Hello fellow Drag Racers! It's great to be here!

[sled-hedz]

Hello Everyone! Let me introduce myself, If I may. My name is Tim and I'm from Michigan, although I spend a lot of time in Florida.. I've been Drag Racing since 1973, but my racing is a little different from most. You see, I drag race Snowmobiles! We race on Asphalt, 1/8th and 1/4 mile, as well as Ice, snow and Grass!

I build custom Drag Sleds, ranging from Stock (for Bracket racing) , to Pro-Stock, (for some serious heads up competition) Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, we can achieve!

We have one of our Sled-Hedz.Com Asphalt Ski-Doo's running at Sunshine Speedway! This sled is a stock, bracket class snowmobile, although we have a Pro-Stock sled in the works, that will be coming to Sunshine Speedway in the very near future, as well.

The first question I usually get is, how fast are snowmobiles on Asphalt?

A Pro-Stock 1000cc sled with around 270 HP will turn the 1/4 mile in the mid 8's, with a MPH of 150 + !

Snowmobile Asphalt racing is growing very rapidly and we would invite anyone who would like more information on Snowmobile Asphalt racing to E-Mail us at:

Tim@Sled-Hedz.Com

or visit us at:

There is Only 1 Original Snowmobile Drag Race Forum, and You've Found it! (http://www.sled-hedz.com)

Tim :)

[chi town brat]

Sweet!

I am originally from Chicago and my dad always had snowmobiles. They are such a blast. We would go around the field in the back of our house and bring them up to our campgorund where we could go everywhere on them.

When I was 17 he bought a race sled. It was a lightweight body with a Jaguar engine. That was a hard machine to drive because it could get away from you so easy but OMG was it fun.

We mostly owned Ski-doo's.

One time I got out there and a nice little jump (hill) had formed and I just had to. So I jumped it at about 30mph, caught the balance of the sled and landed. The second time I jumped it at 35mph but I couldn't counter the weight and off I went onto the icey snow and you being from MI should know that doesn't feel good at all. Thankfully I had the kill switch hooked up to my gloves. So the third jump I went to about 33 and survived.

My mom and dad were watching me limp (big bruise on my hip :) ) around the house and were like what did you do? I was like, oh nothing major. :evil2:

Enjoy TR. I hope to take a look at the links you provided tonight and share them with my dad.

He raced across a frozen lake years ago with my mom on it and didn't tell her, really freaked my mom out when she told him. :lol:

[sled-hedz]

Chi Town,

Sounds like you know what I am talking about! The Drag Snowmobile I just built has 269.9 Hp and the sled weighs 394 lbs. Snowmobile Asphalt Sleds we have built of this nature are running the 1/4 mile in the low to mid 8's, with speeds of over 150 MPH.

We have a stock sled running at Sunshine Speedway in Clearwater, FL that is running the low 10's with speeds of 110 + !

Where are you located now?

Tim

[chi town brat]

I'm located in Tampa weekdays and Melbourne on the weekends. So I go to both Bradenton and Bithlo/Moroso when the races come or for test and tune nights.

That would be crazy to watch them run on asphalt. I would think though that the snow would be much more fun cause it slides so much easier.

[sled-hedz]

If you ever see a Snowmobile running against the Bikes at Sunshine Speedway, It's probably my buddy Dave. Dave also races in Bradenton and Lakeland with his snowmobile. If you see him, stop in a say hello.

I am starting a new Organization for snowmobiles in Florida. It's called FASDRA. FASDRA stands for "Florida Asphalt Snowmobile Drag Racing Association. We just started on a website. The address is www.fasdra.com Florida's Original Asphalt Snowmobile Drag Racing Website (http://www.fasdra.com) It's running on the Sled-Hedz site until we get it up and running on it's own site.

If you ever want to get on a sled in the snow again, just let me know! My wife and I have 15 sleds! :)

Tim

[GsT Racer]

snowmobiling in florida. now THAT is an oxymoron

[sled-hedz]

:lol: :) That is a Oxymoron! Who would have ever thought it! Did anybody see "Pinks" a couple of weeks ago when the show aired about Snowmobile Asphalt Drag racing?

Anybody that might be interested in learning more about this rapidly growing sport, Please E-Mail me and we will provide you with as much information as you need..

Also, anyone interested in seeing Asphalt Snowmobile Drag Racing in person, in the Tampa area, contact me and we show you a sled, explain how everything works and invite you to Sunshine speedway for some really fun Snowmobile Drag Racing Action!

Tim

[sled-hedz]

Would anybody like to see a Snowmobile Drag Sled in Action at Sunshine Speedway? If so, E-Mail me at:

Tim@Sled-Hedz.Com

[sled-hedz]

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Here is one video I found, that shows a little of what we do... :)