just an interesting article i read while browsing one of my favorite sites.

http://www.crash.net/news_deta...ge_id=

 

wow. Ice racing sounds interesting...fully studded tires? It's like Rally meets NASCAR.

 

While watching the Monaco GP they showed some clips of Mika Hakinen walking around the paddock. They mentioned something about how he was competitng on some ice racing.

 

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I believe there are two differnent "classes" one with studs, one without. Interestingly enough, the one without studs, you can buy these tires that have industrial diamonds embeded in the rubber. I guess that's still considered unstudded.

 

We've got an ice racing series here in Ontario too. It's a very cost effective way to race door to door. You can usually pick up a built ice racer for 500 - 2000 bucks or build your own out of a total beater for cheap. All the cars racing are beaters too. Entry fees are around $100 and you only need a basic license to compete (requirements are $50 and a heartbeat). I've been toying with entering, especially since some people offer rentals. hehe.

 

The Trophee Andros that Mika (and a bazillion other ex-F1 guys) run is a long way from beaters. Take a peeky at http://www.valthorens.com/gb/gb-andros.asp

The cars make WRC hardware look tame by comparison. They ran in Canada this year, I think?

Kirk

 

just a follow up, Paul Menard failed to qualify this weekend.