Michigan Official Otter Lake ATV Ice Race's(POSTPONED Now Feb 21-22nd)!!!

[sandpuppi101]

[IMG][/IMG] Well it's 100% official , Feb 7th '09 in Otter Lake Michigan will be the place too be if you wanna get out and do some racing( weather pending).The actual event will be Feb 7th and 8th for the snowmobile's,but the ATV Event will be on the 7th,only sled's on the 8th. You must be registered and have your machine tech'd in no later than 11:30 am ,and the 1st race is scheduled to drop the flag at 12:00-NOON.. A reserve date has been made for Feb 21st and the 22nd ,with the ATV event being on the 21st.

I posted what the registration form will be like including classes.And don't worry if you don't have stud's,we are also having non-studded classes and those are just as much fun to watch as they are to race,so no excuses people. I am thinking that I will be racing my '85 ATC 250ES Big Red in the non-studded class this year.And due to a huge response from the motorcycle racer's ,we will also be having Motorcycle race's this year also.That will be a 50/50 payback ,No trophies on the bike's.

This year as if I don't have enough going on, I will be in charge of the ice race's and am looking for any voulenteer help that I can get.Maybe it will only be for a few minute's ,maybe not at all,but any and all help would be appreciated.I have posted the form on here also to see what class you would fall into and you can also find out more detail's such as driving direction's and any update's on the event threw there website www.otterlakewinterfest.com/ and if you have any more question's feel free to call me at 810-614-1902 , e-mail me at Muddogsrestorations@aol.com or drop me a PM.

Trophies will be given out to all 1st ,2nd and 3rd place finisher's in each class and a 50/50 payback on all motorcycle classes.Also on the drag stip you can run a few classes or you can do timed runs and actually see how fast your machine really is.And if ya have a snowmobile make sure you bring it out,the sled's will be running for both day's..There's gonna be lot's of action on the ice for sure..Muddogs Restoration will be setting up a tent and showing off some of my new ride's ,and I'll have it heated so bring the family,kick back and enjoy youself for a day or both if ya want..

Now you know what's coming next...I want to see as many trike's on the ice as possible, I do this with every event I participtate in but I would like to see a bunch of you Michigan ,Canada,OTC I'm calling ya out.Indiana,PA.,Illinois rider's come out and partisiptate in this event.There's gonna be alot of quad's there and I want the trike presense to be overwhelming for these people.Even if ya don't wanna race bring the family and enjoy this event,it's deffinatly worth it.Anything I can help ya with just ask,so pencil the 7th in.Oh ' quad's are welcome also,but I'd like to see more trike's than quad's this year like last year's Labor Day Smith Road..

[tapper190]

I have my wife talked into coming as well! I might just have to leave the 350x at home and bring the sx (give you a run for your money )and 200x out for the day.
Tapper

[hublake]

I don't know if I should bring my BR and run against you Roger or bring my SX and have a dual with tapper.

[Itrike]

Where we rooming at guys ? I'm in, not sure about the Mrs.
Bigred non-studded class and what ever the heck I can help out with Roger.

hhhhmmmmmmmm I think I will bring my big red also no studs

Roger I will help however I can also. Its very dependant on the wether on whether or not I can make it . Its a bit of a haul for me.
Are there Hotels near buy?

[shannonw]

Hey Guys,

OK so it took some time, but I finally convinced Ross to come to Otter Lake with me

Looks like we are going to trek the kids up there with us (unless they find something they'd rather do in the meantime) so it should be a great opportunity to warp their little minds.

I guess this means that I'll have to compete against all of you guys on my blaster eh? OK I'll just come up behind and pick up everyone who fell off.... unless Ross finds me something different to ride before then and works a good deal on a local 200M, and he even just said he might let me ride one of the R's unstuded

We'll look for some lodging near by and see you there. Roger, I'm happy to help out were you need me. We'll probably make a weekend of it.

Scott already knows about it and it looks like he and my other BIL Mark are planning to join us as well. So we should have a good Canadian crew coming up.

Oh by the way Johnny... there is a Tim Horton's in Lapeer!

So ok boys... we all talked about it, nobody's allowed to bail on account of weather... I'll be looking for Kintore, Ed, Matt & WideOpen Sean to post and confim!!! What the hell else do you have to do in February!!!

Shannon

[hublake]

Shannon and anybody else coming to Otter Lake.

Was doing some checking and see there is a Comfort Inn in Davison, MI which is about 16 miles south of Otter Lake. The motel is located right off of I69 in Davison, MI. Address is 10082 Lapeer Rd.. Phone # is 810-658-4222 I don't know what would be available closer. From the motel it is a straight shot up M-15 or State Rd. about 15 miles to Lake Rd. turn right and follow that to the metropolis of Otter Lake. It is out in the boonies. Don't know if there is a Tim Horton's in Davison.

[sandpuppi101]

Boy I wish you guy's could see the smile on my face right now. That's great too hear your gonna make the trip to the race's.Sound's like not only it's gonna be a good turnout of trike's so far ,but it will be a great time also.

Hublake thanks for posting the Comfort Inn in Davison .lapeer would be the other option,by your Tim Horton's Shannon,LOL .So if you's wanna do a search in Lapeer or Davison that will probably be your best bet or I can post some up for ya's.

I don't know if I should bring my BR and run against you Roger or bring my SX and have a dual with tapper.
Actualy you'd be running against all of us on the Big Red's Hublake,it's all stock 200-450 stock.Bring the BR for you and the SX for your son..

I had to keep the classes to a somewhat limit due to past attendance over the year's and not having ton's of trophie's.I'm getting excited for this to come now !!!

[shannonw]

Shannon and anybody else coming to Otter Lake.

Was doing some checking and see there is a Comfort Inn in Davison, MI which is about 16 miles south of Otter Lake. The motel is located right off of I69 in Davison, MI. Address is 10082 Lapeer Rd.. Phone # is 810-658-4222 I don't know what would be available closer. From the motel it is a straight shot up M-15 or State Rd. about 15 miles to Lake Rd. turn right and follow that to the metropolis of Otter Lake. It is out in the boonies. Don't know if there is a Tim Horton's in Davison.

Hublake, there IS a Tim's in Davison, so that work for me! It's straight North on 15 from where the hotel should be I think. Sounds like a plan, we'll make some reservations tonight.

I did a search, and there is a hotel in Otisville, but I'm not sure what kind of "hotel" it is the review only talks about the Friday night Karaoke, and while that may be entertaining, I'm not sure about the small town hotel idea

Shannon & Ross

[hublake]

Going through Otisville many times, I haven't seen anyplace I would stay at.

[shannonw]

There is a Fairfield Inn in Lapeer as well only 20 mi from Otterlake, but they have an indoor pool, not sure if that is something folks would be looking for or if it's worth the extra dive (not that 4 mi is a big difference). We might also be able to get a deal on Priceline.com staying in Lapeer, but Davison is not available for the "name your price" thing.

What do you guys think?

Shannon

[Itrike]

I spoke with Gag and wide open , they might be in.
Shannon if you could get a deal on some rooms that would be great. I know for sure John and myself will be there. I could care less if there is a pool not my thing.

[Gag_Halfront]

Itrike called and clued me in to this last night. I'm in! I'll bring the battle trike for sure to run unstudded against the BRs and SXs.

If my T3 is running I may bring that to run unstudded as well, but we'll just have to see how that goes.

Roger,

If there's anything I can do to help out once I get there, just hit me up.

I don't care how bad the local hotel is. It can't be as nasty as the one Curt and I stayed in when we went to Baldwin back in October. I can't remember where the place was, but it was a dump!

[RoscoW]

Bring that T3 Dave, I need someone to run against with the R

Ross..

[Gag_Halfront]

Ok. The T3 is running _for_now_. I have doubts that it will be running in February, but I'll try to be optimistic.

Are you running studs?

[RoscoW]

Probably not, I don't have any yet and the only tires I could stud are a set of Armstrong lawn mower tires, and I don't think they would hold up.

Ross..