New tracks and stuff....

Now that the 2015 schedule is set we have posted the site info for the two new venues this year - Tilleda and Altoona.  Both should be outstanding races but for very different reasons.  Click on the "Schedules" link above and then on the dates for those races to get the info.  (or you can cheat: Tilleda and Altoona)

Some of you have been to the Millpond at Tilleda - they run a great program there for cars and Quads all year. Great community support there and really nice people.

Altoona?  Should I start with the seven bands playing all weekend?  Or the softball tournament?  How about NWIRC running there on Saturday so you can hit both series at the same place on the same weekend?  And all of this just across Hiway 53 from Eau Claire.

TRACK WORKERS NEEDED  As in past years the message board has the sign-up list for track workers at each of our races this year.  Get signed up now!!!!!

Lastly, remember we do "protect" rider numbers and this year we will not allow numbers that don't follow the rules.  Get it right or you don't race.  And if someone has the number locked up that you showed up to race with you will be changing it - no more slashes folks.

Avoid the lines and the confusion those first few weeks - send in your membership now.  Here's the links:  CWIRA Membership Form and List of taken Rider Numbers

And if you haven't seen it, here's the schedule:

Race 1 - Freemont January 3/4  Saturday Non-Points/Sunday Full CWIRA Points

Race 2 - Jan. 11 - Millpond, Tilleda

Race 3 - Jan 18 - Rock Dam

Race 4 - Jan 25 - Altoona Winterfest - Lake Altoona

Race 5 - CWIRA Mid-Season Championship Tomah Feb. 1

Race 6 - Weyauwega Pro/Am Sat Feb 7 - CWIRA Sunday Feb. 8  Saturday Non-Points/Sunday Full CWIRA Points

Race 7 Feb 15 - Wisconsin State Ice Racing Championship, Dexterville

Race 8 - Feb 22 - Lake Arbutus, Hatfield

Sign-up opens at 8 and stays open till 10.
Practice starts at 8:30/9 (usually) and runs till about 10:15.
Riders meeting at 10:30 with racing starting right after - usually about 10:45/11am.

2015 CWIRA Championship Schedule

Note that Saturday Jan 3 and February 7 are non-points.  The remaining dates are points paying events.

January 3 & 4 Partridge Lake - Fremont
January 11 Millpond - Tilleda
January 18 Rock Dam Lake - Rock Dam
January 25 Altoona Winterfest - Lake Altoona
February 1 Lake Tomah - Tomah - CWIRA Mid-Season Championship
February 7 & 8 Waupaca County Fairgrounds - Weyauwega
February 15 Lake Dexter - Dexterville - Wisconsin State Ice Racing Championship
February 22 Lake Arbutus - Hatfield

Complete details to follow.

AMA Ice Nationals - Wisconsin

The promoters of the 2015 AMA Ice Nationals gave us a courtesy call the other day.  This year the Nationals will be in Wisconsin - on Lake Koshkonong based out of the Oaklawn Academy facility near Edgerton.  (map)

The date for this event is Feb 14-15.

As it was that would normally be the weekend we would be racing with the sleds at Weyawega.  This year we will be there the week before and there is talk of a Pro/Am event on Saturday with our points race on Sunday so that worked out great.  The folks at the Nationals want to help cross-promote our stuff both before and after their event to drive up entries.  That could make a real interesting field at Weyawega!

This is all a bit of a curve ball as far as the February scheduling goes so we are still working on how those weeks are going to play out.  Soon as we know the dates for February (after the CWIRA Mid-Season Championsips at Tomah and the Weyawega Pro/Am/Points) we will will update everything.

Latest info at cwira.com

New Classes for 2015

One of the things we will be finalizing at the Fall Meeting Oct 26 is the pair of new classes for the 2015 season.

OLD SKOOL QUAD (studded)
In general terms, this is for the hot quads that used to dominate 15-20 years ago.  Think Honda and Suzuki 250 2-strokes.  What we're working on yet is the formula for keeping stuff like 500 Quadzillas and Banshees eligible but still fair for the "smaller" 250cc rigs.

OUTLAW PEE-WEE QUAD
In case you hadn't noticed, there are a ton of larger/faster Pee-Wee Quads out there that don't fall into what we allow in our Pee-Wee division.  Just look at the crop of AMA Pee-Wee Quads racing all summer and you get the idea.  Also, often folks will show up at our events with a PeeWee that is for one reason or another too much to fairly allow with our riders.  This class is a place for those riders to jump in to.

Details of both classes will be finalized at the Fall Meeting.

CWIRA Fall Meeting flyers hitting the mail Thursday.  Is yours in there?  If you don't get one to your "household" that means there is a problem with the address in our database or we just don't have a complete/correct one.  I sent out to each address we have on file that raced with us in 2014, and I send just one to each address.  Shoot me an email if you think you should have gotten a copy so I can update my files cwirainfo@gmail.com - that will come directly to me.

CWIRA 2015 Fall Meeting Invite

Link to pdf here:2015 CWIRA Invite

2015 CWIRA Membership Form and Number List

The form: CWIRAmembership.pdf

The Rider Number list: 2015 Reserved Numbers

The award for the first renewal in the mailbox goes to #5 Ian Malinowski!

Also, the word is the Fall Meeting will be the last Sunday of October, the 26th at 1pm.  Same location as the last few meetings - Neillsville.  The CWIRA Board will meet at 10am with the General Meeting at 1pm.  No Packers that day BTW.

If you want the great breakfast they serve get down there early - they stop serving at noon.  But it is worth it.