Super Stinger at The Jack Race

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I spotted Stingerator and Tom Cat at The Jack Race in Clear Lake Iowa yesterday. Stingerator had one of his Superstingers, this one has the 800 Hirth ( correct me if I,m wrong Tom ). It was so cool, and Tom was happy to fire it up (2 pulls !) and let us take it for a ride on the lake. Three tuner pipes, crazy loud, and way fun to beat around. It seemed to have a lot of power, it would spin the 18" track very easily at any speed.

Tom has done a great job of leaving the original patina, and letting the sled be what it is. He has it set up as a everyday rider, not a gilded lilly, but truly a usable piece. It is by fay the coolest sled I have ever riden.

Ok, his other sled is a xx1650 with the factory megs, we rode that one too! It also starts easily, and is a daily runner.

We ran a couple of 1972 Lynx 295's and a Colt in the Lemans race. There was one guy named Josh running a 71 Scorp with a CCW 340 in the race, and he finished in the top five. He was into Scorps, but did not Know about this site. Then there were a couple of Whips and a TK in the 1985 and older class.

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Glad you got some pics yesterday Steve! Jim looks like he is pretty amped to ride the 793. Whenever possible I like to leave a sled as-is or resurrect to look and run as a survivor. That way I don't have a stroke if a speck of dust gets on it. And it doesn't get any better than firing up a 793 or a 650 Red Baron and churning up some snow.

The Super Stinger must have good snow cover to run with the steel slide rails directly running on the rubber track. Conditions were nearly perfect yesterday.

Thanks for the pics, good to see you guys, and hope to see everyone at Waconia. Maybe some year we can get to Crosby. Never been there yet.