Next event?

[dpRacingDan]

Noob here- went last weekend (17th) for first ice racing experience- had a blast! Did horrible but still had fun. As a transplant from Cali this was a fun new racing experience. Can't wait til the next event- so when is it?! Are events added weekend by weekend?!

[Dizmm]

Noob here- went last weekend (17th) for first ice racing experience- had a blast! Did horrible but still had fun. As a transplant from Cali this was a fun new racing experience. Can't wait til the next event- so when is it?! Are events added weekend by weekend?!

you had the white WRX (STi wannabe) right? Where's that video from the 17th? ha.

Next event is planned for next sunday, the 31st.

[Hille]

We will be running as long as there is safe ice. The only change would be some Saturday night event thrown in there.

Where were you last night?

[dpRacingDan]

Yeah wanted to go last night its about a 3 hour haul from my house in Chicago-land and am waiting for a daytime event. If I still had my RS, I might have gone thanks to its kick-ass fog lights. This new subis halogens and no fogs suck!
PS- Dont think Im a poser for driving a fo-sti- I JUST bought this car from Mark (blue "Rally car") the way it is- I just cant afford a real STI (yet) but wanted another white subi!
now, I need softer springs! Anybody got any stock STI springs?

See you guys SUNDAY!

[dpRacingDan]

oh, still working on the video...

[MARKSTIV8]

Will be there on sund. with my brother ......SIGN ME UP!!!!

[Dizmm]

I'm just messin... I thought your car looked great.

Hope to see you sunday.

[filbert]

What time do you guys usually finish up on a Sunday? I'd like to join you guys but I'll be driving from Chicago and my schedule's a bit tight.

Also, what's the safety inspection like? Do I need to take my subs/amp out of the trunk (kind of a pain)? I usually take them out in the summer for autox and put them back in for the winter.

And I saw something about FVSCC radio, i'm assuming that means you're running a FM modulator or something... is this needed cause my radio's currently broken (and wouldn't work without the subs and amp either)

[Hille]

Depends on the turnout, but we usually get done by 3pm. We can also get you into heats 1 and 3 if you need to bug out early.

Tech inspection: Make sure the battery is secured. If the sub box is bolted down that is fine.

Yes we have a radio station that we broadcast on. It helps a lot if your car has a radio, but it is not required.

[dpRacingDan]

So, is there an event scheduled for this Sat/Sunday? Im already makin plans to go!

[Hille]

Next event is planned for Sunday Jan. 31st.

[dpRacingDan]

So whats the word on this next weekend (Feb 6/7)? Did I hear Saturday event?

[chuckracer442]

front page says sunday the 7th, i didn't know which event they wanted to avoid more, the superbowl or the budweiser shoot out, you got football sunday and racing saturday night. So it has been decreed that we run sunday lol. Hey Tom if I get there late cause of drills can I run half the event then

[dpRacingDan]

cool cool, thats what the DVR is for- still catching up on the Rolex 24!

[Hille]

Hey Tom if I get there late cause of drills can I run half the event then

Sure. Since you only ran half last week.

[chuckracer442]

I lost 7 hours of the 24 hours thanks to my tivo... normally i love it very much and it fails very little, but this time i cringed

[loudes13]

We on for Saturday night?

[chuckracer442]

SUNDAY!!! lol I would love saturday night, but sunday is the event sorry for any confusion I may have caused

[Hille]

We on for Saturday night?

I wanted to do a Saturday night event, but got shot down.

We're on for Sunday Feb. 7th.

[filbert]

How late does the season generally go? into march? I hope so...

[Hille]

How late does the season generally go? into march? I hope so...

All depends on the ice. We have run into March in the past.

[PoisonBeef]

I find it really fun when a vehicle moves and the ice you are standing on does that cracking thing.

:)

[the-moss]

I find it really fun when a vehicle moves and the ice you are standing on does that cracking thing.

:)

After 5 years of doing this I don't think I will ever get used to or comfortable with that.

[Sleepy]

It only gets more fun when it cracks one direction then 5 minutes later it crack in another direction... forming an X marks the spot where you and 5 others stand...

[chuckracer442]

So I just got cool news, I put in as a you ask we investigate thing on a local news station that we race every Sunday, they want to come out this weekend as part of an ice safety article and check out our racing!!! Its from NBC 26

[Hille]

Seriously?

OK don't call it racing. These are ice time trials.

[chuckracer442]

seriously, I just kinda put it out there to them, I'm sure we can get some great media coverage, I'll keep you updated

[myWRXtacy]

Im gonna join this coming up weekend race event for sure!!

[chuckracer442]

that is if they decide they want to run us as a story

[oddballmazda]

hmmm, looks like I may come out too, My face loves the camera!

[Teh Potsy]

I have to make it out as well!!! That would be cool! :D

[SgtRauksauff]

there goes the neighborhood.....

:)

[the_garynator]

seriously, I just kinda put it out there to them, I'm sure we can get some great media coverage, I'll keep you updated

this probably isn't a good idea to be honest...if they came out for autox at shawano or WIR, that would be one thing...but ice racing...we get media coverage, people start asking questions...look what happened with the rattlers stadium (granted, not because of media coverage, but still).
either way, we can't get kicked off of a real race track, but we could get kicked off the ice.
I mean, I'm not trying to kill your enthusiasm, but you prolly should have checked with the board first (meetings on the 1st tuesday of every month).

[PoisonBeef]

how can they kick anyone off of ice? Public property right?

[the_garynator]

how can they kick anyone off of ice? Public property right?

cops show up and we're done...public property, private property, don't matter

[chuckracer442]

I think that the whole cops thing would have already been an issue if it was going to be one, we don't upset the neighbors, we take safety precautions, we are in the country because it is desolate.

[Hille]

how can they kick anyone off of ice? Public property right?

Cops can do whatever they want, wherever they want, however they want.

They're cops.

[Colin255]

Publicity is VERY bad for what we do on the lake.

Especially any kind of story related to safety, considering we have no control of our course, no method to keep the general public off of it, and we make no attempt to do so through bannering or signage.

These kinds of things are killing the last real motorsports in the US.

There's always someone looking to shit all over someone else's parade. Its only a matter of time before someone buys one of the houses on Cowling Bay Rd. and gets bent out of shape when January comes around and calls the police or county board about "hooligans in soobaroos messing up MY ice on MY lake"

Then we're done.

Heres to hoping against a slow news day.

[Colin255]

how can they kick anyone off of ice? Public property right?

The man doesn't take kindly to driving fast in public.

[the_garynator]

Publicity is VERY bad for what we do on the lake.

Especially any kind of story related to safety, considering we have no control of our course, no method to keep the general public off of it, and we make no attempt to do so through bannering or signage.

These kinds of things are killing the last real motorsports in the US.

There's always someone looking to shit all over someone else's parade. Its only a matter of time before someone buys one of the houses on Cowling Bay Rd. and gets bent out of shape when January comes around and calls the police or county board about "hooligans in soobaroos messing up MY ice on MY lake"

Then we're done.

Heres to hoping against a slow news day.

this is exactly what i was trying to get at. (little bit of kessler makes typing interesting lol) Well said Colin.

[PoisonBeef]

On fox11 this morning I heard (wasn't paying attention) the interviewer ask a fishing guy (either club head or dnr) about how many peole would be out on the ice for spearing this weekend and he said a lot between the spearers and ice racers. He didn't seem to mind.

Iphonepost


Edit: I think it was frank with pikes fishing club.

[the-moss]

Unfortunately you don't know what all the people in the houses in the bay or the other lake users think of us.

All it takes is one person to start being vocal about how we are disturbing their lake living or use of the lake and others that may currently be on the fence will jump in.

Unless the vast majority think what we are doing is a good thing and are willing to back us up if it comes to a fight, I think life could be made very difficult for us if just one person decides they want to make a stink about it.

While we may be on public property and can in theory we can do what we want. So can everyone else. We cannot stop anyone from parking trucks or ice shanties on our course. We can't stop them from drilling big old holes in our course. If we take the position that it is public property and we are free to race on that spot, we have to accept that others are free to be douche bags on that spot.

If the police do decide to get involved, as noted, they can do whatever they want. We may be able to fight them, but I wouldn't expect that to be resolved before the end of the season. Then if we won the fight we can expect the cops to sit at the landing and pick off every non-legal car that drives off the ice and onto the road.

This is all a really long way of saying I don't think we want to attract more attention to ourselves than necessary.

[Colin255]

[QUOTE=the-moss;5010]we can expect the cops to sit at the landing and pick off every non-legal car that drives off the ice and onto the road.


This is already happening. Remember that the speed limit on the entry road is 15.

[chuckracer442]

so who got pulled over at the landing? they always need a posted speed limit, who is enforcing it or has had it enforced against them

[PoisonBeef]

I almost got pulled over on the entry road two weeks ago. I was doing 25ish or so and di the oh shit, cop thing.

[Hille]

Justin. We don't want a TV crew filming us and doing a story. Please cancel your request.

[chuckracer442]

request cancelled, Sorry, my first meeting I remembered the idea and thought I would toss it up, we were looking for exposure due to hard times in the club, I thought that this might help boost some exposure in the club. Maybe our facebook page will help. Maybe they can hook up with the wheel to wheel guys who race in Tileda for some more exposure for them.

[chuckracer442]

I almost got pulled over on the entry road two weeks ago. I was doing 25ish or so and di the oh shit, cop thing.

almost only counts in horseshoes and handgrenades lol

[Dizmm]

request cancelled, Sorry, my first meeting I remembered the idea and thought I would toss it up, we were looking for exposure due to hard times in the club, I thought that this might help boost some exposure in the club. Maybe our facebook page will help. Maybe they can hook up with the wheel to wheel guys who race in Tileda for some more exposure for them.

hard times in the club??? are you kidding? our events have never been bigger.

[MEDUSAzx3]

almost only counts in horseshoes and handgrenades lol

and cop sightings.
cops dont like becuase of my past history, before i had a liscence.lets just say gettign a car made be grow a bit.

[MARKSTIV8]

hard times in the club??? are you kidding? our events have never been bigger.


Yeah, and let's not make those events too popular.. if you know what I mean;]

[chuckracer442]

it was my first meeting two years agoish

[REX]

On fox11 this morning I heard (wasn't paying attention) the interviewer ask a fishing guy (either club head or dnr) about how many peole would be out on the ice for spearing this weekend and he said a lot between the spearers and ice racers. He didn't seem to mind.

Iphonepost


Edit: I think it was frank with pikes fishing club.


I saw this interview. It is a different club that is racing this weekend. "Extreme Off Roaders" I think.

Also, one of my customers owns a house on the bay where we run. He doesn't mind the day events, but his not so big on the night races. He has questioned the safety of the night events.

[oddballmazda]

I agree too now on the news spot deal. Just keep it on here and on facebook.

[PoisonBeef]

I saw this interview. It is a different club that is racing this weekend. "Extreme Off Roaders" I think.

Also, one of my customers owns a house on the bay where we run. He doesn't mind the day events, but his not so big on the night races. He has questioned the safety of the night events.

Thanks for clearing that up.

Heck, I question the safety of the night events...

[quattro20v]

Thanks for clearing that up.

Heck, I question the safety of the night events...

All Ice Rally-X trials are only as dangerous as YOU the driver make them to be.
SLOW down if not sure of your abilities, your car abilities, track abilities and or other driver's abilities.
Be safe! See you all on the ice.

[2.5GT Limited]

All Ice Rally-X trials are only as dangerous as YOU the driver make them to be.
SLOW down if not sure of your abilities, your car abilities, track abilities and or other driver's abilities.
Be safe! See you all on the ice.

Well put!

And don't hit the explorer, lol...

[Dizmm]

or Tom's 2.5rs. ha

[justin]

And don't hit the explorer, lol...

Definitely do NOT hit the Explorer. Don't even think about it, or come close.

:(

[oddballmazda]

And watch out for jeep compass's running through the track.

[filbert]

Apparently they're having the same issue over in Boston...

Boston Chapter Ice Racing Bulletin for February 11, 2010

NOTE: ALL CARS MUST NOT ENGAGE IN ANY SORT OF ICE RACING "PRACTICE" OR SIMILAR DRIVING MANEUVERS ANYWHERE EXCEPT ON THE COURSE OR ON THE PRACTICE COURSE!! SCREWING AROUND, ON OR OFF THE ICE, BEFORE, DURING, OR AFTER THE EVENT, WILL RESULT IN YOUR IMMEDIATE REMOVAL FROM THE EVENT. THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES HAVE BECOME VERY INVOLVED IN MONITORING OUR ACTIVITIES!!! WE MUST CONDUCT OURSELVES APPROPRIATELY EVERYWHERE!

[SgtRauksauff]

I saw a county cop at the boat landing on Jan 31, when I came back from Appleton. Event was basically done, a few people had left already, but trophies hadn't yet been presented.

--sarge

[Colin255]

If you ask me, night events are safer, less people are out on the ice, and any other vehicles that are should have headlights on. Out of respect for residents on the lake, I think we should require mufflers for night events (I can't believe I said that!). Even though none of our cars are louder than any snowmobile, we're more visible since we're out there running constantly for 4 - 5 hours instead of just passing by.

Those of us with non-DOT compliant HID conversions should consider bringing standard bulbs to swap in to and from events. Its easy to get dinged on. Hell, I try to avoid night practice with the rally car to keep from being accused of shining deer with the light pod. As far as I know its never happened, but its an easy conclusion to jump to, but its a better excuse than "Oh I've been blasting down this gravel road repeatedly at 95, officer."

Otherwise I'm not in favor of doing anything differently to control the course. Signs and banner tape attract people, before you know it we have a problem where we didn't before.

[viprez586]

I saw a county cop at the boat landing on Jan 31, when I came back from Appleton. Event was basically done, a few people had left already, but trophies hadn't yet been presented.

--sarge

That cop was probably the one who pulled me over for loud exhaust.
Gave me a ticket for no belt. I couldn't believe it, I had been wearing it all day and just totally slipped my mind when I hopped back in my car to leave.

[PoisonBeef]

saturday or sunday?

[Hille]

Sigh. Sunday.

[PoisonBeef]

dang nabit Hille, Saturdays are easier.

You do realize I have to get up at 5am on Sunday to get my work done to get there by 10 right?

oh wait, the same thing applies for Saturday. Carry on.

But really, Saturday are somewhat easier on me.

[Hille]

I want a Saturday, but the neighbors say otherwise.

[Saab-ert]

I want a Saturday, but the neighbors say otherwise.

Why can't it be a saturday morning/afternoon.....not night

[Hille]

I'll be in Misery. I mean Missouri.

Saturday events are great for some people, but a lot of people have to work on that day. My idea was to hold day runs in the afternoon for the non-Saturday workers and then the working crowd could join in for the night runs after they finished work.

It would have been an experiment. Oh well. Sunday it is.

[STI 2004]

Is this Sunday's event just a normal Sunday event.?. Hopefully I will be back from Japan by then.

[PoisonBeef]

Well good thing it is Sunday as I got called today to work a concert at the Resch Saturday.

I may be dog tired on Sunday, but I should still make it.

[Dizmm]

Is this Sunday's event just a normal Sunday event.?. Hopefully I will be back from Japan by then.

yup, registration is from 9am-10am.

[oddballmazda]

LUCKY!!! hope you have pictures from japan.

[chuckracer442]

I still vote for running an event out by waverly beach once, I think it would be a cool change of scenery!!! I know the extreme offroaders run there on a consistant basis.