sasha Cook #107; Samantha Tarnowski #234 (Rear right); and Courtney Petosky #799 (Rt side in front). Thanks for flying the colors, ladies! And thanks to Shawn Hopkins for sending the image.
More chronological wonkiness, this time with a photo of Jeremy Fyle getting topped off with fuel during the 1992 Jeep 500 cross-country race. I promise I’ll post an interview with Jeremy within the month. Great guy, still as passionate about snowmobiling as he was even in ’92.
Speaking of 1992… how about the sunglasses on the Black Magic babe! Maybe she also used those shades while welding exhaust pipes?
Sweet shot of Shane Gerwing (left) battling with friend/teammate Ryan Bowers at an ERX snocross aboard mid-school Arctic Cat ZRs.
That’s Shane in the middle and Ryan on the left, proudly displaying the hardware they won for risking their lives, flying ZRs higher and further than humanly possible. Nice season of racing guys, and good luck on the dirt tracks this summer.
This is Gerard Krempasky, a Team Arctic cross-country racer on the USCC East circuit.
Gerard wins extra bonus points for being kind enough to incorporate the ArcticInsider logo on his sweet sled wrap. Thanks Gerard!
Here’s a cool shot of a custom One Lunger racer put together by some guys at Brother’s Motorsports in Brainerd, Minn. It’s a 1969 Arctic Cat Lynx done up in 2011 LE livery like the Crossfire behind it.
Speaking of custom… check out this VERY custom sled that Steve Houle of Speedwerx created back in 1996-97. Steve is one smart cookie, and he definitely saw where the sport was going with stand-up-style riding when he fabbed this machine.
Check out this fleet of 2013 Arctic Cat prototypes, parked at Elk Lake Resort in Idaho, near West Yellowstone. I was part of a motley crew that rode there last March.
The crew consisted of Arctic Cat engineers, technicians, PR hacks, Team Arctic racers and the funniest stand-up comic in the world (Rob Kincaid, who also happens to be a racer).
I love it, yet I’m also slightly disturbed by it at the same time.
Pabst Snowmobile Dude signs off for now. Look for another random photo post in the near future…
Would that “Kat Kutter” behind the Gold Wing be for the mother-in-law? Uffda!
Always enjoy the random photo posts. The Pabst snowmobile dude kind of looks like my brother!
I’ll second what Mike just said. The random photo posts are one of my favorite features on ArcticInsider. Entertaining every time. Thanks John!
Sand…first year of Lynx production is 1971. Still a cool sled.
Pluedy, when you make a custom sled, you can call it anything you like. That’s what Brother’s called this sled.
awesome! glad to give back!