Photo Gallery from Ice Racing on Rice Lake, in Rice Lake, Wisconsin on Saturday, January 28th, 2012 - Click for Full Gallery
Photo Gallery from Ice Racing on Rice Lake, in Rice Lake, Wisconsin on Saturday, January 21st, 2012 - Click for Full Gallery
by Kyle Luetters
Jason Meyers had an opportunity and took it. The move paid dividends for Meyers as he claimed his fifth consecutive World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series win. The victory was the 55th of the 2010 Champion’s career and marked the Outlaws return to the 1/3 rd mile track for the first time since 1993.
“Donny (Schatz) and I got to racing really good there for a few laps,” said Meyers. “I got a pretty good run off of turn two, I saw the opportunity and took it. It paid off for us again tonight. I’m really running out of things to say. This DDNi/All-Star Performance/GLR Investments/Media-Tile car was awesome again tonight and I didn’t have to wear it out to keep up with Donny. This streak has been amazing and to win 55 World of Outlaws main events is just very special. My crew chief, Brian, and his wife had a baby girl right before Knoxville this summer and she’s been out the past five races. She and her mom weren’t scheduled to go to Talladega but I think they’re going to have to go now.”
Schatz started the evening on the pole position with Greg Wilson on the outside of the front row. Schatz led the first six circuits until Meyers began to close in lap traffic. The two former champions battled back and forth for the next eight laps until Meyers took the lead for good. Australian native Kerry Madsen charged his way to second after Tim Shaffer spun trying to pass Meyers.
“To finish second here at Fremont is huge for our team,” said a smiling Madsen. ”The competition level here is like when we go to Williams Grove. Our car ran great tonight. We qualified good, made it into the dash. Truthfully, with the way we have been running lately, we really wish the season was just beginning instead of ending.”
In the closing laps, local youngster Bryan Sebbetto proved he had the talent to run with the ‘Greatest Show on Dirt’ as he passed and held off Schatz to finish for the third position. Sebbetto won the night’s Last Chance Showdown to make the field of 24 starters and patiently made his way through the field.
by Scott Owen
Fifty two racers turned out to play in the bay on a beautiful February afternoon. After leading the majority of the laps in last weeks Front Wheel Drive Studded feature only to be passed at the end, Ben Meyerhofer went wire to wire to show that he belonged in victory lane. Much like last week Meyerhofer had to deal with late race cautions only this time they could not keep him from victory.
The annual Fire On Ice Invitational will drop the green flag at noon on Saturday February 19th. This year the club will use money raised to make a donation to the Charlie Knuth Benefit Fund. Knuth is a four year old from Darboy who suffers from epidermolysis bullosa,or EB, which makes his body blister inside and out. Each year the Fire On Ice racing club uses there invitational race to raise money for donations.
by Scott Owen
On a beautiful February day four racers made their way to victory lane for the first time. Alan Gast put on a clinic in the rear wheel drive nonstudded class. Gast got faster as the race went on and picked up the win by more than half a lap over the winner of the last two features, Wayne Peterson.
