It seems like a long time ago that Wabasso native Jon Guetter shocked the ATV world by performing the first ever quad backflip.
Since then – along with younger brother Derek and older brother Dan – the ambitious trio have become synonymous with setting the bar in the field of high flying ATV/motocross entertainment.Â
“Thing have been going well,†Derek said. “We’re busy, and that’s a good thing,†Under the acronym Akraix, the trio has put out numerous award-winning DVDs, travel overseas on a yearly basis and continue to put on shows across the country.
Jon was even featured on The Discovery Channel’s “Stunt Junkies†performing a backflip over a moving train… Details
The Obama Administration is considering carrying out a Bush-era plan to restrict the number of snowmobiles that are allowed to access Yellowstone National Park each day. The giant park, which crosses state boundaries into Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana, is otherwise inaccessible to visitors in winter months. Lobbyists for the snowmobile industry say that this is just the first step to an outright ban that would effectively close the park in winter months, and cave to environmental concerns raised by those who rarely visit Yellowstone. Environmentalists claim that the snowmobiles are doing damage by compacting loose snow into ice and emitting carbon monoxide…Â Details
Dune buggies? Where are all those dune buggies you used to see all over Southern California? Well, on July 11 of this year, over one hundred of them, with their drivers and passengers, were in the parking lot of B’s Back Yard Barbeque in Big Bear, California for a rare group photo. Why rare? Dune buggy owners are a hard group to pin down. Most of the time, they would rather be driving their cars on one of the rough, dusty roads that take them up and around the pine covered mountains that surround the Big Bear Lake. Getting all these cars and people together for a photograph was a major organizational triumph, and the Manx Dune Buggy Club was up to the task…Â Details & Pictures
The years have passed and the lap times have dropped.
Since the 1970s, Albany Motorsports Park has showcased some of the fastest motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles in the nation, and track operator Ryan Leach wants to make sure that tradition of speed continues during this weekend’s Northwest ATV Sand Drag Nationals.
For the last six years, Leach has been running the event and watching the 100-yard track records bested, but he says that speed is not the only reason why he promotes the sport…Â Details