business spotlight
From a Front Yard Business
to the #2 Yamaha Dealer, this is Pat’s Motorsports
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n 1979 in a Northern Michigan town with a population of 100, a husband and wife started a business selling cars in their front yard. Today – 43 years later and after shifting to ORV and equipment sales in 2014 - that business ranks #1 in Yamaha Snowmobile sales in their District and #2 nationwide. It is Pat’s Motorsports, located in Greenland, MI, now owned and managed by the original owner Pat McIntyre’s son, Kip McIntyre. Pat’s is a full service dealer offering new and used snowmobiles, ATV’s, side by sides, snow bikes,
lawn mowers, trailers and power equipment. They also run a robust rental business. Says Kip, “Growing up, my mother was an LPN and my dad worked in the Copper Mine for 16 years. After being laid off twice due to the unstableness of the mine, my parents started dabbling in the car sales business, got their dealer license and the rest is history.” In 1985 the business moved into the building they are still in today. Kip took over the business in 2014, shifting from car sales to ORV and equipment sales. His wife, Trisha plays an integral
role, running the day to day operations. About their success, Kip points to their committed and skilled employees, saying “our techs are well trained and highly experienced – they are the backbone of the business. And, being a family business, our staff is truly
an extension of and part of the family. They tend to stay with us so we have great longevity among our whole team.” He also sees their way of business as an ‘old school approach’ of putting service in front of sales. “For us sales is the continued on page 24
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