Chasing the Checkers

27/12/2024

The first laps at the Ironwood Snowmobile Olympus in many years. 

20/12/2024

50 years ago today in the Iron County Miner newspaper, Hurley, WI.

18/12/2024

The weekend is finished and I had a fantastic time at the Canadian Power Toboggan Championships - CPTC for the FXR Opening weekend of ice oval racing.

Friday was spent interviewing 12 of the most interesting drivers and personalities on the racing circuit. People including Gunnar Sterne, Danick Lambert, Reed Klinger, Brad Harrison, Joe Schneider, Nick Wickerham, Alyssa Gusta, Stephan Carignan, Fred Manke, Gavin Peterson, Hunter Sears and the one and only, Kenny Day. Those interviews were played throughout the weekend on the live stream coverage during track maintenance breaks and are now stored in the video library on the CPTCRacing YouTube page. Please feel free to jump over there to view them.

Saturday and Sunday found me in the pit area covering information for the live stream broadcast. It was interesting to be checking on damaged sleds, both disappointed and jubiliant racers and track workers. Those segments were all embedded in the live stream coverage which is recorded and also available on the CPTCRacing YouTube channel.

It is really enjoyable to be up close and personal with the many personalities in the world of ice oval racing. I am very fortunate to share space with the ice oval racing community. They are basically a 2nd family to me.

In addition, I want to thank the entire crew at the CPTC. I won't name names in fear of missing a few, but the crew in Beausejour is second to none; simply top notch when it comes to effort and expectations. Also, the relationships I have established with Cooleddown.tv are seemless. Even though we have only been doing this work together for a short period of time, the fun and banter makes the work less demanding. Thanks to Chris, Anthony, and Darren, for making my "face for radio" look as good as possible. You guys rock.

And finally, thank you to Snow Goer magazine and John Prusak for allowing me to help with coverage of ice oval racing. The hope is to share the sport with people looking for a vicarious adrenaline rush. We all know these racers provide it.

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. What a great weekend it was. - Brett

16/12/2024

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The snowmobile oval racing season started in Manitoba on December 14 with some familiar folks collecting checkered flags.

14/12/2024

Hot laps on race day!

14/12/2024

Take a lap around the fast half mile in Canada with Polaris driver #39 Tom Olson. A special thanks to Sobetski Enterprises for the use of an awesome side-by-side for the weekend. Thanks guys. 

14/12/2024

Going live in 5 minutes for a special segment. Don’t miss it.

13/12/2024

#2 practice session

13/12/2024

One more live look-in at practice coming soon.

13/12/2024

Practice in Canada.

13/12/2024

The track is real smooth. It appears most champ and F-III teams are waiting for other sleds to create more grooves in the surface before practice. More to come as practice proceeds.

13/12/2024

Live updates from Beausejour coming around 1 pm.

12/12/2024

Is there any interest in one or two brief look-in’s at tomorrow’s practice here in Beausejour? If there is enough interest, I will go live a time or two and share some practice insight. Practice is from 1-4 CST.

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12/12/2024

Today is travel day and I am on the road to Beausejour, MB for opening race weekend in the ice oval race series.

Here is the link for the live stream coverage this weekend. Grab it, share it, store it, use it, and watch it LIVE!

https://cptcracing.com/2022-2023-streaming/

Saturday, December 14
Gates Open 10:30am
Hot Laps 10:30am
Racing 1 pm -7 pm

Sunday, December
Gates Open 9:00am
Hot Laps 9:00am
Racing 11 am - 4 pm

11/12/2024

We're planning another LIVE test run of Snow Goer Live at 7:30 p.m. central time Thursday night. We'll talk to Brett Richter LIVE from Beausejour on the eve of the oval racing opener, and Team Owner Steve Scheuring LIVE from Ironwood on the eve of the snocross opener. Plus we'll shared details about the riding we did last weekend, other big events planned for this weekend and much more! We can even answer reader questions. Join us at 7:30 central on Thursday night on the Snow Goer Magazine YouTube channel ( https://www.youtube.com/ ) and hopefully by then we'll have the page linked for the live video, as well.

11/12/2024

118 individual drivers registered for this weekends races at the CPTC!!! That exceeds last December which was an awesome turnout.

With many drivers running multiple classes, this weekend race schedule will be packed with action. Don’t miss any of it. Be there in person or catch all the live stream action on cptcracing.com.

11/12/2024

Anticipation!!!

Two days to practice and three days to race day! The trailers are packed, parked, and ready to roll. The map software is programmed and the cooler is loaded. The pit area is iced and the track is prepped for one more go around.

Don't miss the December race weekend at the CPTC in Beausejour, MB, December 14 and 15. Hope you can be there in person, but if not, don't miss the free live stream coverage on cptcracing.com or cooleddown.tv.

Soon..... Very soon.....