More ice drags for the Northeast!
Ice draggers in the eastern part of North America will have a new outlet to fulfill their need for speed. Northeast Snowmobile Racing (NESR) makes its debut early in 2017 with a full schedule of races that run nearly every weekend from Jan. 6 to April 8, 2017.
“Ice and snow drag racing has been pretty much dead out here for about the last 10 years compared to what is used to be,” said organizer Chris McDonald.
Home base for this series is Old Forge, N.Y. – home of the AmSnow / Dynotech Research New York Shootout, one of the big events still flourishing here - but this is a snowmobiling mecca! It makes sense for a snowmobiling hotbed like Old Forge to have a full series for ice and snow drag racers to call their own.
Dragsters from this area of the country have been craving a series like this in their own back yard. The goal is to make this series the biggest baddest series of sled racing in the Northeast, and it’s the only series in New York or surrounding states to offer this level of clean competition.
Each event will feature lanes for ice drags and a groomed track for snow drags. The region’s best racers and fastest sleds will make up eight classes for both the snow and ice tracks every race weekend.
Turnout is expected to be high in terms of both racers and spectators.
“Many of the guys committed to racing this series are grass drag racers in the fall,” explained McDonald. “These guys all want to race more than a handfull of weekends, and it doesn’t take much to get their sleds ready for the ice or snow,” he added.
This area of upstate New York is known for bountiful amounts of snowfall most seasons. Spectators should be able to ride their sleds right to most of the races throughout the winter.
Once they get to the event, snowmobile race fans will be treated to a day of fast, clean racing governed by clearly defined class rules.
“You better have one seriously fast sled if you think you’re going to come out and win one of these races,” McDonald said.
Races will be held throughout the state of New York. The series includes three races that are part of the Northeast Ice Outlaw series. Big guns from all over the east coast will be in attendance.
A full schedule of dates and locations can be found on the
NESR website.