Land O' Lakes Region SCCA - 2011 Road Racing

Land O' Lakes Region SCCA - 2011 Schedule
Club Racing at Brainerd Int'l Raceway




May 28-29 - Regional/Rational races w/ Level 2 - Club Time Trials
July 09-10 - Double Regional, "Jack Pine Sprints"
Sep 02-04 - SCCA Trans-Am Pro-Racing

2.5 mile course at Brainerd Int'l Raceway, MN

IIRA Ice Race - Madison Lake, MN

Round 4, International Ice Racing Association on Madison Lake, MN,  February 12-13, 2011.  This was the perspective from my corner while working flagging and communications.  The cars really do get this close. Mark Utecht's Impreza #83 (below) won Sunday's Enduro. These cars run on studded wheels and grip lake ice as good or better than on dry pavement, so there are some G-forces felt.  Drivers slide through turns at a slip angle of 30 degrees or more, often with wheel hang on inside rear. The course was over a mile in length with several left and right hand turns.  I was able to snag a ride in one of Mayhem Racing's Subaru Imprezas, identical to one featured below.

Suburu Impreza #83 sliding into frame of photo from left.

2011 International Ice Racing Association (IIRA)

Racing Schedule

January 8 – 9th, 2011

Garrison, Minnesota Mille Lacs Lake

January 15 – 16th, 2011

Mankato, Minnesota, Correction – Madison Lake

January 29th – 30th, 2011

Lindstrom, Minnesota, moved to Mankato – Madison Lake

February 12 – 13th, 2011

Mankato, Minnesota, Correction – Madison Lake, Dan Burhans Memorial Race

February 19th – 20th, 2011

Thunderbay, Ontario, Lake Superior

February 26th – 27th, 2011

Garrison, Minnesota, Lake Mille Lacs, Mega Ice Racing Weekend

March 19th, 2011

Banquet, Guldens on Hwy 61

2010 Holiday Lights Tour

The 2010 Christmas Lights Tour is an annual event hosted by members of RallyMaster Pro and other rally clubs.  It was a low-key informal rally tour open to anyone, no clubs, no sanction fees and no trophies.

Registration was at the starting point at 6:00 pm on Saturday, December 18, 2010 at the Shoreview Community Center in Shoreview, MN.  There was also a small $2.00 fee to cover printing costs of maps and instructions. Registrants received a list of instructions, a map and questions to be answered at each Christmas light display.

The tour began at 6:30 pm and and traversed 24.3 miles through several residential neighborhoods in northern Ramsey County, MN.  In several instances many participants had to get out of their cars to answer questions such as the number of snowmen, elves, Santas stars, trees and penguins on display in front of residences.  In some situations flashlights came in handy to find answers.  Some displays were buried by a recent snowstorm that dumped over 18 inches of snow making it difficult to see over snow banks.

The tour end about 9:00 pm at Acapulco restaurant in Blain, MN where everyone gathered for dinner and to tally points for the correct number of answers provided by Mark Larson, the event master. 

2010 SCCA Runoffs at Road America

2010 SCCA Runoffs at Road America are now in the books.  Three days of racing  started Friday, September 24th and finished on Sunday.  Weather was cool partly-mostly cloudy and very windy on Friday and Saturday.  The cool dense Wisconsin air helped engines to perform well, while the wind presented some challenges for a few drivers.  Lots of good racing and great online coverage by SpeedCastTV.   See Race Results

GT-3 drivers at Turn 2 at start of 2009 Runoffs at Road America.