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Wyoming snowmobilers are lobbying state legislators to increase the cost of permits $10 for private riders and $30 for commercial outfits. The fees would likely raise $400,000 a year to help pay for the state to maintain Wyoming's 2,000 miles of snowmobile...

Tread Lightly has partnered with the Boy Scouts of America in the Scouts' Outdoor Ethics Program, according to Tread Lightly's Trails Spring Issue. Tread Lightly is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to protecting the great outdoors for...

Minneapolis, Minn. - Arctic Cat reported a 15% sales increase on sales of $671.6 million for the year, driven by strong snowmobile, ATV, and side-by-side sales. Snowmobile sales for the fiscal year, which ended March 31, 2013, increased 5% to $263...

Nelsons Speed Shop, in Greenville, Mich., hosted a grand reopening on May 11 after last June's fire destroyed the store, according to Fox17 Online . The dealership sells all four manufacturers snowmobiles, motorcycles, side by sides, jet skis and...

Ski-Doo has released a preview of the 2014 Ski-Doo MXZ x 600 RS race snowmobile specifications. The Valcourt Race Shop team will finalize this summer the snowmobile configurations in preparation for the coming season. Then all specs will be released this...

Pink Ribbon Riders held seven events on the tour and over 675 people participated this year. The tours started in January at the 7th Annual Minnesota Snow Run then onto N.D., Mich. and half way thru the tour it went east to the 9th Annual New York Snow...

Yamaha's Racing Show heads to Sandpoint, Idaho for the last race of the RMSHA season, Schweitzer Sledfest. The recap features Cable Willford, Nathan Titus and Chad Jorgenson. Catch all the action here.

Royal Purple partnered with Mike Schultz as the official motor oil and lubrication partner the for inventor and championship racer. As the official lubrication partner, Royal Purple will provide support to Schultz by furnishing its advanced lines of synthetic...

East Coast Snocross Pro Champion Corin Todd and ISOC Sport Champion Zak Mason have joined the Pro Lite Superteam, according to a press release from Leighton Motorsports. Twenty year-old Todd of Malone, New York won the 2013 ECS championship riding a Polaris...

Minneapolis, Minn . - In contrast to last year's unseasonably warm spring this year's snowy spring has created a boom for Polaris' snowmobile sales. Polaris has reported a 217% increase in first quarter sled sales compared to the prior year...

Ski-Doo's parent company, BRP, has filed for preliminary public offering in each of the provinces and territories of Canada. The offering is being made through a syndicate of underwriters led by BMO Capital Markets, RBC Capital Markets, UBS Securities...

NHRA has partnered wtih Carlisle Transportation Products in sponsorship of the Pro Stock Snowmobile series in 2013. This "heads-up" quarter mile drag racing Pro-Stock Snowmobile Series is sanctioned within NHRA Division 1 and has the NHRA designation...

Pleasant Prairie, WI— Aboard his Nytro MTX, Yamaha Snowmobile Racing’s Chad Jorgensen powered to a third-place podium finish in the Pro 600 Modified class at the fifth round of the 2013 RMSHA hillclimb series at Beaver Mountain in Garden City...

At this year's High Lifter Mud Nationals, Polaris donated a RZR XP 900 to raffle in memory of Caleb Moore. The unit was dressed with donations from other companies including High Lifter wheels and tires, Pro Armor doors, a Kicker audio system and...

Polaris acquired A.M. Holding S.A.S., which operates under the name Aixam Mega S.A.S., a which manufactures and sells enclosed on-road quadricycles and light duty commercial vehicles in Europe. Aixam Mega S.A.S. was a privately owned company based in...

Thunder Mountain Lodge in Cedaredge, Colo. was destroyed during an overnight fire on Tuesday, according to KKCO 11 News. Senior Editor Mark Boncher reported in the November 2012 issue on a trip he took the previous March to this lodge. Delta Fire...

Twenty-something Detroit, Mich. residents are on a mission to bring ESPN's Summer X Games to their hometown, according to Autoweek. Kevin Krease, 27, and Garret Koehler, 26, have worked the last several months to submit for Detroit's bid, and...

Federal Judge Ronald Bush in Boise, Idaho has sided with backcountry skiers over snowmobilers in a ruling that the US Forest Service broke the law with its' Travel Management Rule, according to the AP. The Idaho-based Winter Wildlands Alliance argued...

Tucker Hibbert won a victory at Sweden’s Clash of Nations Super Snowcross event. With 16 riders in the main event, including Logan Christian from Christian Bros. Racing, Hibbert ripped a monstrous holeshot and ran away with the win, while Logan...

FOX Sports North will air a three part series on Cain's Quest April 7, 14 and 21. Cain's Quest Snowmobile Endurance Race starts in Labrador City, Newfoundland. It is a 1,550 mile endurance race that loops north of the city through Newfoundland...

FINAL 2013 PRO Pro 1 1 51 Dave Asselin (2) La Doré Ski-Doo 320 pts 2 5 Donavan Asselin ...

Crested Butte Mountain Resort and snowmobile competition organizer Joe Duncan have created a charity with a fundraiser support event, Roost The Butte, designed to help injured snowmobilers and their families. Roost The Butte is set for April 6-7, 2013...

Yamaha's Racing Show followed Doug Henry as he competed for adaptive snocross win at the Nielsen Enterprises Grand Finale in Lake Geneva, Wis. View the video here.

The Association of Wisconsin Snowmobile Clubs will host the International Snowmobile Congress in Green Bay, Wis. from June 5-8. Early registration ends April 1. Snowmobilers from the US, Canada, Sweden and Russia will be in attendance. The ISC...

Arctic Cat's Kyle Tapio won the Improved, Mod and King of Kings titles at the 2013 Jackson Hole World Championship Hillclimb. Riding an Arctic Cat M800 HCR, Tapio waged a personal war against the gnarly course at Snow King Mountain, winning both the...