This is the sporting event where athletes voluntarily hurl themselves head first down a curving
ice track at speeds of over 80 mph — with no brakes!
Fight against Mother Nature with dynamic weather that now includes snow, and take on the challenge of ice - based tracks such as the official Mercedes - Benz Driving Events Winter
Training Ice Track in Sweden.
Fight against Mother Nature with dynamic weather that now includes snow, and take on the challenge of ice - based tracks such as the official Mercedes - Benz Driving Events Winter Training
Ice Track in Sweden.
They found that the polyethylene track best mimicked the performance of
traditional ice tracks if covered with a mist of water.
The cars that ran before us had worn down the snow on the course, so we could easily distinguish between the
glassy ice track and the snow berms on either side of it.
If there's another, it's the Race of Champions - style event put on toward the end of the program: Starting on opposite sides of a peanut -
shaped ice track, participants face off over the course of two laps to see who has best mastered the techniques of hustling a powerful car over ice.
The result is a glistening white blanket of paradise: a 200 - foot - diameter skid pad and 750 - foot slalom punctuate the twelve - turn, three - quarter - mile - long, 45 - foot -
wide ice track.
The Huracán LP 620 - 2 was modified for use on the Winter
Accademia ice track, in terms of suspension set - up and using rain tires with specific studs, so that it could be driven in the very different conditions than traditional racetracks.
In early September, I noted that this year's
sea ice track was «decent» compared to 2012.
In action, it proved its worth around a specially arranged snow and
ice track at Circuit Mécaglisse, tucked in the mountains just outside Mont Tremblant.
There's even the chance to do
some ice track driving, which looks like a load of fun.
8 Luge racers go crazy - fast, lying feetfirst on tiny sleds that barrel down
an ice track at speeds that can top 90 mph.
I've currently had to delete my career and create a new one because I was on
an ice track on a Rallycross competition.
You want to put IndyCars on
an ice track?
While driving the GS on the streets of Quebec, and later on
an ice track, the Buick handled the recently plowed roads with enough confidence to be confused with a 4x4 truck.
You want to put IndyCars on
an ice track?
Ice tracks are a fine science to get right.
In action, it proved its worth around a specially arranged snow and
ice track at Circuit Mécaglisse, tucked in the mountains just outside Mont Tremblant.