The Sno Barons Snowmobile Club
Hay Days Grass Drags!
Sno Barons celebrate their 44 years as a club. To make it successfully that long, a club needs a common purpose. For the Sno Barons, that purpose is unquestionably the
HAYDAYS GRASS DRAGS. This event has grown year by year and is now recognized, as the largest snowmobile event in the World. It has been referred to in many publications as the Grand Daddy of them All.
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[/SIZE] Now about the Hay Days Grass Drags!! How did it all start? The first race was in November of 1967. Through the years the race has been held at many different locations as the result of land development.
Sunrise Township, Minnesota, is the current site of HAYDAYS. 2010 is the 44rd year of the now famous Sno-Barons Hay Days Grass Drags.
Today as always, the race still attracts the locals, but it also now attracts the fastest and most sophisticated iron in the world. The track has come from one that was full of bumps, to a groomed strip with cyclone fence and an underground sprinkler system which keeps the track in beautiful condition.
In 1980 the
Swap Meet was added to the event. It did not take long for this to grow into the largest swap found anywhere. The racers come from all over the nation and Canada and so do the swappers. They come pulling trailer loads of snowmobiling treasures. The vendors have become an active part of this area and represent all interests of snowmobiling.
Concessions of course are a must at any large gathering and Hay Days has the best. Today there are many concessions operated by a variety of club and local civic groups. There are three beer gardens with closed circuit big screen TV's so you won't miss any of the action on the track while you relax.
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[/SIZE] The Sno-Barons Hay Days Grass Drags has grown from attendance of only a few hundred, to nearly 30,000 people. To many snowmobilers and
snowmobile dealers, it has been the event that officially starts the snowmobile season. And so it became the
"Official Start of Winter."
The Hay Days Grass Drags generates the money used by the club for a wide variety of things. As an example, a few years ago we began the
Sno Barons Grant Program. Financial assistance is granted to other snowmobile organizations/clubs for such things as bridge construction and warming houses on their trails.
The Sno Barons also put a great deal of money back into the sport. We support and sponsor other racing events throughout the area. We feel the responsibility to return money derived from snowmobilers, back to snowmobilers.
We hope to see you at Hay Days this year!
Sno Barons Snowmobile Club
