The Iggblog

I went to another ice race this past sunday. I actually competed this time. I didn’t do half bad either. I’m told anything better than “dead last but finished” on your first try is pretty good. basically, keep it on course. anyways, I got 6th out of 20 on my first run and 9th out of 20 on my second. They haven’t posted the end results yet, but I think I’ll place pretty well. I’m very pleased with both myself and my car.

The conditions were different than last time. there was about a foot of standing snow on the course, and the banks were around 2 feet. there was much more grip as a result of snow being frozen into the ice. I managed to stuff the front end 3 times, but they were all either on the practice course or on access paths or something. So I dodged that bullet (so to speak). Here is what she looked like after a day of racing. notice the front wheels full of snow from various run-ins with snowbanks. that fet pretty good at 80 mph on the way back. the car wanted to shake itself to pieces. you can’t see the front end, but I messed up my front lip a little. a little massaging and some random hardware will have it back to new in no time.

but yeah. went racing. had fun.

-IggDawg