Best alternative to stage rally! And it's cheap! Go ice racing in upstate New York...
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Michael Waterhouse Elite Moderator Location: Voorheesville, NY Join Date: 11/22/2014 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 19 Rally Car: 1990 Eagle Talon AWD |
Hello everybody,
Executive summary: $50 gets you a practice heat plus 3 races for a total of 60 minutes behind the wheel; you can drive your car to and from the races so you don't need to trailer your car; there are 9 classes from bone stock street legal to ice pounding tube framed winged Super Modified race cars...stage rally cars are welcome!; races are held in upstate New York on frozen lakes starting in January. My name is Michael Waterhouse and I am a member of the Adirondack Motor Enthusiast Club (AMEC). I wanted to let you all know that there is something fun you can do with your car this winter. If you’re tired of sitting home bored because of the snow and ice how about getting out and start enjoying the winter and come ice racing with AMEC. Yes you can race your car not just watch the races! We race nine classes of cars from bone Stock Street legal cars that are driven to the race track to the ice pounding tube framed winged Super Modified race cars. We race as soon as we have 12” of ice From January 1st through Early March. We race in NY state at these lakes, Lake George, Lake Algonquin, Tupper Lake, Warner’s Lake, Ballston Lake, Round Lake and more. We race road course type tracks, not ovals. We have stage rally-prepped cars race with us and I'll be running my 1990 Eagle Talon in our Street Legal unstudded awd class as well as our studded AWD class using Dmack studded tires. You don't need to run your rally car however, you can use your daily driver! I have raced my 2005 Ford Focus ZX3 in our Street Legal class for many years now...no cage is required, I literally drive it to work during the week and race it on the weekends. All you need for the Street Legal class is snow tires and a helmet. We have strict no-contact rules since many racers in the Street Legal class have nice cars the don't want damaged...plus many of us need to drive the car home. 
If you’re not sure you want to try wheel to wheel racing we have a way to get out on the track with our new “20-20” event. This is held during our daily ice racing lunch break and you can drive your street car out on our ice racing track for 20 minutes for only $20! All you need is a helmet and snow tires and track day rules apply. If you have never been to a track day the rules are like this no contact between cars! No passing except on the straights. And don’t get yourself stuck in a snow bank trying to show off like Ken Block because you only get 20 minutes. For more info visit our web site at www.icerace.com. You can also check out our YouTube channel for some videos: www.youtube.com/user/ameciceracing For Street Legal class contact me at (518) 810 8831 waterhmp@hotmail.com For Modified Studded/screw classes call Dave Burnham (518) 875 6956 racing48@nycap.rr.com Our schedule changes with the weather so watch www.icerace.com for details or ask to get put on our e mail list. Ask me questions! I know you're intrigued! Michael Waterhouse Voorheesville NY 1990 Eagle Talon |
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Michael Waterhouse Elite Moderator Location: Voorheesville, NY Join Date: 11/22/2014 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 19 Rally Car: 1990 Eagle Talon AWD |
Michael Waterhouse Elite Moderator Location: Voorheesville, NY Join Date: 11/22/2014 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 19 Rally Car: 1990 Eagle Talon AWD |
Hello again,
Despite the warm weather in the northeast, the ice racing season is coming! We haven't missed a winter in the last 30+ years. Sometimes it's a short season but it's a lot of fun. Ice racing is a great way to keep your racing skills up over the winter and to also learn new skills in car control (we spend lots of time sliding) So if you’re tired of sitting home bored because of the snow and cold how about getting out and enjoying the winter and come try ice racing. We race nine classes of cars from bone Stock Street legal cars that are driven to the race track to our purpose built tube frame winged Super Modified race cars. If you’re not sure you want to try wheel to wheel racing we have a way to get out on the track with our new “20-20” event. This is held during our daily ice racing lunch break and you can drive your street car out on our ice racing track for 20 minutes for only $20! All you need is a helmet and snow tires and track day rules apply. If you have never been to a track day the rules are like this no contact between cars! No passing except on the straights. And don’t get yourself stuck in a snow bank trying to show off because you only get 20 minutes. We race as soon as we have 12” of ice at these lakes in upstate NY near Albany: Lake George, Lake Algonquin, Caroga Lake, Tupper Lake, Warner’s Lake, Ballston Lake, Round Lake. For more info visit our web site at http://www.icerace.com and the AMEC ice racing rules are here: http://icerace.com/pdf/2016Rules.pdf and we have a great message board also here: http://bamecmessageboard.runboard.com/ For Street Legal class info call or e mail Michael Waterhouse at (518) 810 8831 waterhmp@hotmail.com For Modified Studded/screw classes call or e mail me Dave Burnham (518) 875 6956 racing48@nycap.rr.com Our schedule changes with the weather so watch http://www.icerace.com for details or shoot me a note and ask to get put on our e mail list. You can ask questions here too we will be checking back in to answer any that come up. Below are two video links that show what we do both from last season. The first one is from the “big stud” classes, the second is from our street legal classes and the third is a neat video done on AMEC by Mobil one the grid a few years ago. https://vimeo.com/125333771 http://www.grid1.tv/motorsport/article/would-you-race-on-a-frozen-lake Gas prices are way down so take advantage of the lower costs to come racing with us this year. Plus it’s only $60 to get 3 full races of 20 minutes in length plus two practice sessions! Thanks for reading and please ask questions and I will try to answer. Here's a pic of me racing against pro drifter Vaughn Gittin Jr. Michael Waterhouse Voorheesville NY 1990 Eagle Talon |
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