Meet the DURACLUTCH Team​

Mitchell Johnson

Mitchell Johnson​

Founder

Mr. Johnson has worked on off-road vehicles his entire life, including the creation and development of the UTVs at Polaris. 

Having grown up at Polaris he worked there from the time he was a boy sweeping floors and filling bolt bins.

David Johnson (Mitchell’s father) and uncles Edgar & Allen Hetteen started Polaris in the 1950’s. Soon there after, David created the first Polaris snowmobile. At first the machine was not well received; Edgar viewed it as a waste of time. David knew that eventually Edgar would come around – and he did.

But David immediately found the machine to be a great deal of fun. So much so that he drove it home in January of 1956 and let his oldest boy take it for a spin. He was just six years old then, but Mitchell was hooked. He was one of the first to ride the new machine. Mitchell’s been riding Polaris products ever since.

To get his mechanical engineering degree, Mitchell reluctantly had to leave Roseau, but returned to work in several engineering positions at Polaris from Project Engineer on all products to ATV Engineering Manager.

It was Mitchell who developed the Polaris ATV “On Demand” four wheel drive system.

Several of Polaris’ major products were developed under Mitchell’s direction at Polaris, including the Sportsman ATV, RANGER Utility Vehicle and Youth ATV product lines.

In 1996 Mitchell became General Manager of the ATV Division moving to Polaris corporate headquarters in Minneapolis. He worked there 5 years growing the ATV business to nearly one billion in annual revenue.

In 2001, Mitchell moved back to Roseau and has been involved in engineering support for all the Polaris product lines.

When he’s not working Mitchell enjoys off-road exploring and adventures, singing tenor as a soloist, back country snowmobile expeditions, hunting and fishing and of course, spending time with his family: Wife Dawn and his children David, Anne and Laura.

Today Mitchell is excited by working with each SVI customer to find the right application of technology to make a specialized off-road vehicle that makes their goals a reality.

Focused on Customer Service

Responsive, knowledgeable, great. These are a few of the ways customers describe the core of our DURATRACKS support team. When they’re not helping customers, you’ll find them working out product launches, test riding, and then using DURACLUTCH & DURATRACKS equipped machines in their every day life outside of work. 

Ben Dieter

President

Brent-Wiczek

Brent Wiczek

President of Sales

Jeff Lane

Jeff Lane

Operations Manager

Time Skime

Tim Skime

Calibration and Development Lead

Justin Olson

Service and Warranty Manager

Steve Emerson

Steve Emerson

Inside Sales Coordinator

Kathi Lind Controller

Kathi Lind

Controller

Jakob Olson

Shipping/Receiving
Graphic Design

Lauren Kanis

Marketing

Pat Adrian

Field Sales

Bruce Friend

Bruce Friend

Field Sales Alaska & Pacific NW

Caleb Bermel

Production

Duraclutch Team - Greg Grahn

Greg Grahn

February 28, 1950 ~ January 17, 2021

Greg Grahn was involved with Polaris from the early days when his talent for making snowmobiles go fast him noticed by the Polaris Race Department.

Soon after, Greg was traveling the northern U.S. and Canada, winning races for Polaris all along the way.

Besides helping to found SVI, Greg operated a large flax-seed growing and distribution operation from his home town of Warroad, MN. The operations give Greg plenty of opportunity to test the DURACLUTCH and DURATRACKS products in a real-world applications.

Gregory Grahn, age 70, died on January 17, 2021 at his home in Roseau, MN.

We will all miss him dearly.

Did you know? The DURACLUTCH development and corporate headquarters (also known as Specialty Vehicles International or SVI) in Roseau, Minnesota, the home of Polaris. But the rest of the operation works out of Nisswa, Minnesota.Why does that matter? Because the Duraclutch founders have been deeply involved with the creation and development of the Polaris UTV line, including the RANGER, RZR and GENERAL.When you talk to any of the members of the DURACLUTCH team, you'll recognize right away their depth of knowledge and passion for the making the best ride ever.