Moultonboro, NH – The Lakes Region Ice Racing Club gathered at the
Moultonboro Lion’s Club to celebrate the 2012 ice racing season. The
evening started with a social hour with appetizers, beverages, and
lots of stories about this year’s 5 ice races. The social time was
followed by a fantastic roast pork dinner with all the fixins prepared
by Mel Martel. With the preliminary socializing and eating out of the
way, club patriarch and long time ice and dirt racer Jack Cook MC’d
the various raffles and recognitions portion of the evening.
One of the first pieces of business was to present
Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s Norris Cotton Cancer Center with a check for
$6,500. The donation was made possible by the club’s annual Latchkey
Cup charity event held this year on Saturday Feb 11th. The pledges
collected by the drivers, the sponsor donations, and the Lakes Region
fans combined to make this generous donation possible.
The many hard working club volunteers from the gate people to the plow
guys were recognized, special awards were presented, and the race
division champions were crowned. The big trophies for the champions
went to Mike Frank (74) Stock class, Jack Cook (14) Modified class,
Tim Chase (40) Rear Wheel Drive class, Alicia Taylor (7) Front Wheel
Drive class, and Chris Taylor (8) in the Junior class. Note that Jack
Cook is the grandfather of Alicia and Chris Taylor; a real family
affair for the Cooks.
Our friends from the New England Ice Racing Association from the
Milton area and the Jaffery Ice Racing Association took part in a
couple of this year’s events and did very well for themselves. We
hope they join us again next year.
If you are a racer and would like to try racing on the ice in 2013,
check the Club website for rules and contact one of the listed club
members to learn how to get involved. If you are a race fan that has
never been to an oval track, ice race, check us out next year after
the holidays. The club website at www.LakesRegionIceRacingClub.com
has tons of photos and club info. Enjoy the summer and join us next
winter when the ice thickens up.
Submitted By Dave Suitor
Visit NERacingForum.Com for latest New England Racing community News and updates.
[adrotate block=”3″]