Ice Racing - RX8!
01-28-2008, 08:30 AM
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Ice Racing - RX8!
This Sunday was my first time at an ice racing event. Yes, you can race on ice 
The location was a lake in upstate NY, with the Adirondack Motor Enthusiast Club (icerace.com. Figured I would share some pics and vids...
The main attraction, though, were these guys... Studded tires, light little cars and powerful engines = VERY FAST!
Here are a couple of videos as well... Unfortunately no RX8 footage (I can't film and race at the same time
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Street Legal 4WD class
Enjoy,
-D
The location was a lake in upstate NY, with the Adirondack Motor Enthusiast Club (icerace.com. Figured I would share some pics and vids...The main attraction, though, were these guys... Studded tires, light little cars and powerful engines = VERY FAST!
Here are a couple of videos as well... Unfortunately no RX8 footage (I can't film and race at the same time
)Menards classes
Street Legal 4WD class
Enjoy,
-D
01-28-2008, 08:57 AM
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4 hours north
i was being very careful to figure out the limits of grip and how it handled so it was mostly grip driving for me (though the rear steps out alot anyway), but towards the end i experimented with some entry-oriented drift lines.. lots of fun
i was being very careful to figure out the limits of grip and how it handled so it was mostly grip driving for me (though the rear steps out alot anyway), but towards the end i experimented with some entry-oriented drift lines.. lots of fun
01-28-2008, 09:16 AM
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understeer for me, but i have 225 front / 235 rear.. it's easy enough to rotate the car with the throttle, so i prefer it setup for understeer by default
01-28-2008, 01:44 PM
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WOW, that looks like fun! I would just be scared shitless to hit a chunk of snow and tear off the front lip. 
01-28-2008, 02:16 PM
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Actually I did end up in a snow bank on the first heat... It was a very soft stop 
Much much softer than, say, a tire wall As the race goes on the cars passing over the ice polish the surface so about 2/3 of the way through the same entry speed didn't work anymore and I drifter right into the snow
What you really gotta be scared of is hitting another car, or vice versa... It gets really interesting once you have two cars drifting alongside in a tight corner..
Much much softer than, say, a tire wall As the race goes on the cars passing over the ice polish the surface so about 2/3 of the way through the same entry speed didn't work anymore and I drifter right into the snow What you really gotta be scared of is hitting another car, or vice versa... It gets really interesting once you have two cars drifting alongside in a tight corner..
01-28-2008, 06:30 PM
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Your car's ruinedddd!!! Hahaha, Dim you described the course as racing on an iced-over lake. That track has so much loose snow, it's like that ice stage on Gran Turismo 4. If I couldn't drive on it with a Subaru world rally car on snow tires for a lap without scraping the snow on the sides (I had the logitech pro steering wheel, BTW), the RX-8 must be crazy. The cars next to you in those pics are beaters! True there are new scoobies, but those are rally-based 4WDs. I congratulate you on surviving it and having fun 
01-28-2008, 06:48 PM
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Your car's ruinedddd!!! Hahaha, Dim you described the course as racing on an iced-over lake. That track has so much loose snow, it's like that ice stage on Gran Turismo 4. If I couldn't drive on it with a Subaru world rally car on snow tires for a lap without scraping the snow on the sides (I had the logitech pro steering wheel, BTW), the RX-8 must be crazy. The cars next to you in those pics are beaters! True there are new scoobies, but those are rally-based 4WDs. I congratulate you on surviving it and having fun
Yeah there was a small layer of snow at points, mostly towards the outside of the turns (as you see in the pic).. The inside was mostly polished ice. And no, they were not all beater cars
True the scoobies ran in their own class, but there were some nice ones in the 2wd class as well...
01-28-2008, 07:57 PM
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Wow, very interesting. And to think I have been leaving work early at the first sign of snow in order to get the 8 home in one piece. Now I really feel like a puss.
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wow you got some ***** to take your car on a course like that
one mistake from someone and everyone could be in for some damage
not safe in my oppinion
one mistake from someone and everyone could be in for some damage
not safe in my oppinion