Kahnawake 15 Feb 2014

kanawake 2014RICK @ the RACES (15/16 Feb 2014)

15 Feb            Kahnawake Marina (Que)  Ice Races

This past weekend, I once again went along to the Kahnawake ice races.

Located on the outskirts of Montreal, it’s just over an hours drive from my home in Cornwall, Ontario, and not too far for a fix of winter auto sport.

This year they’ve been running weekly events , at the Mohawk reserve’s Kahnawake Marina every Saturday afternoon and this was week number five.kahni 14

The ‘big banger’ V8’s run on an ice oval , and typically  each week , over 25 cars are in attendance. I’ve been to a lot of ice racing , at varying  places over the years, and this has to be one of my favourites. The track size is just right and viewing is made easy from outside the Marina Kitchen and bar area. A couple of races were enough to satisfy my racing ‘dependency’ before heading for home.kahn w14

On Saturday night , it was armchair racing for me, as I watched Denny Hamlin win the Sprint Unlimited race from Daytona on TV. The NASCAR season was getting under way, and this is one of the few times during the year when I take a bit of interest ( Any port in a storm, before the dirt season begins ! )

Actually it turned out to be quite entertaining, with good close racing, a big wreck in which boyfriend and girlfriend (Ricky Stenhouse Jr and Danica Patrick) got involved, plus a separate incident where the pace car caught fire. It made me wonder if it was stage managed, to grab attention !  Smile emoticon

I was back behind the TV screen on Sunday watching the ARCA race which had some local interest for me . I was following the fortunes of Maryeve Dufault of Quebec who was taking part , and put up a good impressive performance. The winner was Grant Enfinge

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