Where’sEdd 6 CTEK Ice Race
A few weeks back I spent a day on a frozen lake in the middle of Sweden in a place called Årsunda for the 11th Speed Weekend (organised by Landracing.se).
Lots of crazy people trying to go as fast as they can in all kinds of ‘vehicles’ including cars, hot rods, bikes, buggies, little spindly sledges called sparks, whatever had a chance of rolling or sliding up the ‘drag strip’.
The engineering was mostly ingenious but sometimes terrifying and often at least a little dangerous (in a good way). All sorts of propulsion was tried; standard to heavily modified IC engines, electric motors, pulsejets, even steam. The ice is apparently four metres thick and the three courses were very slippery, so there were all kinds of home-made spiked tyres being tried.
The ice was used for everything. Camping, racing, drifting, they even created a temporary airstrip so light aircraft could visit. Awesome time had by all. Thanks to CTEK for some great hospitality too (and for lending me a company BMW for a quick blast up the ice)!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXNUAhA7bgbUpAknV3CEP3w (CTEK Battery Chargers)
See you all there next year!
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