Posted March 3rd, 2008 at 5:30PMSunday, March 2nd, AMEC was holding a race on Cossayuna Lake, which is really local, so I went and spectated. Snapped plenty of nice pictures – check the Flickr set for all 105. I’ve included a few of the better ones below (click to make bigger).
They might be racing at Cossayuna again next week, and I was contemplating entering (running in the street legal class), but I don’t have any Blizzaks to throw on the Subaru, and I don’t want to run the MINI. Wheel to wheel racing, on ice? Contact does happen!
(“Ice racing??” You’re thinking? Yeah. It’s a great little niche motorsport in areas that have winters cold enough to support a season. The lake has to have at least a foot of ice before it’s relatively safe to race on. Then a course is plowed, and it’s run like any other event. Most ice racing is wheel to wheel, meaning everyone runs at the same time. The dedicated cars have scary looking tires with huge studs, but most clubs have street classes where you run studless Blizzaks. More info can be found at the AMEC website.)
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