The Burns Lake Snowmobile Club is excited to host the 2013 Cold Smoke Drag Races, Feb. 9 and 10, 2013.
It was eight years ago when the idea was brought forth to include with the club’s ice race was to have snow drags. So for the first two years we held our drags at the local golf course, transforming the driving range into a 500 foot race track. With a simple tree system manually operated and two brave bodies down at the finish line with the flags in tow the races were off and running. Our races then and now start from Kitty Kat right up to the big boys, the King Class.
To the club’s amazement this event was a huge success. It was then decided to make it a two day event and find a new location. With the help of many volunteers, equipment and hours of work, we built our own race track. With construction underway we wanted the event to have its own identity. The club approached the high school and had a contest with the students to come up with a logo. After seeing some amazing talent this was the winner.
The site was completed with a two lane 500 foot track including 1000 feet of run out, Race America Drag light system. We have a large building used as a warm up shelter and concession during the races, along with bleachers for the spectators. This year we received a huge donation from Babine Forest Products of woodchips which used to line the track and run out area, which will enhance the tracks performance. With our race site a few kilometers out of town, our power source to date has been generators. Work is in progress to get power to the site and we are hoping that this will be our last year using the existing system.
Over the years racers have come from all points of B.C., the Yukon and Alaska. Along with the two days of racing, a dinner and dance on the Saturday night has been very popular for the racers and their families and event volunteers to come out and relax share some stories and have a good time!
Friday, Feb. 8, the club will be hosting pre- race registration and social at the Burns Lake Chamber of Commerce from 6 to 9 p.m. We will also available our Cold Smoke apparel, and the dinner tickets. This has always been a great opportunity for both our out of town and local racers to touch base with the race volunteers and ask any technical questions they may have prior to the races.
The gates open at 7a.m. with the races starting at 10 a.m. both days. We would like to thank all our sponsors and volunteers that has made these races possible. So come out and enjoy some racing action. For more information call Kris at 250-692-3057
