The 38th Annual World Championship Ice Racing Series is coming to the Maverik Center January 3 & 4 at 7 pm. Along with spectacular pro racing fans will see unique special events take place. Family priced tickets are on sale now at the Maverik Center Box Office, Ticketmaster Outlets, online at www.ticketmaster.com or by phone at 800-745-3000.
Flash back 40 years to a group of dirt track motorcycle racers who had plenty of action and tracks to compete at during the summer months. Back then, however, there was nothing for them to do through the long winter months, pretty much half the year. This was way too much down time to take for these young men. So, American ingenuity being what it is, they came up with the idea of screwing “off the shelf” hardware store screws into their tires for traction, then trying to race the motorcycles on ICE! Two years later the promotional company ICE/International Championship Events was created.
None of these events are more important than the season opening West Valley City World Championship Rounds 1 & 2 that will take place January 3rd & 4th, 2014. These events are expected to attract many of the nation’s best riders in both ICE Professional Divisions of competition.
The second professional classification of racing are the wild & crazy, no holds barred, anything goes, crash & burn ICE Unlimited Outlaw Quads! Oh yea, this class brings out the crazies as there are virtually no rules! Only two significant technical rules exist that say machines must be rear wheel driven exclusively and be equipped with a “dead man” kill switch that shuts the machine’s engine off automatically when rider and quad become “separated”. The Outlaws are a colorful group who have produced their share of stars. The top of that select group is 5 time World Champion Mandy “Wild Child” Brodil. This lady excelled in a rough and tumble male dominated sport. Kansas racer Dusty Crouch is Defending World Champion in the Outlaw Quads and will be returning to go for 2 in a row. A large field of Quads are expected in West Valley City.
Don’t miss THE GREATEST SPECTACLE ON ICE!
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