I've always loved the looks of a Sno-pro sled! Just looked fast sitting their on the show room floor. Just a beautiful conversation piece! Good cup of coffee and lots of stories.
Walked into Donahue Super Sports the other day. I passed every cool "New" sled in the showroom including the new Lynx to see this race sled that caught my eye. What a beautiful part of racing history. I had a chance to reminisce the old days with Bobby as well. He sure has a lot to share and is a great person as well. I'm glad to see the sled found it's true owner!
Back in the days as a kid i verry like this machine .also 1977 440 srx and the artic cat 1977 sno pro those the 3 machine i very like when was going to the race nice to see that this machine still very clean.
They’ll push close to 100 mph on a perfect run. I know that seems insane for a small engine but these sleds were very light and the 440 version was pushing over 100 hp. I remember the 340 super stock Doo of this era claiming the incredible compression ratio of 14 or 16 to one. That’s close to diesel levels. That was in Snow Week magazine fall 1977. Idk if that’s true, but even the 340s would run close to 90 mph on ice. So obviously they put the power down. You aren’t running farm gas in these!
Definitely my favorite looking Ski Doo ever. The new ones look so ugly. Like comparing a 1971 Corvette Stingray to a 1971 VW Thing. Come on Ski Doo. There's got to be a way to make the new ones look as gorgeous as the '78 sno pros. Maybe make a retro kit. I'd buy it.
Super cool that he has this sled, I can only imagine how special it is to Bobby! Great story!!
I've always loved the looks of a Sno-pro sled! Just looked fast sitting their on the show room floor. Just a beautiful conversation piece! Good cup of coffee and lots of stories.
Walked into Donahue Super Sports the other day. I passed every cool "New" sled in the showroom including the new Lynx to see this race sled that caught my eye. What a beautiful part of racing history. I had a chance to reminisce the old days with Bobby as well. He sure has a lot to share and is a great person as well. I'm glad to see the sled found it's true owner!
great story. 70s SkiDoos are the top vintage sleds. they just had it all back then
Man, that's a sharp looking sled. 👍🏁.
That’s a cool story. Thanks for sharing STV... 👍🙌👊.
Hey Jeff, so good to see you doing your thing. Katrina says hi! We miss you at Area 27!
Very cool story and an awesome piece of history.
Fantastic ! Really cool Bobby has it back, had a beer with him many years ago, he is a funny guy and a true Champion !
He’s a BRP dealer in Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin
Back in the days as a kid i verry like this machine .also 1977 440 srx and the artic cat 1977 sno pro those the 3 machine i very like when was going to the race nice to see that this machine still very clean.
Was on a team with Doug Hayes in the 90s running the 24 hours of Eagle River Nicest guy you will ever meet and awesome teacher.. He knows his sleds!!
Larry. are you still driving those Yamaha's? Its Roger
Wi. Rapids is in Mn. ?? Did they move ?
Wish the die cast car companies would do a series on these sleds for the bookshelf. I'd buy a bunch of them.
I owned a 1978 blizzard IFS snopro I wish I never sold it. It was an amazing machine .
One of legendary sleds ever
Cool sled and an interesting story.
Remember these IFS Doo's battling it out with the mighty Polaris RXL's at the Kawartha cup.
Hope to see that sled in vintage snowmobile racing again
So damn cool
What was the top speed for this sled (ignoring top oval speed)?
They’ll push close to 100 mph on a perfect run. I know that seems insane for a small engine but these sleds were very light and the 440 version was pushing over 100 hp. I remember the 340 super stock Doo of this era claiming the incredible compression ratio of 14 or 16 to one. That’s close to diesel levels. That was in Snow Week magazine fall 1977. Idk if that’s true, but even the 340s would run close to 90 mph on ice. So obviously they put the power down. You aren’t running farm gas in these!
'Saw that race on Tv. very cold night as I remember, He would have won that race if that belt did'nt blow.
Everyone likes to bad mouth the brand they dont ride I like all of the brands
Definitely my favorite looking Ski Doo ever. The new ones look so ugly. Like comparing a 1971 Corvette Stingray to a 1971 VW Thing. Come on Ski Doo. There's got to be a way to make the new ones look as gorgeous as the '78 sno pros. Maybe make a retro kit. I'd buy it.
Jack Velenue had a 440. Ovals ice ovals. Sled. French dominated this sport.
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