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On hand are Jean Guy Talbot, factory racing engineer and father of the MX series, and Gerard Karpiks racing entourage.

And, while built primarily as a lake dragster, its second place finish in the handling phase shows that it has a liking for the trail.

The changes that made the difference were recalibrated clutching, new ignition, re-worked carburation and a desire on Ski-Doos part to show that last years poor shoot-out performance was a fluke.

And, consider, the 440 Blizzard had to knock off 500cc sleds to win the title, The Fastest.

Of those three, Deeres Liquifire was first, third, and fourth best overall.

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The second best time was almost a full second and about half a mile per hour slower That the Deere proved it was the Best Handler was no fluke.

So its victory in the handling phase shows that design can win over muscle.

Third place finishes in both the acceleration and handling phases enabled the Indy to slip past the Deere for overall second place honors 144 points to 142.

In handling, the difference was a mere 1.11 seconds between second (Kawasaki) and third (Polaris).

Performance-wise the Indy may have lost a step, but trail-wise dont count it out.

That was enough to tie the SRX with the Indy for third overall in acceleration.

What we saw at the Shoot-Out wont be what youll be seeing on the lake.

As any performance buff knows by now, the 440 SRX had its share of problems, with or without the late season Comet clutch update.

That meant that the factory wrenches on hand were re-directed to the Blizzard, which was brought up to specs before the dawn acceleration runs.

Jump starts, anticipating the green light, signify driver tension, mark the importance of a good start.

Theres a double entry from Bombardier a finely honed Blizzard 9500 under a Ski-Doo leathered Gerard Karpik, 1980s number one cross country racer, and the orange Moto-Ski with Denny Roy, its French-Canadian test driver.

Stan Hayes, the professor, knows that his Deere Liquifire is underpowered for the long haul, but wants a strong performance through the quarter and half to build up points heading into phase two of the shoot-out, the handling course where he anticipates his sled will do well.

Although in his very early 20s, he is a veteran of cross country racing, having booted Rupps, Kawasaki Invaders and now Polaris Indys to top points finishes.

Jomar Bernat, Polaris racing team a season ago, is very familiar with the Indy machines, but finds the 500cc triple cylinder a boon in acceleration and a handful for handling.

Dave Hough is about as close anyone can be to being a Yamaha racing pro.

Aboard the 440cc SRX, Dave, who races SR-Vs in cross country, has more experience with the telescopic strut Yamahas than all but factory test riders.

Every manufacturer wants to win the bragging rights for the year.

From its shortened, lightweight chassis to its acceleration prioritized suspension to its quad- plugged 530cc engine, you know this the machine that Kawi fans have been hoping for.

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