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joeychitwood · 6 January 2013, 05:21 AM

It's Minnesota, so one has to either enjoy winter or leave. The USXC Detroit Lakes 200 Snowmobile Races are being held this weekend, and the track runs 30 meters from my beach. I took these photos this morning during qualifying on "Chitwood Corner" directly in front of my house. The 600cc class sleds can hit 125 mph on the straights.

joeychitwood · 6 January 2013, 05:25 AM

More photos:

Pix · 6 January 2013, 05:27 AM

You need to get some studs on the Harley and show em how to lay it over!

skypilot · 6 January 2013, 05:38 AM

That would be fun to watch. We don't get enough snow to make it worthwhile to have a sled or I would have one.
On years when the ice on a lake near here gets thick enough they have a snowmobile drag race to raise money for spinabifida(sp) research and I usually go. I have seen 136 mph in 1000 feet. Crazy !

therolexguy · 6 January 2013, 06:12 AM

I rode a snow mobile once when I was young and it was the most fun I think I've ever had. Great shots and thanks for sharing.

conrail · 6 January 2013, 06:25 AM

Fun!

train-time · 6 January 2013, 06:38 AM

Great pictures! Many years ago (well over 40!) we had an Arctic Cat -- single cylinder, but it was fun

Kingair · 6 January 2013, 06:39 AM

Woooow

Looks like fun !

HAGWe

Watchdog · 6 January 2013, 06:56 AM

Looks like a great time; however I would have trouble with the cold!

mtrunner · 6 January 2013, 07:03 AM

Awesome! I am heading back to Montana in a couple of weeks and will be doing a lot of sledding. I can't wait.

DoxaDavid · 6 January 2013, 07:44 AM

I miss my sled!

Sold it and my enclosed trailer last year. Just couldn't justify the time away from the kids( they are not old enough to sled) playing when I am traveling almost every other week to my Az office.

Had some of the most fun you can have...legally

sledding!

Me on the right.

joeychitwood · 6 January 2013, 07:45 AM

I went back out this afternoon and took more photos from a new angle, on the other side of the turn looking toward my house:

HL65 · 6 January 2013, 07:50 AM

Very cool pics!!

Wllnv19 · 6 January 2013, 08:44 AM

Awesome pictures!

rainman_16 · 6 January 2013, 09:01 AM

Loving your photos! I would have really enjoyed watching those sleds from the comfort of my home.

Mickey® · 6 January 2013, 09:05 AM

Looks like fun I had a snowmobile when I was a kid in northeast Pennsylvania ....man it was cold but fun riding that thing...

financeman · 6 January 2013, 02:10 PM

What is all that white stuff in the pictures. I live in SC and have never seen they stuff before. Lol

Cool pictures. That would be awesome to watch

Jeffex · 7 January 2013, 01:59 AM

Wow! Nice machines, they have "speed" written all over them!
Nice pics! Thanks for sharing.

JupiterRLX · 7 January 2013, 12:54 PM

That is so cool I miss this in Florida

joeychitwood · 8 January 2013, 12:38 PM

I pulled a few more photos off the camera this morning:

joeychitwood · 4 January 2014, 03:47 AM

I took this photo out my dining room window of race officials setting up the race course for tomorrow's 200 mile USCX snowmobile race. I plan to go out onto the ice with my camera for awhile. I wonder what the wind chill is when it's -30 F and you're traveling 130 mph?

Alcan · 4 January 2014, 04:25 AM

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Originally Posted by joeychitwood

I wonder what the wind chill is when it's -30 F and you're traveling 130 mph?

Freaking cold!!!

Looking forward to the next batch of pix.

Pix · 4 January 2014, 06:04 AM

I would tape or put band aids over my nipples at that temp!

6 January 2013, 05:21 AM	#1
joeychitwood "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Way Up North USA Watch: Rolexes & Tudors Posts: 6,361	USXC Snowmobile Race in front of house today. (Photo heavy) It's Minnesota, so one has to either enjoy winter or leave. The USXC Detroit Lakes 200 Snowmobile Races are being held this weekend, and the track runs 30 meters from my beach. I took these photos this morning during qualifying on "Chitwood Corner" directly in front of my house. The 600cc class sleds can hit 125 mph on the straights.

6 January 2013, 06:25 AM	#6
conrail "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Boston Posts: 3,177	Fun! __________________ "Oh, you give a f****' aspirin a headache, pal!"

6 January 2013, 07:44 AM	#11
DoxaDavid "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Real Name: David Location: Minneapolis, Mn Posts: 3,271	I miss my sled! Sold it and my enclosed trailer last year. Just couldn't justify the time away from the kids( they are not old enough to sled) playing when I am traveling almost every other week to my Az office. Had some of the most fun you can have...legally sledding! Me on the right. __________________ DOXA-AFICIONADO "It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues. " Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865

6 January 2013, 07:50 AM	#13
HL65 TRF Moderator & 2024 SubLV41 Patron Join Date: Dec 2007 Real Name: Ken Location: SW Florida Watch: One on my wrist. Posts: 64,008	Very cool pics!! __________________ *SPEM SUCCESSUS ALIT*

6 January 2013, 02:10 PM	#17
financeman "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Real Name: Heath Location: Lawrenceburg KY Watch: Submariner Posts: 3,982	What is all that white stuff in the pictures. I live in SC and have never seen they stuff before. Lol Cool pictures. That would be awesome to watch __________________ “You may delay, but time will not.” ― Benjamin Franklin

6 January 2013, 05:25 AM	#2
joeychitwood "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Way Up North USA Watch: Rolexes & Tudors Posts: 6,361	More photos:

6 January 2013, 05:27 AM	#3
Pix "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: midwest Watch: SS Datejust Posts: 1,288	You need to get some studs on the Harley and show em how to lay it over!

6 January 2013, 05:38 AM	#4
skypilot "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Iowa, USA Posts: 490	That would be fun to watch. We don't get enough snow to make it worthwhile to have a sled or I would have one. On years when the ice on a lake near here gets thick enough they have a snowmobile drag race to raise money for spinabifida(sp) research and I usually go. I have seen 136 mph in 1000 feet. Crazy !

6 January 2013, 06:12 AM	#5
therolexguy 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Real Name: Todd Location: US Posts: 3,528	I rode a snow mobile once when I was young and it was the most fun I think I've ever had. Great shots and thanks for sharing.

6 January 2013, 06:38 AM	#7
train-time 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Real Name: Plankton Location: US Watch: less Posts: 4,161	Great pictures! Many years ago (well over 40!) we had an Arctic Cat -- single cylinder, but it was fun

6 January 2013, 06:39 AM	#8
Kingair "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: USA Watch: Not enough ;-) Posts: 21,232	Woooow Looks like fun ! HAGWe

6 January 2013, 06:56 AM	#9
Watchdog "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Real Name: Junkyard Dog Location: The Doghouse Watch: I can't tell time Posts: 6,822	Looks like a great time; however I would have trouble with the cold!

6 January 2013, 07:03 AM	#10
mtrunner 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Real Name: Gary Location: Bozeman, MT Watch: 126508 Paul Newman Posts: 7,835	Awesome! I am heading back to Montana in a couple of weeks and will be doing a lot of sledding. I can't wait.

6 January 2013, 07:45 AM	#12
joeychitwood "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Way Up North USA Watch: Rolexes & Tudors Posts: 6,361	I went back out this afternoon and took more photos from a new angle, on the other side of the turn looking toward my house:

6 January 2013, 08:44 AM	#14
Wllnv19 "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Real Name: Willie Location: Parkland,Fl. Posts: 4,829	Awesome pictures!

6 January 2013, 09:01 AM	#15
rainman_16 "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Real Name: Alec Location: Canada Watch: Al Jazeera English Posts: 596	Loving your photos! I would have really enjoyed watching those sleds from the comfort of my home.

6 January 2013, 09:05 AM	#16
Mickey® Banned Join Date: Aug 2011 Real Name: Mickey® Location: Atlanta, GA Watch: Swiss Made Posts: 5,801	Looks like fun I had a snowmobile when I was a kid in northeast Pennsylvania ....man it was cold but fun riding that thing...

7 January 2013, 01:59 AM	#18
Jeffex 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Real Name: Jeff M. Location: Ontario, Canada Watch: Sub & Daytona Posts: 1,156	Wow! Nice machines, they have "speed" written all over them! Nice pics! Thanks for sharing.

7 January 2013, 12:54 PM	#19
JupiterRLX "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Jupiter Florida Watch: ALS Richard Lange Posts: 72	That is so cool I miss this in Florida

8 January 2013, 12:38 PM	#20
joeychitwood "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Way Up North USA Watch: Rolexes & Tudors Posts: 6,361	I pulled a few more photos off the camera this morning:

4 January 2014, 03:47 AM	#21
joeychitwood "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Way Up North USA Watch: Rolexes & Tudors Posts: 6,361	I took this photo out my dining room window of race officials setting up the race course for tomorrow's 200 mile USCX snowmobile race. I plan to go out onto the ice with my camera for awhile. I wonder what the wind chill is when it's -30 F and you're traveling 130 mph?

4 January 2014, 06:04 AM	#23
Pix "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: midwest Watch: SS Datejust Posts: 1,288	I would tape or put band aids over my nipples at that temp!

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