It wasn’t an organized event, but apparently it occurred most weekends. I remember going up to Forest Lake north of the Twin Cities one weekend, and there seemed like hundreds of riders who gathered just to race one another. In the 1980s I remember desperately waiting for the issue of Snow Goer magazine to arrive that had their annual Shoot-Out results. The factories were racing the speed run wars from early in the decade had produced machines like the Boss Cats and there was a progressive increases in engine displacement/horsepower from various brands that fueled the culture. I think back to when I got into this sport in the late 1970s, being the fastest was woven into the fabric of everyone’s snowmobile suit.
Seems to me that the desire to be the fastest has evolved over the last decade, maybe even significantly. There were several comments in the 16 Things to Know About Arctic Cat for 2017 story last week that indicated that being the quickest/fastest was indeed very important, at least to some people. Specifically, I’ve been thinking about if you want to be the first across the lake?
I’ve been thinking a lot about you guys (and gals): the readers of this site.
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