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I was in elementary school in the early 70's and thought the Scorpion Stingers were the fastest snowmobiles on the planet . There were a few running around my town and when they would fly across the frozen lake on the edge of town wide open , they were so loud ! They sounded so cool !

“Look out Cat, look out Ski Doo-Scorpion Stinger is coming through . . . “ No leaf-spring stock sled ever could touch the ‘76 Merc Twister!

YAMAHA.

They didn’t hide the speed of the yammy too well in the first race.

big red one coming through !

Notice during the first test that the Yammy was closing fast, then wasn't shown in the rest of the drag races? That's because nothing could touch the SS 433 in 72 (especially modified w/expansion chambers). And I say that as a hardcore Ski-Doo teenager and from having to watch their taillights on my TNT.

My 72 stinger II track has the lowest rolling resistance I've seen. Even modern tracks arent that pliable. Likely wouldnt survive under modern power, but i can see it having big affect on vintage performance.

I never had a scorpion snowmobile i had snojet yamaha suzuki Polaris. I have two artic cats. And a skidoo

Test trails? For what?

Fabulous! I should find me another Scorpion or two. Brings back good memories.

Man, my first full size snowmobile was a 1970 Stinger with a 340 Sachs single. At the time I wasn't really keen on the looks, but now years later, I miss that ol girl. I've had an affinity for Scorpion snowmobiles since I got into riding and have owned quite a few over the years from the bubble hood era to the late generation Whips and Stings. Had a lot of fun on the vintage machines and there are times when I long to have them back.

A good safety video , Still the same .

It looked like the Yamaha was going to win.. The GP 433 went like a scalded cat.

This was great ! I mean as an example of total BS. I think they were OK but I don’t remember anybody ever going to the races saying “ what about the scorpions ?” My family sold Moto skis back then … same JLO 399. Durable but no contender. Polaris , skidoo , arctic and Yamaha were all contenders like other comments said. Arctic rode so much better Yamaha would have handled better Scorpions did have cool looking handle bars There were over 100 manufacturers then. By about 1980 was down to 4 Interestingly they did include 3 of the 4 survivors

Where was Polaris for this competition?? Are we confident this wasn't a SCORPION AD?? !!!

So funny.. The Scorpion optimized in every way I am sure... Other sleds = Belt adjustment? Air fuel ratio? Oil fuel ratio? Track tension? Carb. balance (If two)? Throttle cable adjustment? Ski Toe adjustment...Hell No!!

Very cool!

The TnT were just awesome. That Yammy 433 could move also. The Scorpion? Our friend had a couple of the Whip 340s blue ones and they were okay back then.

Baaahhh , slap the vise grip onto it .

Love the stinger but even Ray Charles could see how much faster the yamaha was and hes blind and dead.

I don't want any scorpion unless it's got the Sach motor .

Sorry scorpion but I owned a Yamaha 433, a real turd in deep snow but on a lake it would eat em up. Love my old machines but that's the gods truth!

And just for the ladies, a sled so underpowered that even with their skills they won't get hurt! Hmmm...........

The Rifleman !!

The Polaris sleds were conspicuously absent from this test due to their obvious superiority.

Americans working together wow that is a long time ago. I hope America can work again someday but after the last 30 I am done. Good luck

I had a '71 Stinger 400 CCW. Liked it, wished I could have gotten a later one with the para rail suspension.

Scorpion deserved a better fate

Where is the Fox Trac ?

I had 4 Scorpions they were all pieces of Junk. Now I have Cat and Yamaha

And the next day definitely a chiropractor visit

I has a stingeroo 277 when I was a kid. Loved it.

And Scorpion went out of business when?

SS433 would walk all over those sub par machines, tuned exhaust and all. My GP396 would have stroked those machines

I wish Scorpion could start production again. I can only imagine the sleds they would build now .

I also saw things that didn't look right... or fair... but it was a promotional film. You know they're going to do all they can to persuade sales. Here's footage of a real oval race from 1972. Can you even find a scorpion in the line up? Polaris kicked on everyone this day..... czcams.com/video/0uuAKBbqqgY/video.html

That's freaking sweet

That's awesome . Nice vintage Scorpion snowmobile.

My first sled at age 8 was a 71' stinger 292cc. It was in my grandparents shed and I once watched him squirt some gas into the carb to get it started. So one winter morning I went to the shed, filled a little handheld squirt can with gas and pumped a little into the carb. 2 or three pulls and I was dong laps around the driveway. My grandfather was amazed that I got it stated and cause so, he let me just have my fun. I did laps all winter until the bogey wheels were falling off and I was at the age of 14. I would hold that thing wide open after big storms going up and down our rural dirt road. 45-50 mph was max speed but enough for me and whoever I had over as a friend at the time.

:I-had-the-71-SS-433, it-would-kill-all of those sleds-with-ease. :That's-why-it's-missing in those drag-races. :You-can-see in the first-race, the SS-was-sleeping at the light, then caught-the-others &: they-say, "STINGER". :What-a-joke.

Nothing has changed, drinking and riding is common

The Yamaha was and still is the king of hp, very staged presentation to a naive audience back in the day.

chaparral 440 ss would beat them all

That was good for a laugh. Top of tunnel mounted motor, bogey wheel suspension and a fan cooled engine that would constantly foul the RH cylinder plug (furthest from the fan). I had one of these and it would vapor lock on temps above +10F. I had to install hood louvers just to get enough cooling to complete a trail ride. The Polaris and Arctic Cat sleds with slide rail and low mounted engines were so much better than Scorpion. If it wasn't vapor locking or fouling plugs you could count on at least one rollover every ride due to the high center of gravity. :Looking back, it was just comical.

I grew up with Scorpion sleds, my first sled was a Stringeroo ( might have been the best sled they ever made) The Stringeroo was a blast, pretty light sled with a 292cc. Pretty sure it was 292cc but may have been 277cc sacks. I raced a lot of Cats with our 440 Super Stinger and got shut down by most of them, a 440 Panther would walk right by like I was standing still LOL. No, not that bad but close. At the time the Scorpion's were a little better then Ski doo, a Yamaha equivalent like the GP433 was just about the same. Artic Cat was King.

Would like to have seen an Arctic Puma in that mix instead of a Panther.

I like this short film especially the snowmobile suit the guy was wearing i like to find one like to add to my snowmobile suit collection

If Scorpion was so great, why out of those four machines, is it the only one not in business.

What a bogus test. A Scorpion with a JLO engine and a muffler beats a Yamaha with twin expansion cambers? No way.

whats the name of the song? sounds like anouther snowmobile ad song