fortune46x

2 hours ago, Crnr2Crnr said:

including the ski hill races? 

wonder what Geneva, ERX and Spirit Mountain will look like in the next month... @fortune46x

Yeah... but what else could they do?  

Maybe we'll get all our snow in April/May/June this year just to fuck with the farmers. 

Erx will be fine , the other two who knows. time will tell.

Pats a good dude and well do well with Arctic Insider - has a passion for 20 inch risers too

46 minutes ago, Deephaven said:

Always shocked they can stay cool enough on shit like that or farewell burn.  I more than doubled the coolers on my IQR and no way I feel it would have run in shit like that...

Yurks mechanic said the only time they were concerned was the sight lap. Itd get in the 130s. 
 

Midwest racing was hearing about how awesome the iron dog was so they thought they’d give snirt racing a try. 

12 minutes ago, AK440 said:

Ohooo, wow. So like EVERY. SINGLE. PERSON. In the pro class qualified that day and raced the final? Looks like someone needs to do some crossword puzzles to try and save what memory they have left. 

Just like it is 20 years later... except we started this season out with 17 pros and are at 11 due to injuries.

its amazing to see the old wsa tracks and what they used to do on the mods , vs what the pro's are doing on stock sleds now. the technology isn't even remotely close to what is is now vs back then.

1 minute ago, ZR6000RR said:

Not talking mountain. Cross Country and snow cross.

700 cc classes in XC Mod class has to start with 600cc , but you can fit a 850 cylinder on a 600 bottom end..

https://corpowersports.com/raceforms/

http://isrracing.org/rules/221771.pdf

1 minute ago, ZR6000RR said:

Will never be an 850-class race. No need. The racers have nothing to hide, unlike most 850 purchasers.

https://www.rmsha.net/race-classes

 

try again...

11 minutes ago, ZR6000RR said:

It is set up so everything is equal. Not going to change anytime soon.

so if everyone was on a 850 it wouldnt be equal?

2 minutes ago, Crnr2Crnr said:

that's the one...

current non-EPA sleds are 150-160hp depending who you believe... correct ?

they should all be racing SP5's and fanner Jags really... 85hp is the sweet spot. 

 

Depending on the flavor ...

2003 Lake geneva WSA snocross final .. I was wrong its 10 riders not 12.

5 hours ago, ZR6000RR said:

Been tried. Back in the fucking 90's. To dangerous. 

by that logic everyone should be running blasts then ... and not 120hp sleds

the 1999 zrt800 was rated at 110hp. the current cat xc race sled is rated at 134hp.

fwiw in the haydays of Wsa/WPSA there was 12 pros on the line then too with 100% open mods and you could make a six figure salary off racing snocross.

1 hour ago, Crnr2Crnr said:

seems too logical... 

at least XC still allows MODZ 

lmao I laugh when racers bitch about needing mod sleds back - when I see on their data they're rarely using above 50% throttle

I usually just drag mine down a gravel road behind my truck when I need them deglazed.

8 hours ago, AK440 said:

If you want to win the series than you are forced to invest a lot more time, effort and money into your sled to be competitive. It’s stupid. No one is getting rich racing XC. 

Any club that decides to not follow ISR rules is taking on a lot of unnecessary liability and putting their own board and members in danger of being sued if someone was to be severely injured, paralyzed or killed. Guys who say they’d race if only 850’s were allowed won’t ever race. 600’s are plenty fast and powerful enough for XC. Following ISR rules to a tee is a club’s best protection from liability.

 

 

You nailed it. ISR is a necessary evil. They haven't evolved completely from the glory days of ovals racing but are coming along slow but sure - its been an uphill battle with the computer age hitting and jets going bye bye.

There are a ton of race series out there looking outside of isr for insurance but I would have to guess that the policy's are limited.

11 hours ago, ZR6000RR said:

This year? Ice was all you had. More to say, but it is bedtime. 

ALEXA SEND ME MORE COORS LIGHT END MESSAGE

5 hours ago, AK440 said:

There’s a shit ton of people there. Count them up if you’re able to count past 20 using all your fingers/toes.

SnoX is fucking dead. Getting pretty hard to put on races with single line, hamster wheel sized tracks.

I’ll get you into vip. Te me what round you’re coming to snocross dipsbit. 

14 hours ago, AK440 said:

Massive crowd at the start of the race. Miracle that the lake ice could support the weight.

 

 

 

Literally there are hundreds of people there...

but ... NoOnE gOeS tO sNoCrOsS aNyMoRe as they sell out a 16k person capacity indoor seating venue..

10 minutes ago, airflite1 said:

But last year the totally stock Catalyst was outrunning even the Mod sleds, and Jimmy won't answer how it got slower..

He would tell you but you dont know the super secret hand shake

Did anyone tell the cat crowd to put on the super secret belt and cover and make sure the helix is at #1 setting ?

on a side note for any of you racers out there - 2023 .5 hours and no miles 30,000 no low ballers I know what I got (the only way apparently a ice race can be won is with a procross)

How did cat do in the fan class? thats the only class I care about.

Who cares cains quest is the real cross country race for those that don’t wear panties. 

11 hours ago, krom said:

Is @fortune46xback yet?

Wondering how true this is 

its 110% true.

The snocross setup pads are 300+ a set 

1 hour ago, racinfarmer said:

You should bring back the orange rule for the rest of the XC season.

"Brake light"

"Tether"

"Ok, let me see your helmet."

...

...

"Go back and put a bunch of orange tape on it for me, then I'll give you the sticker."

I actually got the orange helmet overturned. But the gear still has to have orange on it. 

Guess I should respond to Todd and tell him I'll come do tech that weekend... maybe i can get a autograph from norman countys famous cat insider.