WAYNE GLOWACKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS 

Eighty riders from Canada and the U.S. were warming up their engines at the start of the 2017 USXC I-500 cross country snowmobile race from Winnipeg to Bemidj, MN. in the -29C temperature Wednesday morning. Draper Lundquist directs the next 2 riders to the starting line at the Red River Co-op Speedway, this race has some of the worlds best snowmobile racers competing for more than 500 miles over some of the toughest terrain Mother Nature can create. Feb. 8  2017