New hampshire Ice Racing

[Big Mike]

I might try to get up there. I am itching to race the ice, but the weather down here is not cooperating this year. I will have to see what I can do about doing it.

[Big Mike]

Eddie, are there any entry fees to race up there? It is only an hour from me one way so driving up there shouldnt be too bad in the big ol' truck. Just trying to figure out how much a day of racing is going to cost. Let me know. Thanks.

Riverrat, when do you think you will go up, I would like to see some other trikes there so i dont have to compete against squares and get my arse handed to me or run over by one of those big ol' bastards.

[eddie pettengil]

Its $10 for your first class and $5 for any class after that. I can set up a trike class with 4 if you guys wanted to. You will get a 8 lap practice, 8 laps for each class for heats and 10-12 laps for each class for features. I'm paying the entry fees for one saturday of racing for every trike.

We could run a trike class and enter the unlimited, outlaw and sportsman quad classes.

Now with that said, We seem to be having ice problems also. They run cars on this track also so they like to see 16 inches of ice. Its not looking good. First race is this coming Saturday. They have not cancelled it yet.

Big Mike, I see that you joined the Flat Track Evolution site. If you ever plan on attending Northwood or any of the other places we run, give me a heads up. I also sometimes run a quad and would not want to miss out riding with another triker.

[riverrat]

Ice problems??? NOOOOO!!! haha. I am trying to go up Presidents day weekend Mike. Heh, we don't need 16 inches of ice to race.

[eddie pettengil]

We always have a back up plan in place if the Evolution Ice Series in Northwood gets cancelled (like this week). This weekend we will be racing on a small pond in Berwick, ME called Murdock lake on a 1/8 mile oval or bigger. No entry fees, trophies or points, just straight up good racing. I bring the computer with my entry, heat, b-feature and a-main sheets and we race. Points are added up at the end of the day no matter if it's 5 races or 30. We call it "back forty racing" because we move it from pond to pond every week to promote and pick up new racers. If you guys come up, we won't get cancelled unless something crazy happens. But we might have to travel a little for it.

[Big Mike]

Ok, I was thinking of doing the 11th and and 25th events. I am not going to be very competitive as this will only be my second and third time racing ice, but I am very into. So it could be like $20-30 a day of racing plus fuel. Thats not too bad at all. I did join your site Eddie, and I sure will keep you in the loop as to when I will be coming up. Berwick is a little bit of a drive for me to get to, so i will probably stick with the Northwood events. Thanks for responding back to my posts Eddie, I look forward to meeting you and racing with you on the ice.

[Big Mike]

Also I think I have a tear in my rotator cuff right now, so I am hoping to see a doctor about that sometime soon, so I am hoping that doesnt sideline me for the season either.

[riverrat]

I don't even know how competitive I would be. I am pretty out of shape, and not sure I could hold on for 12 laps, depends the track. I don't really care, just want to get out on the ice and have some fun. My studs are probably on their third year too, so you could have the fastest trike in the world, but if it doesn't hook up your beat. With everything else I've been doing, I won't be doing tires this season. But next year I got some plans.

[eddie pettengil]

Race # 2 cancelled, this is not looking good. We are still racing on other ponds every weekend. This weekend we are racing in Berwick,ME testing out our Outlaw race format. You have to enter 3 heat races, top 8 with the most points goes to the A-main, everyone else goes to the B-Feature where we will take the top 4 position to advance to the a-main. Fun stuff.

Oh, my trike is done for the year. Bottom end problems.

[riverrat]

If I do come up, I have a couple possible friends that might tag along. Quad guys.