The facts of the sharks buried in Shakopee,Mn is false what was buried there was other chassis, engines etc. but they said that all got hauled in to a dump because the state of Mn didn't allow that there. It was cool talking with them they said my sled was close but not the "real deal" if I wanted to get it closer it wouldn't take much. When I first talked with some of them it was hard to explain myself that I'm just a welder & just wanted to race something different then the other 4-5 brands that are out there today in vintage.
I got their attention & told them about this website along with a few others I could only find pictures of my build on rampages garage.com, Richard was amazed at the work I put into the 2nd build that he said Gregg needs to see this when Gregg and a few others sat there looking through the pictures they just couldn't believe it. More stories were told Bob & I laughed when they said their first test was on lake Vermillion, Mn colder than a sumobitch Richard stated when they left Shakopee it was ok in temperature then getting to where they needed to be nobody wanted to test it was that cold out. Jac & Gilles both came from Skiroule they both explained the IFS concept of them how the handling can be night n day especially on a rough terrain track most of their competition had pattens and copy rights on the IFS so they design something totally different. They said USSA sanction body stated if a company that was coming into Sno Pro they had to build a consumer snowmobiles for the public at that time it was 500-600 snowmobiles per class those guys talked what worked and what didn't. It's kind of hard to sit here and write about all what they said I spent over 2hrs on Sunday with them and Friday well probably another good hour. I missed out on the poster signing but I got a appreciation plaque so I had them sign that instead. I can't thank enough people that got these individuals from Kawasaki to go to Waconia,Mn for a vintage snowmobile show it was unbelievable to talk with these people down to earth.