2012 ICE Speedway season kicks off this weekend
The indoor ice racing season gets underway on Friday night in Reading, PA, kicking off a double-header weekend. Round 1 of the World Championship ICE Racing Series (Twitter: @ICESPEEDWAY)season is being held at the Sovereign Center Arena in Reading, PA, immediately followed by round 2 at the Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, VA. The action in this winter’s World Championship chase will definitely be fast and furious as it will be contested over just five consecutive weekends in six different cities.
The International Championship Events (ICE )-produced and sanctioned series attracts some of the biggest names in flat track racing as witnessed by its recent World Champions roster in the Manufacturers World Cup Motorcycle Division. Represented on this list are none other than “Showtime” Johnny Murphree, “Smokin” Joe Kopp, Kevin “The Viking” Anderson and three-time Champion – including the past two seasons – “Jammin” Jared Mees. Check out the action when the big boys battle it out on the tight short tracks of the ICE WC Series.
Jared Mees at last-year's ICE Speedway event in Hampton, VA
The second professional racing division featured on the World Championship Tour are the ICE Unlimited Outlaw Quads. The stellar field of four-wheel competitors will be headed up by The First Lady of ICE Racing, 4-time World Champion Mandy Brodil Cervantes racing out of North Carolina. All eyes will be on the “Wild Child” as she tries to “Arrive At 5″ by the season’s conclusion in this rough and tumble previously male dominated sport. Other top pros hoping to win their first World Title are “Sideways” Sammy Wiggins on the Major Event winning Harley-Davidson powered “Thunder Quad”, Chuck Calvert on his one-of-a-kind “Honduki” Quad, “Time Bomb” Dusty Crouch, and the Team Kansas Tornados just to name a few.
Select amateur classes are also open to local riders wishing to give it a go on the ice in front of their hometown fans. Classes offered include everything from Amateur Quads to Studless Scooters with a passenger.
This weekend, for the second consecutive year, the Motourage crew will be making the journey to Hampton, Virginia for the event. Look for exclusive photos and other coverage next week as we recap all the action for our readers. If you’ll be there for the action, let us know, and we’ll drop off some cool Motourage prizes.
36TH ANNUAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ICE RACING SERIES SCHEDULE:
Fri-Jan 6th 7:30 PM – Sovereign Center – Reading, PA
Sat-Jan 7th 7:30PM – Hampton Coliseum – Hampton, VA
Fri-Jan 13th 7:30PM – Budweiser Events Center – Loveland, CO
Sat-Jan 21st 7:30PM – US Cellular Coliseum – Bloomington, IL
Sat-Jan 28th 7:30PM – Glens Falls Civic Center – Glens Falls, NY
Sat-Feb 4th 7:30PM – Cambria War Memorial Arena – Johnstown, PA
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