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(Corner #1 Western Canadian Ice Race Championship La Biche Winter Festival of Speed)
The 2015 Western Canadian Ice Race Championships was an exciting weekend of Ice Racing put on by the Northern Alberta Sports Car Club (NASCC). I have always said the best way to watch a race is to be in the car, the 2nd best way is to be a corner marshal. It looked like too much fun, not to try to get a car together for next years Ice Racing season. I have had this feeling once before when I watched claimer racing at Race City Motorsport Park, after that I raced claimers for 10 years & built 10 cars.
The weekend started off on Friday with a five-hour drive from Calgary, worth every minute. After checking into my hotel I went to meet Clem Salcedo NASCC Ice Racing Chief Course Marshal & other volunteers in a local lounge, where we talked racing. There I found out the start time for Saturday would be at 9:00 A.M. & we would have to set-up the track. So after a great breakfast I went to the lake to help set-up, upon arrival I was told we had to place triangles though-out the course for the drivers. After the 1st few laps you can see how these triangles can show the drivers see where the track & snow banks are.
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(Corner #2 Western Canadian Ice Race Championship La Biche Winter Festival of Speed)
It was a lot of fun & action as I was stationed on corner 1 for Saturday with an experienced ice/road racing marshal Kathy Stokowski. From that location you can see how much fun the drivers must be having, as they corner in a 4 wheel drift on the ice, like a sprint car corners in the dirt. As for action there must have been 3-4 cars that wound up in the snow bank upstream of our station across from us, except for 1 car, which was directly in our station. In road racing when an incident is upstream of your station you can stay green and the cars can get back to racing, unless control tells you to go full course yellow or red flag.
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Sunday was another fun day stationed on corner 3 with an experienced ice/road racing marshal Doug Finch. Corner 3 gave a good vantage point to see all the spins in corner 2, 3 & 4. It is also a fast part course where you see a lot of snow & ice being brought up, affecting visibility. One red flag was called for Car 25 NS Danny Bracken Rabbit roll over in corner 1, responded to by rescue & ambulance. The driver was ok but was checked over by the ambulance crew as a precaution. The car was only slightly damaged and it still finished the weekend. After the red flag was dealt with, it was a full day of racing action.
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The last 2 races were an Australian Pursuit Race & a Charity race. The Australian Pursuit Race was exciting because all the cars were put on the track at the same time with the slowest cars having a head start & the fastest cars going out last. The fastest cars of the weekend could have won the race if the race was a lap longer, but they had to contend with lots of traffic. The Charity race looked like it was fun also, as many drivers were pushing hard for the win. This was a great race weekend put on by The Northern Alberta Sports Car Club (NASCC).
After the event I had a chance to ask Andy de Boon Clerk of the Course some questions.
Velocity said “I had a lot fun last weekend, I expect to be back next year but I will be working toward coming back as a racer.”
Velocity asked “What did you think of the weekend of racing?
Andy de Boon said “I thought the racing was good but the low car counts hurt the show. I think the Australian pursuit was a fun way to end the season and the charity race was one of the best in years.”
Velocity asked “What did you think of the 2015 ice racing season?”
Andy de Boon said “Overall I think we had a good season and it is one of the few times we ran every day we scheduled , no date changes for bad weather or ice conditions. I look forward to you bringing a car next year.”
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(Some of the NASCC Western Canadian Ice Race Championship Die-Hard Motorsport Volunteers that made racing possible at the La Biche Winter Festival of Speed)
If you ever wanted to go racing I would suggest thinking about it now, there’s lots of time to build a car or you might find a good deal on buying used one. There is a school at the beginning of the Ice Racing season & lots of racing every race weekend. If you are not sure about racing make sure you come-out & marshal an Ice Race to see for yourself.
http://nascc.ab.ca/racing/ice-racing/
The Lac La Biche Winter Festival of Speed February 28-March 1, 2015 had tons of events: Western Canadian Ice Race Championships (NASCC), SSRA Snowmobiling Snow-Drag Races Finals, Rebel Ice Racing of motorcycles, ATVs, and UTVs, Snowmobile Poker Rally, Lac La Biche Ice Fly-In onto the frozen surface of Lac la Biche to the Winter Festival of Speed grounds & Horse & Sleigh Rides.
SSRA Snowmobiling Snow-Drag Races Finals
http://www.racessra.com/ssra_005.htm
Rebel Ice Racing of motorcycles, ATVs, and UTVs
http://www.secondgearclub.com/
Lac La Biche Ice Fly-In onto the frozen surface of Lac la Biche to the Winter Festival of Speed grounds  http://www.classicwheels.org/new_page_1.htm
There was also Snowmobile Poker Rally & Horse & Sleigh Rally
Lac La Biche Winter Festival Website
http://www.classicwheels.org/festival.htm
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(La Biche Winter Festival of Speed)
This was a great event put on by the Lac La Biche Winter Festival of Speed organizers.
2015 LLB Festival of Speed Race Results for CH
WCMA – LLB 2015 – 1.4 KM February 28 to March 1, 2015
NASCC Results provided by Blind Apex Software
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(Corner #1 Western Canadian Ice Race Championship La Biche Winter Festival of Speed)
Western Canadian Ice Race Championship Race Results
2015 LLB Festival of Speed Race Results For AP WCMA – LLB 2015 – 1.4 KM February 28 to March 1, 2015
Classes: CH
Race #1
Fastest lap: 01:11.812 by veh# 83 L. Koochin at an average speed of 70.18 KM/H Overall average speed: 63.87 KM/H Margin of victory:
Position Cpos Car # Class Driver Best Time
1. 1. Car 8 CH Landon Goudreau Chevette 01:13.347
2. 2. Car 83 CH Les Koochin Chevette 01:11.812
3. 3. Car 6 CH Pat Checkel Acadian 01:15.494
4. 4. Car 24 CH Mike Brodie Chevette 01:16.971
5. 5. Car 18 CH Matt Beaubien Chevette 01:15.377
6. 6. Car 37 CH Craig Tobler Chevette 01:19.025
7. 7. Car 88 CH Julie Koochin Chevette 01:22.466
8. 8. Car 81 CH Andi Goudreau Chevette 01:25.084
Race #2
Fastest lap: 01:17.570 by veh# 6 P. Checked at an average speed of 64.97 KM/H Overall average speed: 60.41 KM/H Margin of victory: 00:06.856
Position Cpos Car # Class Driver Best Time
1. 1. Car 83 CH Les Koochin Chevette 01:19.051
2. 2. Car 8 CH Landon Goudreau Chevette 01:17.902
3. 3. Car 6 CH Pat Checkel Acadian 01:17.570
4. 4. Car 18 CH Matt Beaubien Chevette 01:18.585
5. 5. Car 37 CH Craig Tobler Chevette 01:23.555
6. 6. Car 81 CH Andi Goudreau Chevette 01:22.012
7. 7. Car 76 CH Jaryn Stewart Chevette 01:23.461
8. 8. Car 88 CH Julie Koochin Chevette 01:25.401
9. 9. Car 24 CH Mike Brodie Chevette 01:21.056
Race #3
Fastest lap: 01:15.036 by veh# 8 L. Goudreau at an average speed of 67.17 KM/H Overall average speed: 63.40 KM/H Margin of victory: 00:39.050
Position Cpos Car # Class Driver Best Time
1. 1. Car 8 CH Landon Goudreau Chevette 01:15.036
2. 2. Car 6 CH Pat Checkel Acadian 01:16.709
3. 3. Car 37 CH Craig Tobler Chevette 01:20.295
4. 4. Car 24 CH Mike Brodie Chevette 01:17.144
5. 5. Car 81 CH Andi Goudreau Chevette 01:24.586
6. 6. Car 88 CH Julie Koochin Chevette 01:27.740
7. 7. Car 83 CH Les Koochin Chevette 01:20.219
Race #4
Fastest lap: 01:14.595 by veh# 83 L. Koochin at an average speed of 67.56 KM/H Overall average speed: 62.47 KM/H Margin of victory: 00:03.151
Position Cpos Car # Class Driver Best Time
1. 1. Car 83 CH Les Koochin Chevette 01:14.595
2. 2. Car 6 CH Pat Checkel Acadian 01:14.609
3. 3. Car 8 CH Landon Goudreau Chevette 01:15.944
4. 4. Car 24 CH Mike Brodie Chevette 01:18.168
5. 5. Car 18 CH Matt Beaubien Chevette 01:19.910
6. 6. Car 81 CH Andi Goudreau Chevette 01:20.833
7. 7. Car 37 CH Craig Tobler Chevette 01:19.624
8. 8. Car 88 CH Julie Koochin Chevette 01:19.175
9. 9. Car 76 CH Jaryn Stewart Chevette 01:21.378
Race #5
Position Cpos Car # Class Driver Best Time
1. 1. Car 8 CH Landon Goudreau Chevette 01:14.166
2. 2. Car 6 CH Pat Checkel Acadian 01:15.884
3. 3. Car 83 CH Les Koochin Chevette 01:19.014
4. 4. Car 24 CH Mike Brodie Chevette 01:19.214
5. 5. Car 18 CH Matt Beaubien Chevette 01:18.807
6. 6. Car 76 CH Jaryn Stewart Chevette 01:20.113
7. 7. Car 37 CH Craig Tobler Chevette 01:19.833
8. 8. Car 81 CH Andi Goudreau Chevette 01:19.556
DNF. DNF. Car 88 CH Julie Koochin Chevette 02:23.031
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(Corner #1 Western Canadian Ice Race Championship La Biche Winter Festival of Speed)
Classes: NS
Race #1
Fastest lap: 00:01.221 by veh# 4 C. Schultz at an average speed of 4,127.76 KM/H Overall average speed: 67.79 KM/H Margin of victory: 00:25.414
Position Cpos Car # Class Driver Best Time
1. 1. Car 39 NS Julian Pascoal Festiva 01:07.195
2. 2. Car 25 NS Danny Bracken Rabbit 01:11.484
3. 3. Car 71 NS Chris Saunders Scirocco 01:12.370
4. 4. Car 4 NS Colin Schultz Rabbit 00:01.221
5. 5. Car 83 NS Les Koochin Chevette 01:06.939
6. 6. Car 42 NS Robin Sanders Festiva 01:11.347
7. 7. Car 32 NS Vitor Pascoal Escort 01:12.921
8. 8. Car 8 NS Landon Goudreau Chevette 01:17.208
9. 9. Car 18 NS Matt Beaubien Chevette 01:18.910
10. 10. Car 24 NS Scott Brodie Chevette 01:12.040
11. 11. Car 88 NS Julie Koochin Chevette 01:20.713
12. 12. Car 37 NS Todd Maliteare Chevette 01:22.122
13. 13. Car 31 NS Lisa Berg VW-GTI 01:21.742
14. 14. Car 81 NS Andi Goudreau Chevette 01:26.747
15. 15. Car 6 NS Pat Checkel Acadian 01:20.684
16. 16. Car 76 NS Jaryn Stewart Chevette 00:36.071
Race #2
Fastest lap: 01:05.582 by veh# 71 C. Saunders at an average speed of 76.85 KM/H Overall average speed: 66.07 KM/H Margin of victory: 00:17.050
Position Cpos Car # Class Driver Best Time
1. 1. Car 25 NS Danny Bracken Rabbit 01:07.971
2. 2. Car 71 NS Chris Saunders Scirocco 01:05.582
3. 3. Car 39 NS Julian Pascoal Festiva 01:09.680
4. 4. Car 4 NS Colin Schultz Rabbit 01:07.654
5. 5. Car 42 NS Robin Sanders Festiva 01:08.989
6. 6. Car 83 NS Les Koochin Chevette 01:12.721
7. 7. Car 32 NS Vitor Pascoal Escort 01:11.906
8. 8. Car 31 NS Lisa Berg VW-GTI 01:20.292
9. 9. Car 6 NS Pat Checkel Acadian 01:18.515
10. 10. Car 8 NS Landon Goudreau Chevette 01:20.101
11. 11. Car 24 NS Scott Brodie Chevette 01:20.750
12. 12. Car 88 NS Julie Koochin Chevette 01:21.640
13. 13. Car 37 NS Todd Maliteare Chevette 01:24.259
14. 14. Car 76 NS Jaryn Stewart Chevette 01:25.089
15. 15. Car 81 NS Andi Goudreau Chevette 01:25.049
16. 16. Car 18 NS Matt Beaubien Chevette 01:17.952
Race #3
Fastest lap: 01:04.631 by vet# 25 D. Bracken at an average speed of 77.98 KM/H. Overall average speed: 68.99 KM/H Margin of victory: 00:09.446
Position Cpos Car # Class Driver Best Time
1. 1. Car 39 NS Julian Pascoal Festiva 01:08.015
2. 2. Car 42 NS Robin Saunders Festiva 01:10.349
3. 3. Car 4 NS Colin Schultz Rabbit 01:12.273
4. 4. Car 83 NS Les Koochin Chevette 01:12.708
5. 5. Car 32 NS Vitor Pascoal Escort 01:13.797
6. 6. Car 6 NS Pat Checkel Acadian 01:14.645
7. 7. Car 8 NS Landon Goudreau Chevette 01:17.640
8. 8. Car 31 NS Lisa Berg VW-GTI 01:18.258
9. 9. Car 24 NS Scott Brodie Chevette 01:20.089
10. 10. Car 88 NS Julie Koochin Chevette 01:21.911
11. 11. Car 81 NS Andi Goudreau Chevette 01:24.399
12. 12. Car 76 NS Jaryn Stewart Chevette 01:23.842
13. 13. Car 37 NS Todd Maliteare Chevette 01:21.241
DNF. DNF. Car 25 NS Danny Bracken Rabbit 01:04.631
Race #4
Fastest lap: 01:07.605 by veh# 42 R. Saunders at an average speed of 74.55 KM/H Overall average speed: 64.75 KM/H Margin of victory: 00:01.597
Position Cpos Car # Class Driver Best Time
1. 1. Car 39 NS Julian Pascoal Festiva 01:08.797
2. 2. Car 71 NS Chris Saunders Scirocco 01:11.154
3. 3. Car 42 NS Robin Saunders Festiva 01:07.605
4. 4. Car 83 NS Les Koochin Chevette 01:12.066
5. 5. Car 32 NS Vitor Pascoal Escort 01:11.017
6. 6. Car 6 NS Pat Checkel Acadian 01:15.399
7. 7. Car 31 NS Lisa Berg VW-GTI 01:19.248
8. 8. Car 24 NS Scott Brodie Chevette 01:20.834
9. 9. Car 8 NS Landon Goudreau Chevette 01:19.950
10. 10. Car 18 NS Matt Beaubien Chevette 01:22.005
11. 11. Car 88 NS Julie Koochin Chevette 01:20.580
12. 12. Car 37 NS Todd Maliteare Chevette 01:23.344
13. 13. Car 81 NS Andi Goudreau Chevette 01:23.727
14. 14. Car 25 NS Danny Bracken Rabbit 01:11.343
15. 15. Car 76 NS Jaryn Stewart Chevette 01:27.440
16. 16. Car 4 NS Colin Schultz Rabbit 01:08.868
Race #5 Feature Race – Double Points
Position Cpos Car # Class Driver Best Time
1. 1. Car 71 NS Chris Saunders Scirocco 01:08.864
2. 2. Car 39 NS Julian Pascoal Festiva 01:09.117
3. 3. Car 42 NS Robin Saunders Festiva 01:08.891
4. 4. Car 83 NS Les Koochin Chevette 01:12.784
5. 5. Car 32 NS Vitor Pascoal Escort 01:13.389
6. 6. Car 6 NS Pat Checkel Acadian 01:16.590
7. 7. Car 31 NS Lisa Berg VW-GTI 01:19.351
8. 8. Car 8 NS Landon Goudreau Chevette 01:15.396
9. 9. Car 18 NS Matt Beaubien Chevette 01:19.170
10. 10. Car 24 NS Scott Brodie Chevette 01:18.843
11. 11. Car 37 NS Todd Maliteare Chevette 01:20.833
12. 12. Car 88 NS Julie Koochin Chevette 01:24.809
13. 13. Car 81 NS Andi Goudreau Chevette 01:23.976
14. 14. Car 76 NS Jaryn Stewart Chevette 01:24.645
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(Corner #1 Western Canadian Ice Race Championship La Biche Winter Festival of Speed)
Classes: SS/NE
Race #1
Fastest lap: 00:58.475 by veh# 31 K. Berg at an average speed of 86.19 KM/H Overall average speed: 83.58 KM/H Margin of victory: 00:05.980
Position Cpos Car # Class Driver Best Time
1. 1. Car 71 SS Chris Saunders Scirocco 00:58.522
2. 1. Car 19 NE Ken Staples Neon 00:59.353
3. 2. Car 59 SS Jed Harrison Festiva 00:59.653
4. 2. Car 03 NE Peter Seifert Neon 00:59.533
5. 3. Car 9 NE Sean Finn Neon 01:00.705
DNF. DNF. 31 SS Ken Berg VW-GTI 00:58.475
Race #2
Fastest lap: 00:56.589 by veh# 31 K. Berg at an average speed of 89.06 KM/H Overall average speed: 87.76 KM/H Margin of victory: 00:43.549
Position Cpos Car # Class Driver Best Time
1. 1. Car 31 SS Ken Berg VW-GTI 00:56.589
2. 2. Car 71 SS Chris Saunders Scirocco 00:59.723
3. 1. Car 03 NE Peter Seifert Neon 01:00.109
4. 2. Car 19 NE Ken Staples Neon 01:00.394
Race #3
Position Cpos Car # Class Driver Best Time
1. 1. Car 31 SS Ken Berg VW-GTI 00:56.074
2. 2. Car 59 SS Jed Harrison Festiva 00:57.278
3. 1. Car 03 NE Peter Seifert Neon 01:00.573
4. 2. Car 19 NE Ken Staples Neon 01:00.617
5. 3. Car 71 SS Chris Saunders Scirocco 00:58.373
6 3. Car 777 NE Sean Finn Neon 01:18.345
Fastest lap: 00:55.247 by veh# 59 J. Harrison at an average speed of 91.23 KM/H Overall average speed: 88.89 KM/H Margin of victory: 00:03.308
Race #4
Position Cpos Car # Class Driver Best Time
1. 1. Car 59 SS Jed Harrison Festiva 00:55.247
2. 2. Car 31 SS Ken Berg VW-GTI 00:55.493
3. 1. Car 03 NE Peter Seifert Neon 00:58.859
4. 2. Car 19 NE Ken Staples Neon 00:58.411
5. 3. Car 777 NE Sean Finn Neon 00:59.030
Race #5 Feature Race – Double Points
1. 1. Car 31 SS Ken Berg VW-GTI 00:52.890
2. 1. Car 19 NE Ken Staples Neon 00:59.883
3. 2. Car 03 NE Peter Seifert Neon 00:59.429
4. 3. Car 777 NE Sean Finn Neon 01:00.101
5. 2. Car 59 SS Jed Harrison Festiva 00:59.301
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(Corner #1 Western Canadian Ice Race Championship La Biche Winter Festival of Speed)
Street Stud/Neon NASCC points Race 1
Fastest lap: 00:58.846 by veh# 59 J. Harrison at an average speed of 85.65 KM/H Overall average speed: 83.76 KM/H Margin of victory: 00:03.819
Position Cpos Car # Class Driver Best Time
1. 1. Car 19 NE Ken Staples Neon 00:59.451
2. 2. Car 03 NE Peter Seifert Neon 00:59.978
3. 1. Car 59 SS Jed Harrison Festiva 00:58.846
Street Stud/Neon NASCC points Race 2
Fastest lap: 00:58.115 by veh# 59 J. Harrison at an average speed of 86.72 KM/H Overall average speed: 82.42 KM/HMargin of victory: 00:00.943
Position Cpos Car # Class Driver Best Time
1. 1. Car 03 NE Peter Seifert Neon 01:00.554 6 12 Lap 12 82.42
2. 2. Car 19 NE Ken Staples Neon 01:00.530 8 12 00:00:943 82.29
3. 1. Car 59 SS Jed Harrison Festiva 00:58.115 5 12 01:06:799 75.61
Street Stud/Neon NASCC points Race 3
Fastest lap: 00:58.296 by veh# 03 P. Seifert at an average speed of 86.46 KM/H Overall average speed: 84.12 KM/H Margin of victory: 00:00.171
Position Cpos Car # Class Driver Best Time
1. 1. Car 19 NE Ken Staples Neon 00:59.029
2. 2. Car 03 NE Peter Seifert Neon 00:58.296
3. 1. Car 59 SS Jed Harrison Festiva 00:58.751
4. 3. Car 777 NE Sean Finn Neon 00:59.852
Street Stud/Neon NASCC points Race 4
Position Cpos Car # Class Driver Best Time
1. 1. Car 03 NE Peter Seifert Neon 00:58.098
2. 1. Car 59 SS Jed Harrison Festiva 00:57.165
3. 2. Car 19 NE Ken Staples Neon 00:58.526
4. 3. Car 777 NE Sean Finn Neon 01:03.549
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(Corner #1 Western Canadian Ice Race Championship La Biche Winter Festival of Speed)
Classes: AP
Australian Pursuit Race
Fastest lap: 00:59.609 by veh# 71 C. Saunders at an average speed of 84.55 KM/H Overall average speed: 63.25 KM/H Margin of victory: 00:07.358
Position Cpos Car # Class Driver Best Time
1. 1. Car 32 AP Vitor Pascoal Escort 01:13.242
2. 2. Car 31 AP Ken Berg VW-GTI 00:59.980
3. 3. Car 19 AP Ken Staples Neon 01:01.525
4. 4. Car 37 AP Craig Tobler Chevette 01:20.190
5. 5. Car 03 AP Peter Seifert Neon 01:02.162
6. 6. Car 76 AP Jaryn Stewart Chevette 01:25.489
7. 7. Car 24 AP Mike Brodie Chevette 01:22.284
8. 8. Car 88 AP Julie Koochin Chevette 01:23.393
9. 1. Car 777 Sean Finn 01:03.398
10. 9. Car 42 AP Robin Saunders Festiva 01:13.054
11. 10. Car 8 AP Landon Goudreau Chevette 01:20.892
12. 11. Car 18 AP Matt Beaubien Chevette 01:19.158
13. 12. Car 59 AP Jed Harrison Festiva 01:03.283
14. 13. Car 81 AP Andi Goudreau Chevette 01:27.014
15. 14. Car 83 AP Les Koochin Chevette 01:14.895
16. 15. Car 6 AP Pat Checkel Acadian 01:21.925
17. 16. Car 71 AP Chris Saunders Scirocco 00:59.609
18. 17. Car 39 AP Julian Pascoal Festiva 01:22.671
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(Corner #2 Western Canadian Ice Race Championship La Biche Winter Festival of Speed)
Classes: Charity
Race Results for Charity
Position Cpos Car # Class Driver
1. 1. Car 88 Charity Wade Davis Chevette
2. 2. Car 76 Charity Jeff Richard Chevette
3. 3. Car 39 Charity Andy Bryks Chevette
4. 4. Car 18 Charity Wade Tkachuk Chevette
5. 5. Car 37 Charity Lionel Richard Chevette
6. 6. Car 81 Charity Luke Muise Chevette
7. 7. Car 8 Charity Kyle Miller Chevette
8. 8. Car 6 Charity Darryl Younghans Chevette
For more Detailed official race results: http://nascc.ab.ca/racing/racing-results/
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(Corner #2 Western Canadian Ice Race Championship La Biche Winter Festival of Speed)
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(Corner #3 Western Canadian Ice Race Championship La Biche Winter Festival of Speed)
VelocityMotorsportNews.com would like to thank everyone at the Northern Alberta Sports Car Club (NASCC) & the  La Biche Winter Festival of Speed for their great event!
