Ice racing is alive and well on both sides of the border, and it’s a relatively inexpensive, accessible sport–provided, of course, that you live near the frozen regions.
“It blew my mind in what it offered a serious driver and racer,” says Phil LePore, a member of the Adiro…
Ice is a great educator.
Tons of ice racing in Wisconsin. Check out maybe fox valley sports car club.
AngryCorvair said:Ice is a great educator.
Yup. See also: Our piece on the Bridgestone Winter Driving School.
Time spent on ice is 4-10x more effective than time spent on pavement. And ice is much cheaper in terms of consumables and lower average speeds means less damage when things stop going sideways.
for ice racing in Alberta
David S. Wallens said:AngryCorvair said:Ice is a great educator.
Yup. See also: Our piece on the Bridgestone Winter Driving School.
Many years ago, TRW used to hire the Bridgestone Winter crew to come to our northern Michigan test site. Tanner Foust was one of their instructors. He got famous around that time.
And for something slightly off topic a story about an ice racer 510Z who won Sebring 12 Hours in 83 and some time at LeMans, and Daytona. He's also lives in the same city as SkinnyG.
The link might help https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ae20e0d2b85742f770954a/t/59b638f18419c20a25dfbbf7/1505114363310/Excellence+Oct-2010.pdf
here is an old website about chevette ice racing here in alberta. Still have lots of cars in chevette class here.
Imagine you're 18-19 years old, live in a quiet, rural town and have a huge pond nearby that freezes very solid and has a 1,000' straight, paved shot to a boat ramp with almost zero elevation change from the pavement...
Let's just say hitting the ice at 40+ mph was AWESOME. And what a great way to learn vehicle control. Each year, someone would plow a huge oval and a figure 8 track. Memories.
I knew it was just a matter of time before Dollar General started putting up stores in the middle of frozen lakes.
I don't think we get cold enough for ice racing here in central Ohio. Anyone ever hear of it around here? Maybe I could rent seat time in a car and drive to a northern area..
Fun but unpredictable stuff for sure! I loved it, but once you get a few hundred people standing around on ice, race cars and their gear, the ice starts to bow and sink. Laying under a car sucks? Try it laying on ice in 2" of COLD water.
Maybe I'm just getting old ......
In reply to dculberson :
There's ice racing in Michigan. I think Saginaw Valley hosts it.
Talk to Evan, I know he went to one of their events a few years ago when they held an ice run the same weekend as a Detroit rallycross. I only went to the rallycross because it was frickin' cold and I didn't want to sleep in my car.
In reply to Woody :
That is in Tupper Lake NY.
The pits/paddock is on dry land in the town park.
We have Ice racing In Minnesota where teams are often looking for co-drivers. Do be prepared to learn though because growing up around 10,000 ( actually over 15,000) lakes teaches you a lot of car control.
If you're in Alaska, there's https://aksportscarclub.org
We're having a strange winter, so not enough ice yet, but we'll post up as soon as it's ready.
I lived in Montreal for many years. Did tons of ice racing events (more like auto-x rather than W2W) with the BMW CCA Boston Chapter in Vermont and New Hampshire. Also instructed at winter driving and ice racing schools in Quebec, Ontario, and the Team O'Neil facility with Audi Club, Motorsports Club of Ottawa, and BMW Club of Quebec. There's nothing like it!
I've run an E30 325ix and Lancer Evo VIII on regular snow tires. Also an E28 535i on studded snows. Like any motorsport, tires make all the difference: I remember a guy in a 1st generation MR-2 coupes on rally screws kicking up huge rooster tails while running circles around us.
914Driver said:
Try it laying on ice in 2" of COLD water.Maybe I'm just getting old ......
No, nothing to do with age, it also sucked when I was 20 on New Year's Eve in New England, deep in the woods.
Does anyone do like ice autocross/rallycross? Something where it's one car at a time rather than wheel-to-wheel?
Knurled. said:In reply to dculberson :
There's ice racing in Michigan. I think Saginaw Valley hosts it.
Talk to Evan, I know he went to one of their events a few years ago when they held an ice run the same weekend as a Detroit rallycross. I only went to the rallycross because it was frickin' cold and I didn't want to sleep in my car.
I've done it with Furrin Group at Turk Lake in Greenville, MI. It is a blast and I want to do it again. Unfortunately the weather the past few years has prevented events and when there is a possibility to race I don't really want to drive 5 hours to have it cancelled because of the weather on the day of the event. It is a lot of fun though if you get the chance.
Ya missed CASC ice racing in Ontario :)
In reply to NorseDave :
There are clubs that do the one car thing. Just do a search.
NorseDave said:Does anyone do like ice autocross/rallycross? Something where it's one car at a time rather than wheel-to-wheel?
That's how the clubs in Michigan do it.
NorseDave said:Does anyone do like ice autocross/rallycross? Something where it's one car at a time rather than wheel-to-wheel?
Ice dice
my dad won a couple of championships with this car
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