Anyone else get their beater ice racer ready to race?

Ford Escort
Color Snow Camo...( coming soon)
1.9 l

Just looking for 2 14'' snow tires for the front

Published December 10 2009 Buffalo River Race Park to try racing on ice

	Buffalo River Race Park has an early Christmas present for its racing fans.  	 	 	 		By:  				[**Kerry Collins**](http://www.inforum.com/event/author/name/Kerry%2DCollins/), INFORUM  	
      	 	  	 	           		 		 	
  		 	 
  	  	 	  	 
		Buffalo River Race Park has an early Christmas present for its racing fans. 

BRRP owner Kevin Nathe has flooded the quarter-mile track and will tentatively run six shows of ice racing this winter.
The first show is set for noon Sunday.
“People have raced on frozen lakes, and the facility sits idle the whole winter,” Nathe said. “We thought this would be a way to generate interest and income in the offseason.
“I don’t know what’s going to happen. We’re sort of winging it right now, so I guess we’ll find out.”
The frozen surface is roughly six to eight inches of ice, and Nathe will run two classes – front-wheel drive and rear-wheel drive.
Drivers will be allowed to stud the non-drive tires, meaning the front-wheel drive class can have studded tires on the rear wheels.
“We’re not going to be flying around there,” Nathe said. “We’re going to keep the speeds down and just have fun. It’s not a real speed thing, but there should be some good races.”
Nathe has also made other changes off the track. He said he insulated and put walls with walk-in doors into the walkways of the concession stands – meaning everything under the grandstand is now heated.
“There are places to warm up if you want to. Everything is heated. We know some people are going to come out, and the interest has been pretty good.”
The interest that has already started has been somewhat of a surprise for Nathe.
While local guys like Brock Gronwold and Rich Pavlicek should be out there racing, other drivers from all over the region have been in contact with the track owner.
“We got a phone call from three guys in Wisconsin that wanted directions to get out here,” Nathe said. “We had calls from Canada saying that they’re coming, and people are also coming from the Twin Cities and northern Minnesota.”
Racing on the frozen lakes has been something drivers have done for years in Minnesota.
The cars aren’t the racers fans would usually see out there during the summer, but they are more akin to just regular cars racing around the track.
They won’t be blasting around like the Modifieds, either, but Nathe is hoping that the fans will still be interested in the different dynamic that the winter brings.
“It’s just a few dates, and we’ll see how it goes,” Nathe said. “We’re not going to go every week. At least not this year, anyway.”

 Did you get a call back?

YellowEvo;295737 wrote:
What do you think would happen if like lets say he doesn't call you back, and we just show up out there if we had a group of us wanting to participate?

Worth a shot? Worst case is you could show that there is some interest and he could take the reigns and try and organize it. This has nothing directly to do with Tintmasters, except he called me and asked if 'anyone around there would be interested'. I say go and ask for Kevin. I won't be there (races or not), but check out the surface conditions and see what kind of setups people should plan for IF this ends up working out....

FG2;295723 wrote:
I called the guy yesterday and left a message saying we would have ~10 people. He didn't return my call, so I called again today and left a message, and I still haven't heard back. I don't think this is worth his time.... If anything changes I will let you know, but being the first 'race' is 4 days away, I'm guessing it isn't gonna happen.

What do you think would happen if like lets say he doesn't call you back, and we just show up out there if we had a group of us wanting to participate?

aliengotpsi;295637 wrote:
Ice testing #2 soon to come with pics and vids

in for this..

We didn't take any pics so sorry about that..

After testing we decided that a RWD would need more than 100 on the rear tires. On the front I think 100 would work fine.. We did some 5,000 rpm launch's and the studs/screws dug straight to the ground...

If you plan on building ice tires be prepared to spend $50.00-$100.00

Ice testing #2 soon to come with pics and vids

aliengotpsi;295532 wrote:
How come you only 7 guys want to ice race? I know there has to be like 20 guys with wrx/sti/evos on here.. And all you ricers with your honda civics come out and race!

Jason how about 7 guys pay $40.00 instead of 15 guys @ $20.00

I don't know if it is a money thing, or a number of people that are driving this guy. I have no doubt that after a few races that more would come and check it out.... I will await his call and see what he says. I cannot make next Sundays race regardless which sucks...

aliengotpsi;295532 wrote:
How come you only 7 guys want to ice race? I know there has to be like 20 guys with wrx/sti/evos on here..

lol...id like to see that. Id pay to see them race..

aliengotpsi;295532 wrote:
How come you only 7 guys want to ice race? I know there has to be like 20 guys with wrx/sti/evos on here.. And all you ricers with your honda civics come out and race!

Jason how about 7 guys pay $40.00 instead of 15 guys @ $20.00

I'd be in for that, maybe make some vids and get peoples attention to get a higher car count after an event or two.

Jason how about 7 guys pay $40.00 instead of 15 guys @ $20.00

These will be going on my 500+hp EVO
245 45 17
180 Bolts/tire
180 Locking Nuts/tire
360 Washer/tire

I will sharpen the bolts if needed.

Bookem;295373 wrote:
What diameter & length did you use?

245 45 17 Tire
1'' long Bolts
1/4'' Thick w/ Locking Nuts
I think I got 4-5 Hours in one , but Should be quicker for the rest.

aliengotpsi;295361 wrote:
Ive got one tire finished up.. 180 bolts sticking out!!

What diameter & length did you use?

aliengotpsi;295361 wrote:
Ive got one tire finished up.. 180 bolts sticking out!!

pics or it didnt happen...