George Taylor and I are in the middle of this 18th annual Shootout, between new sled dealers, aftermarket companies who are providing trail mod sleds to show their wares, and SnowGoer/ SnowWeek magazines who are partners with DynoTechResearch in the Shootout at Woodgate this year.
This year SnowGoer is bringing a video crew to tape the Shootout, which will be televised on Fox Sports Network this winter. Also video clips will be seen on SnowGoer’s website after the shootout.
Factory stock sleds will be 600 class and 800 class sleds. Perhaps since Polaris won’t have their new 800 delivered by 12/1 the SnowGoer guys Tim Erikson and John Prusack will have the currently available Dragon 700 to represent the 800 class?
SnowGoer has elected to delete the “Lakeracer” class we ran last year–race gas is no longer allowed. All aftermarket “Trail Mod” sleds will have their tanks pumped out and replaced with Old Forge 93 octane unleaded.
Any entrants dyno tested by DTR prior to Shootout can have HP numbers posted by SnowGoer.
All trail mod sleds will run DTR supplied pump gas, stock OEM suspensions, Uncut OEM tracks and standard trail carbides not sharpened. Sleds can be lowered a max of 2″ from stock front and back.
Trail mod sleds will run1000ft.
Trail Mod sleds must be entered/ sponsored by an aftermarket company doing business increasing sled/ engine performance. $500/ sled any number of entries OK’d.
Aftermarket companies can opt to have results NOT posted by SnowGoer if problems arise, but $500 entry fee will be forfeited.
More to come as we approach December.
Tim Erickson called, will have some lake mod sleds at shootout.