Fritz Sobey was born in October 1954 and grew up in Cornwall, PEI. After he married, Fritz and his very understanding and supportive wife Alana lived in the Cornwall area until 2000, when they moved to Sherwood, where they still live today.
Fritz has been snowmobiling for 56 years without missing a single year. His first snowmobile was an 18 hp 1968 Ski-Doo Olympic. His sled today is an Arctic Cat Thundercat with more than 400 hp.
Fritz raced snowmobiles from 1981 to 2015, competing in multiple classes all over Atlantic Canada and winning in multiple classes throughout those years. He raced on ice, snow, grass and asphalt, and even in snowcross, where he won the Maritimes Veteran class.
Fritz's love of snowmobiling led him to own the Arctic Cat dealership here on PEI from 1991 to 1995. He continued working on racing sleds for people, rebuilding cranks, porting cylinders and building high-performance race engines for snowmobiles all over Atlantic Canada.
Fritz served as a volunteer board member of the PEISA for many years, and he volunteered for many years as a groomer operator in the central part of the province. With his knowledge of snowmobiles and his kind ways, Fritz attracted a line-up of younger people wanting to get into the sport over the years, and he helped everyone who ever asked him for help. Fritz could not say no to a young, eager snowmobiler. He spent countless cold days and nights helping someone get going and making sure they were on the snow the next day.
Congratulations to Fritz Sobey on a well-earned recognition.
