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General Site Info => General Discussion => Topic started by: CruzinHigh on January 31, 2009, 08:58:54 pm
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Here's a glimpse of what you do when the temperature outside gets cold enough to set the lakes with more than 30" of ice and you have a bad a** drag car that you don't want to wait until spring to run!
The Merrill Ice Drags! Check this out, for 40 years these guys been kickin ICE and drag racing on ice!
There are several classes, but the fast ones use screws in the tires (tubed internally of course) and man do they rip!
If you ever have a chance to make it to Merrill, WI for the 5 weeks that they do this, I can tell you that you will not be disappointed to go check it out. It is great fun to watch and basically the only place on earth they do this.
Currently, they are in week 3 and the finals are next week with "grudge match" week following the next weekend.
I am lucky enough to work with and have a good friend that races there - Perry Redecker. He owns RPM motorsports in Wausau, WI. - a top notch speed shop.
check out www.merrillicedrags.com (http://www.merrillicedrags.com) for more info.
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y135/Highpsi/Ice%20Drags/MerrillIceDraggers.jpg)
The pit area --
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y135/Highpsi/Ice%20Drags/PitArea.jpg)
And the strip, before the runs begin...
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y135/Highpsi/Ice%20Drags/Strip.jpg)
After all the cars, modifieds and rail cars have torn it up!! --
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y135/Highpsi/Ice%20Drags/Ripped.jpg)
Haulin' the mail!
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y135/Highpsi/Ice%20Drags/Nova.jpg)
Perry's Falcon --
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y135/Highpsi/Ice%20Drags/Falcon7.jpg)
Here's a set of tires --
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y135/Highpsi/Ice%20Drags/RyansTires.jpg)
Thank God there's something for this Georgia transplant to do when it gets this cold out..
Come check it out if you are in the neighborhood, let me know if you're gonna be around!
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Looks fun and Im sure if your used to the cold weather then its a blast, but I think this ole boy will wait till it warms up lol