Speedweekend on Ice 2015

[Ellwood]

October is usually the month we release the date for the 2015 event.
Probably February, so lets wait anxiously, and see soon.

[Ellwood]

Date is now set as 27 and 28 February, place Årsunda Sandviken, approximately 1,5 hours from the Stockholm Arlanda airport.

[Ellwood]

The regs and race application forms will be released 1 November, for any budding Rednecks wishing to play on the Swedish ice.

[Seldom Seen Slim]

I looked into it -- and the airlines want about $1100/each for tickets so Nancy and I could fly to Stockholm for your event.  Add in the extra charges for my leathers/boots/helmet* -- and the price becomes pretty danged high.  Maybe if we win the lottery tonight, though. . .

*  You wouldn't expect me to go all the way there and not ask to make a run or two, would you?

[Tom Liberatore]

Well Slim, If you make the trip you will see a familiar bike, The "Bonneville Bee", now on it's way to Sweden as I type! Maybe Jonas will let you make a pass. Best of luck to all the Ice Racers, they truly have balls of steel [cold]!

[Ellwood]

Hi Tom, give us some more info on the Bee please

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Tom:  As you know, I'm kinda familiar with the Bee bike, having had Mike Rich twist wrenches for us a time or two.  And I've seen you and it on the salt a bunch of times.  As for, however, me taking a run down the ice on it -- I'll have to think that one out very carefully.  I mean -- any bike which rider gives away spicy pepperoni and pickles and whatever you give out -- may have damaged the air intake tract with fumes other than gasoline - if you know what I mean.  I know the bike has run in a gas class, but I thought that meant - -

[Tom Liberatore]

Hi Tom, give us some more info on the Bee please

Elwood, I think that I should talk to it's new owner before I let his new cat out of the bag! If he says OK, I will be happy to.

[Tom Liberatore]

OK, it is a '73 Moto Guzzi V7 Sport that has been run on the salt in different 750 pushrod classes for the last 11 years, currently holds 4 records, just cranked out a 156.266 pass at the WOS! I hear that it will be there sometime in January, the new owner has already ordered spiked tires!

[Ellwood]

Cool Tom. i Guess it might just make the 200 kmh club on ice. (125 mph)

[Ellwood]

This is the start list so far - one week later.
Pawels Hayabusa turbo is probably the fastest machine, unless Örjans Kawa 1400 can wup it.

http://landracing.se/event/speed-weekend-2015/

[Ellwood]

Merry freezing Christmas to one and all. Here in Sweden at least the cold is slowly settling over our Speedweekend lake. people are out skating and skiing on it already, and here is the weather forecast in degrees C for the coming days

http://www.yr.no/sted/Sverige/G%C3%A4vleborg/Sandviken/langtidsvarsel.html

[Seldom Seen Slim]

I'm waiting for the airfare to go down.  I've checked a few times -- and it's above $900 - quite a bit above, dang it.  There's a new cheap airline -- Norwegian Air -- but they fly out of only a few cities, and Chicago isn't one of them.  By the time I get to NY or wherever else they serve -- we're back to $1300 or so.

I'd sure like to visit to give the landracing.com folks my first hand impression, but until the cost is less -- I'll have to stay at home and do with whatever reports you send our way.

But wouldn't it be cool to have live streaming audio from Sweden?>>

[Stan Back]

udrsuh, bertsa, gertshu, rurthsa?

[Ellwood]

the weather forecast for the next 10 days is looking good for our race.

we shall try and get our videos out as soon as possible on youtube and put the links here.