Photos from February 26 & 27 2005 at Waneta Lake

Photos from the races on March 4, 2007 at Otisco Lake

Subject: Otisco March 4, 2007

This event represented a huge amount of work by Tim O'Brien, Claude Hutchings
and a bunch of others. Conditions for ice racing were poor this season,
with a very warm early winter, and then an enormous amount of
lake effect snow. AMEC got in a couple of races, and CNYIRA had
none until this weekend. It took help from AMEC, but finally it happened.

There was plenty of ice on the lake, but the recent warm weather, followed
by snow, caused some areas of water pockets in the ice, mostly at the access.
The course was readjusted several times to avoid these spots, and four races
were run. The fourth, Street Tire Open, was cut short by whiteout conditions,
and the decision was made, given the deterioration of the access, to call it
a day.

Many thanks to AMEC for an excellent turnout, and to the drivers who came all
the way from Connecticut for what ended up to only be one race apiece.

It was a shame we couldn't race longer, but sometimes you just have to take
what Mother Nature hands out.