The "EXT 800" King Cat 793cc fuel injected Hirth was owned and to be raced in the unlimited class by G. A. (Woody) Wood of Reno, Nevada. At the time it was the only dragster style speed run sled to utilize off-the-shelf snowmobile components. Only the magnesium alloy frame, the hand crafted aluminum body and the fuel injection system were custom made. The engine, track, skis and transmission were all stock Arctic Cat parts mated together by Mechanic Wayne Farr of Lansing, Mich., from a design by Jim Barnhart also of Lansing. Engine work was done by Warner Lesbo of Elko. The fuel injected Hirth was set up to run on alcohol and put out around 120hp. The sled supposedly exceeded speeds of 100 mph in tests. It was displayed at the Lake Tahoe Castrol Cup snowmobiles races in feb. 1971. It was then brought to the West Yellowstone speed runs in March 1971. I am unsure if it did in fact compete. How it came to be in a field in northern MN is a mystery yet to be solved.

V8 powered drag sled