The Winter Spectacular

11/23/2025

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07/06/2022

Jerry Bunke after his 440X victory at Alexandria MN.

02/03/2022

A Spectacular Ride for Charity...100 mile snowmobile ride. 2/25/2022 . Click on the link A Spectacular Ride for Charity for registration form, pledge form (minimum$ 300.) and a list of Charities the money is being raised for. Thanks Douglas Area Trails Association for the grooming of the trails....

09/25/2021

05/15/2020

He was a one of the nicest men around. He was the Winter Spectaculars first Grand Marshal and gave a very inspiring talk to the drivers that first crisp morning. .

It is with heavy hearts that we share with you the news of the passing of our founder and Publisher Jim Beilke. Jim passed away at his home in Alexandria, Minnesota late Thursday May 14th, 2020 at the age of 90.

Jim was inducted into the Snowmobile Hall of Fame on January 19, 1995. His induction bio states; “A motorsports journalism original, Jim Beilke’s contribution to the growth and history of snowmobiling is unmatched in the sport and industry. His popular “Snowmobiler’s Race & Rally Magazine” (which became SnowTech Magazine in 1997) was established in Jim’s hometown of Alexandria in 1968. Since the time he published the first Race & Rally Yearbook the magazine has remained a snowmobiling mainstay, the only snowmobile magazine to be published continuously under the same ownership since the 1960’s.

In addition to being a clever, incisive journalist and editor, Jim carved an unsurpassed reputation as a snowmobile photographer. His pictures of racing in the late 1960’s and throughout the Sno Pro era of the 1970’s stand as the definitive record of this competition arena, and together with his finely crafted driver and team profiles published in the magazine, these photographs stand as a major contribution to the preservation of snowmobile racing history.

More than a magazine publisher, Jim was deeply involved in the sport as a rider, critic and promoter. In 1974, he established the famous Dayco Holiday Spectacular race that, along with its prestigious Hetteen Cup, became second only to Eagle River in importance during the 1970’s. The race, which continued until 1985, was also the site of the introduction of both the Snocross and Formula III concepts in 1980.”

01/09/2020

Godspeed to the Nouis family....Scott was a one of a kind - we loved our conversations with him.

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09/26/2019

You can bet that if and when the Winter Spectacular returns to the High Flyin' Half Mile....this will be somehow worked into the Champ introductions. WORD> Kewl Beans >....🏁💥💥💥
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08/30/2019

Good listen with TJ Patrick...check it out.

How many times do you get to interview your dad? It’s about to get on this week’s new podcast episode as Danica Patrick sits with her dad TJ Patrick and NO subject is untouched: Danica’s childhood, her true early origins of racing, getting grounded in high school, the Patrick family Christmas traditions and so much more, including the story of TJ sampling the local cuisine in Amsterdam. You’ll just have to listen: ApplePodcasts.com/DanicaPatrick

08/05/2019

Sure do miss this event....

My dad and I went to Viking Speedway, Alexandria, Minnesota to watch the snowmobile races on February 3rd, 2017. We got to the first of a two day event at 11...