Kurtz Motorsports

A good customer clientele is what keeps Kurtz Motorsports in business. The family-owned and operated business has been growing and expanding with the years. Established in 1972 because of one mans love for snowmobiling, Gene Kurtz wanted a snowmobile, but not just any snowmobile, he wanted a blue one. One day, Gene flagged down a tractor trailer hauling Sno Jet snowmobiles to find out where he could get one. Then he thought... why buy just one when he could buy six and sell the other five to fuel his ambition. The building was 2,160 sq. ft. in size and seemed so big back then. In 1976, Kawasaki bought out Sno Jet and in 1979 Gene and his wife, Mitzi, added Kawasaki's personal watercraft (jet skis) to the Kawasaki/Sno Jet line-up. Kawasaki stopped making snowmobiles in 1982. So while a junior in high school, their son, Rodney Kurtz, who was turning the wrench for them, and his older brother, Randy talked their parents into going full line with Kawasaki which included motorcycles, ATVs and mules (they all ready carried their PWC)