Photo Courtesy of NASCC & Kevin Kolasa
Lac La Biche Festival of Speed Interview with Kevin Kolasa
Velocity: How was race weekend & how cold it was?
Kevin Kolasa: The race weekend went well! It was cold on Saturday morning, but by the afternoon it had warmed up. Visibility was decent, but the cold kept exhaust vapor suspended enough to make passing difficult. Sunday was more brutal with the weather, as it didn’t really warm up at all. The final race was reduced in duration and extra time was given to the corner workers to keep warm
between races. The charity race and ride alongs went very well, as some of the ride alongs have peaked the interest to join ice racing for a few of the attendees!
Velocity: Race how many cars in total?
Kevin Kolasa:
Non studded / rubber – 4 cars
Chevette – 10 cars
Limited Stud – 6 cars (3 Neon limited stud)
Photo Courtesy of NASCC & Kevin Kolasa
Velocity: Any major incident re red flags or action?
Kevin Kolasa: There were no major incidents involving the race duration. There were one or two blown engines, and a few hang ups in the snowbanks.
Velocity: How many volunteers?
Kevin Kolasa: I am not completely sure, as it would be best to ask someone else. We did have a full compliment of volunteers and all the stations were manned. I would guess 20?
Velocity: How was your day of racing?
Kevin Kolasa: My racing was interesting. I tried running the rally snow-and-ice Black Rockets but they just couldn’t keep up with the bolted tires. I ended up borrowing a front set from a Chuck Roberts and Mike Thorn, and it really improved my lap time. I had to modify some car settings to really take advantage of them, though. In the third and final race, my transmission popped out of third after the start while I was in the lead (provide link to video), which caused me to spin and get hit head on by Peter Siefert, who was blinded by my exhaust and snow dust. Fortunately his driving skill helped minimize damage as he was able to recover and avoid hitting me a second time. I spun out of control and went airborne off the second bank- but I didn’t roll. Because I was launched right off the race track, I don’t think the yellow flag was out for more than a few seconds, and my car seemed to run alright after. I called off racing after that, though, because I wanted to do more of an inspection. When I got home I found the car was fine and pretty much all the damage was cosmetic and I should be back for the final weekend.
Photos Courtesy of NASCC & Kevin Kolasa
Northern Alberta Sports Car Club (NASCC) Statement:
Good news to share! We will have an Ice Race track at Roy’s Lake for this weekends Ice Racing and Ice Racing Celebration. Colin and I inspected the roads, track, and banks and even plowed some banks to make sure they will move and won’t be too hard. All looks good, the track will be shorter, more corners, and the long fast front straight is no more. There is enough new snow to make it
safe for everyone.
Ice racing marshals are the Diehards of Motorsport marshalling!
Photo by VelocityMotorsportsNews.com Northern Alberta Sports Car Club (NASCC) Ice Racing at the 2015 Western Canadian Championship at the La Biche Winter Festival of Speed
The best way to watch a race is to be in the car. The second best way to watch is to be a trackside marshal. If you are interested in racing but not sure about driving yourself, being a marshal might be for you. Ice Racing Marshals are there for emergencies and to communicate with racers with flags and to communicate regarding the race with others via radio. What to expect as an Ice racing marshal: The first thing you need to expect is to dress warmly. Temperatures in Canada and Alberta while marshalling can be anywhere from -5 to –40 Celsius depending on where you are; so dress warmly in lots of layers . You can always shed a layer of clothing if it warms up. Try wearing any other colour except white so you don’t blend into the snow bank. If you are new to Marshalling you are on track training with experienced personnel. An average race course is 6 turns and approximately 2 kms long so 20 trackside marshals can cover a racecourse. Track set-up starts with checking ice thickness for safety first then followed by ploughing out the course.
You must be 18 years of age to be trackside but if being trackside is not for you there is many other volunteer jobs required to run a race. Non-trackside race positions: timing, pre-grid Pit in & Pit out, Tech, track set-up & clean-up.
Become a Motorsport Marshalling die-hard!
Events are based on weather permitting & ice conditions.
For more information on volunteering from January-March contact: nascc.events@gmail.com or http://nascc.ab.ca/contact/
Unofficial Race Results for the Winter Festival of Speed – Lac la Biche – Saturday, February 25 & Sunday, February 26th, 2017.
NASCC – LLB17 – 1.6 KM
Classes: CH
Race 1
Fastest lap: 01:26.442 by veh# 54 C. Ball at an average speed of 66.63 KM/H Overall average speed: 63.48 KM/H
Margin of victory: 00:18.483 Notes: Chief of T&S: B Sinfield
Printed on 25/02/2017 at 3:12 PM Sanction/Event No.: Results provided by Blind Apex Software
Pos CPos Veh# Class Name Make BestTime BestLa Laps Interval AvgSpeed
1 1 8 CH Landon Goudreau Chevette 01:27.482 4 10 Lap 10 63.48
2 2 55 CH Brian Freeland Chevette 01:29.115 4 10 00:18:483 62.22
3 3 98 CH Mike Kroszer Chevette 01:30.436 2 10 00:20:509 62.08
4 4 17 CH Jaryn Stewart Chevette 01:30.609 9 10 00:35:025 61.12
5 5 81 CH Andi Goudreau Chevette 01:30.100 4 10 00:39:037 60.87
6 6 26 CH Aran Cook Chevette 01:28.381 4 10 01:03:826 59.31
7 7 19c CH Matt Beaubien Chevette 01:30.999 3 9 Lap 9 56.36
8 8 711 CH Al Winkelmeier Chevette 01:31.756 8 9 00:14:397 55.49
9 9 37 CH Team 37 Chevette 01:30.581 2 9 00:15:882 55.40
10 10 54 CH Craig Ball Chevette 01:26.442 4 9 00:27:739 54.71
Race 2
Fastest lap: 01:30.317 by veh# 54 C. Ball at an average speed of 63.78 KM/H Overall average speed: 62.62 KM/H
Margin of victory: 00:30.779 Notes: Chief of T&S: B Sinfield
Printed on 25/02/2017 at 3:36 PM Sanction/Event No.: Results provided by Blind Apex Software
Pos CPos Veh# Class Name Make BestTime BestLa Laps Interval AvgSpeed
1 1 54 CH Craig Ball Chevette 01:30.317 4 10 Lap 10 62.62
2 2 8 CH Landon Goudreau Chevette 01:31.175 3 10 00:30:779 60.59
3 3 711 CH Al Winkelmeier Chevette 01:32.704 3 10 00:37:028 60.20
4 4 98 CH Mike Kroszer Chevette 01:33.435 4 10 00:51:637 59.29
5 5 19c CH Matt Beaubien Chevette 01:33.172 3 10 01:01:719 58.68
6 6 55 CH Brian Freeland Chevette 01:34.768 8 10 01:03:314 58.59
7 7 81 CH Andi Goudreau Chevette 01:34.375 3 9 Lap 9 52.20
8 8 37 CH Team 37 Chevette 01:34.738 3 9 00:09:321 51.71
9 9 26 CH Aran Cook Chevette 01:34.816 4 9 00:16:802 51.33
10 10 17 CH Jaryn Stewart Chevette 01:35.279 5 7 Lap 7 58.24
Race 3
Fastest lap: 00:56.017 by veh# 26 A. Cook at an average speed of 102.83 KM/H Overall average speed: 66.79 KM/H
Margin of victory: 00:16.567 Notes: Chief of T&S: B Sinfield
Printed on 26/02/2017 at 11:06 AM Sanction/Event No.: Results provided by Blind Apex Software
Pos CPos Veh# Class Name Make BestTime BestLa Laps Interval AvgSpeed
1 1 26 CH Aran Cook Chevette 00:56.017 11 11 Lap 11 66.79
2 2 711 CH Al Winkelmeier Chevette 01:12.574 11 11 00:16:567 65.65
3 3 54 CH Craig Ball Chevette 01:13.022 11 11 00:17:020 65.62
4 4 8 CH Landon Goudreau Chevette 01:25.279 3 11 00:33:812 64.50
5 5 98 CH Mike Kroszer Chevette 01:24.734 3 11 00:42:381 63.94
6 6 55 CH Brian Freeland Chevette 01:27.670 3 11 00:43:908 63.84
7 7 19c CH Matt Beaubien Chevette 01:25.847 3 11 01:09:768 62.22
8 8 37 CH Team 37 Chevette 01:25.762 2 9 Lap 9 64.46
9 9 17 CH Jaryn Stewart Chevette 01:26.602 2 7 Lap 7 63.49
DNF DNF 81 CH Andi Goudreau Chevette 01:25.606 2 4 Lap 4 49.60
Race 4
Fastest lap: 01:26.295 by veh# 54 C. Ball at an average speed of 66.75 KM/H Overall average speed: 63.57 KM/H
Margin of victory: 00:23.095 Notes: Chief of T&S: B Sinfield
Printed on 26/02/2017 at 12:58 PM Sanction/Event No.: Results provided by Blind Apex Software
Pos CPos Veh# Class Name Make BestTime BestLa Laps Interval AvgSpeed
1 1 8 CH Landon Goudreau Chevette 01:27.025 6 10 Lap 10 63.57
2 2 54 CH Craig Ball Chevette 01:26.295 4 10 00:23:095 61.99
3 3 98 CH Mike Kroszer Chevette 01:30.255 4 10 00:53:903 60.00
4 4 81 CH Andi Goudreau Chevette 01:30.235 2 10 00:58:377 59.72
5 5 55 CH Brian Freeland Chevette 01:31.497 3 10 01:10:223 59.00
6 6 37 CH Team 37 Chevette 01:33.588 4 9 Lap 9 57.09
7 7 19c CH Matt Beaubien Chevette 01:29.393 4 9 00:53:125 53.94
8 8 26 CH Aran Cook Chevette 01:30.862 4 5 Lap 5 49.33
Race 5
Fastest lap: 01:28.605 by veh# 8 L. Goudreau at an average speed of 65.01 KM/H Overall average speed: 63.13 KM/H
Margin of victory: 00:18.531 Notes: Chief of T&S: B Sinfield
Printed on 26/02/2017 at 2:26 PM Sanction/Event No.: Results provided by Blind Apex Software
Pos CPos Veh# Class Name Make BestTime BestLa Laps Interval AvgSpeed
1 1 8 CH Landon Goudreau Chevette 01:28.605 5 10 Lap 10 63.13
2 2 26 CH Aran Cook Chevette 01:30.640 1 10 00:18:531 61.87
3 3 54 CH Craig Ball Chevette 01:29.269 3 10 00:19:544 61.80
4 4 81 CH Andi Goudreau Chevette 01:31.381 2 10 00:33:163 60.91
5 5 55 CH Brian Freeland Chevette 01:35.435 2 9 Lap 9 56.67
6 6 98 CH Mike Kroszer Chevette 01:33.022 2 9 01:09:589 52.66
7 7 19c CH Matt Beaubien Chevette 01:31.531 3 5 Lap 5 29.30
DNF DNF 37 CH Team 37 Chevette 01:41.821 1 4 Lap 4 37.58
Classes: NS CHSS
Race 1
Fastest lap: 01:23.480 by veh# 42 R. Saunders at an average speed of 69.00 KM/H Overall average speed: 64.92 KM/H
Margin of victory: 00:11.174 Notes: Chief of T&S: B Sinfield
Printed on 25/02/2017 at 3:13 PM Sanction/Event No.: Results provided by Blind Apex Software
Pos CPos Veh# Class Name Make BestTime BestLa Laps Interval AvgSpeed
1 1 42 NS Robin Saunders Festiva 01:23.480 1 11 Lap 11 64.92
2 2 4 NS Colin Schultz Rabbit 01:27.207 2 11 00:11:174 64.32
3 1 54 CHSS Craig Ball Chevette 01:25.773 4 11 00:29:257 64.42
4 2 98 CHSS Mike Kroszer Chevette 01:27.642 4 11 00:41:236 63.37
5 3 8 CHSS Landon Goudreau Chevette 01:27.462 4 11 00:45:534 63.43
6 4 711 CHSS Al Winkelmeier Chevette 01:26.648 4 11 00:50:374 63.12
7 5 26 CHSS Aran Cook Chevette 01:30.065 4 11 01:09:412 61.92
8 6 55 CHSS Brian Freeland Chevette 01:30.286 5 11 01:13:912 61.50
9 7 17 CHSS Jaryn Stewart Chevette 01:30.391 4 11 01:22:638 61.46
10 3 32 NS Vitor Pascoal Focus 01:31.970 2 9 Lap 9 52.99
11 8 81 CHSS Andi Goudreau Chevette 01:33.723 6 8 Lap 8 47.85
12 9 37 CHSS Team 37 Chevette 01:33.022 2 7 Lap 7 45.57
13 4 68 NS Premier Bldg Scirocco 01:32.006 3 7 01:27:447 40.73
Race 2
Fastest lap: 01:19.193 by veh# 68 Premier Bldg at an average speed of 72.73 KM/H Overall average speed: 65.16 KM/H
Margin of victory: 00:00.259 Notes: Chief of T&S: B Sinfield
Printed on 25/02/2017 at 3:37 PM Sanction/Event No.: Results provided by Blind Apex Software
Pos CPos Veh# Class Name Make BestTime BestLa Laps Interval AvgSpeed
1 1 68 NS Premier Bldg Scirocco 01:19.193 2 10 Lap 10 65.16
2 2 42 NS Robin Saunders Festiva 01:21.233 2 10 00:00:259 65.39
3 3 4 NS Colin Schultz Rabbit 01:23.731 2 10 00:13:073 64.41
4 1 8 CHSS Landon Goudreau Chevette 01:24.118 2 10 00:33:828 64.32
5 4 32 NS Vitor Pascoal Focus 01:27.318 1 10 00:41:789 62.29
6 2 711 CHSS Al Winkelmeier Chevette 01:23.587 2 10 00:46:938 63.38
7 3 26 CHSS Aran Cook Chevette 01:27.066 2 10 01:05:439 62.30
8 4 81 CHSS Andi Goudreau Chevette 01:30.369 2 10 01:14:153 61.37
9 5 98 CHSS Mike Kroszer Chevette 01:29.784 3 10 01:19:372 61.28
10 6 19c CHSS Matt Beaubien Chevette 01:30.913 4 10 01:33:400 60.46
11 7 55 CHSS Brian Freeland Chevette 01:31.572 5 10 01:36:719 60.08
12 8 54 CHSS Craig Ball Chevette 01:26.308 2 8 Lap 8 48.89
13 9 37 CHSS Team 37 Chevette 01:34.232 4 7 Lap 7 56.83
14 10 17 CHSS Jaryn Stewart Chevette 01:35.057 1 7 03:09:409 44.96
Race 3
Fastest lap: 01:19.423 by veh# 42 R. Saunders at an average speed of 72.52 KM/H Overall average speed: 68.24 KM/H
Margin of victory: 00:05.721 Notes: 1 Lap penalty for car 68 – Sideways through Yellow Flag Chief of T&S: B Sinfield
Printed on 26/02/2017 at 11:57 AM Sanction/Event No.: Results provided by Blind Apex Software
Pos CPos Veh# Class Name Make BestTime BestLa Laps Interval AvgSpeed
1 1 42 NS Robin Saunders Festiva 01:19.423 2 11 Lap 11 68.24
2 2 68 NS Premier Bldg Scirocco 01:21.311 2 11 00:05:721 67.87
3 3 4 NS Colin Schultz Rabbit 01:21.515 2 11 00:24:745 66.39
4 4 32 NS Vitor Pascoal Focus 01:20.885 2 11 00:40:083 65.21
5 1 54 CHSS Craig Ball Chevette 01:23.584 2 11 00:44:629 66.27
6 2 8 CHSS Landon Goudreau Chevette 01:24.565 8 11 00:52:115 66.17
7 3 98 CHSS Mike Kroszer Chevette 01:22.447 2 11 01:16:907 64.38
8 4 19c CHSS Matt Beaubien Chevette 01:24.665 2 11 01:19:059 64.17
9 5 55 CHSS Brian Freeland Chevette 01:26.564 2 11 01:24:865 63.70
10 6 81 CHSS Andi Goudreau Chevette 01:27.852 6 11 01:29:967 63.54
11 7 26 CHSS Aran Cook Chevette 01:28.046 4 8 Lap 8 49.46
12 8 37 CHSS Team 37 Chevette 01:33.939 3 7 Lap 7 41.13
Race 4
Fastest lap: 01:21.902 by veh# 4 C. Schultz at an average speed of 70.33 KM/H Overall average speed: 65.74 KM/H
Margin of victory: 00:08.180 Notes: Chief of T&S: B Sinfield
Printed on 26/02/2017 at 1:47 PM Sanction/Event No.: Results provided by Blind Apex Software
Pos CPos Veh# Class Name Make BestTime BestLa Laps Interval AvgSpeed
1 1 42 NS Robin Saunders Festiva 01:22.007 2 11 Lap 11 65.74
2 2 68 NS Premier Bldg Scirocco 01:24.410 2 11 00:08:180 65.15
3 3 32 NS Vitor Pascoal Focus 01:22.359 2 11 00:14:168 64.56
4 1 8 CHSS Landon Goudreau Chevette 01:22.829 3 11 00:29:227 64.93
5 2 54 CHSS Craig Ball Chevette 01:25.321 3 11 00:32:364 64.81
6 3 26 CHSS Aran Cook Chevette 01:23.553 2 11 00:39:661 63.88
7 4 98 CHSS Mike Kroszer Chevette 01:23.915 3 11 00:41:596 64.10
8 5 81 CHSS Andi Goudreau Chevette 01:28.879 3 11 01:04:872 62.24
9 6 55 CHSS Brian Freeland Chevette 01:29.170 2 11 01:19:205 61.65
10 7 19c CHSS Matt Beaubien Chevette 01:24.593 2 11 01:30:372 61.04
11 4 4 NS Colin Schultz Rabbit 01:21.902 2 8 Lap 8 66.59
12 8 37 CHSS Team 37 Chevette 01:31.692 3 8 05:43:573 45.05
Race 5
Fastest lap: 01:22.680 by veh# 42 R. Saunders at an average speed of 69.67 KM/H Overall average speed: 66.12 KM/H
Margin of victory: 00:04.124 Notes: Chief of T&S: B Sinfield
Printed on 26/02/2017 at 3:18 PM Sanction/Event No.: Results provided by Blind Apex Software
Pos CPos Veh# Class Name Make BestTime BestLa Laps Interval AvgSpeed
1 1 42 NS Robin Saunders Festiva 01:22.680 2 11 Lap 11 66.12
2 2 4 NS Colin Schultz Rabbit 01:22.858 2 11 00:04:124 65.67
3 3 32 NS Vitor Pascoal Focus 01:25.113 2 11 00:34:527 63.71
4 1 8 CHSS Landon Goudreau Chevette 01:22.693 2 11 00:43:256 64.66
5 2 26 CHSS Aran Cook Chevette 01:26.562 2 11 00:55:609 63.78
6 3 98 CHSS Mike Kroszer Chevette 01:23.889 2 11 00:59:459 63.48
7 4 19c CHSS Matt Beaubien Chevette 01:24.041 3 11 01:23:814 61.60
8 5 54 CHSS Craig Ball Chevette 01:26.513 2 10 Lap 10 61.27
9 6 55 CHSS Brian Freeland Chevette 01:23.938 2 10 00:39:139 58.57
10 4 68 NS Premier Bldg Scirocco 01:22.767 2 9 Lap 9 65.02
DNF DNF 81 CHSS Andi Goudreau Chevette 01:25.482 2 4 Lap 4 37.21
Classes: LS NE
Race 1
Fastest lap: 01:06.915 by veh# 31 K. Berg at an average speed of 86.08 KM/H Overall average speed: 82.00 KM/H
Margin of victory: 00:26.754 Notes: Chief of T&S: B Sinfield
Printed on 25/02/2017 at 3:12 PM Sanction/Event No.: Results provided by Blind Apex Software
Pos CPos Veh# Class Name Make BestTime BestLa Laps Interval AvgSpeed
1 1 31 LS Ken Berg VW-GTI 01:06.915 4 13 Lap 13 82.00
2 1 19 NE Ken Staples Neon 01:09.591 4 13 00:26:754 79.68
3 2 03 NE Peter Seifert Neon 01:10.695 3 13 00:31:605 79.17
4 2 83 LS Kevin Kolassa Igloo 01:10.801 8 13 00:35:760 78.87
5 3 10 NE Mark Burrough Neon 01:10.342 4 13 00:58:692 76.96
6 3 68 LS Premier Bldg Scirocco 01:14.161 3 9 Lap 9 56.50
Race 2
Fastest lap: 01:05.843 by veh# 31 K. Berg at an average speed of 87.48 KM/H Overall average speed: 85.37 KM/H
Margin of victory: 00:36.261 Notes: Chief of T&S: B Sinfield
Printed on 25/02/2017 at 3:36 PM Sanction/Event No.: Results provided by Blind Apex Software
Pos CPos Veh# Class Name Make BestTime BestLa Laps Interval AvgSpeed
1 1 31 LS Ken Berg VW-GTI 01:05.843 3 13 Lap 13 85.37
2 1 19 NE Ken Staples Neon 01:08.022 3 13 00:36:261 81.98
3 2 03 NE Peter Seifert Neon 01:08.561 4 13 01:02:220 79.67
4 2 68 LS Premier Bldg Scirocco 01:11.463 3 12 Lap 12 78.41
5 3 83 LS Kevin Kolassa Igloo 01:11.141 8 12 00:11:011 77.48
6 3 10 NE Mark Burrough Neon 01:12.102 1 12 01:13:946 72.34
Race 3
Fastest lap: 01:05.678 by veh# 31 K. Berg at an average speed of 87.70 KM/H Overall average speed: 82.61 KM/H
Margin of victory: 00:05.696 Notes: Chief of T&S: B Sinfield
Printed on 26/02/2017 at 11:25 AM Sanction/Event No.: Results provided by Blind Apex Software
Pos CPos Veh# Class Name Make BestTime BestLa Laps Interval AvgSpeed
1 1 19 NE Ken Staples Neon 01:07.508 2 13 Lap 13 82.61
2 2 10 NE Mark Burrough Neon 01:07.686 2 13 00:05:696 82.05
3 3 03 NE Peter Seifert Neon 01:07.508 4 13 00:08:415 81.82
4 1 83 LS Kevin Kolassa Igloo 01:10.982 5 13 00:54:455 77.84
5 2 68 LS Premier Bldg Scirocco 01:11.647 3 10 Lap 10 77.39
6 3 31 LS Ken Berg VW-GTI 01:05.678 4 7 Lap 7 82.53
Race 4
Fastest lap: 01:06.390 by veh# 19 K. Staples at an average speed of 86.76 KM/H Overall average speed: 83.27 KM/H
Margin of victory: 01:00.977 Notes: Chief of T&S: B Sinfield
Printed on 26/02/2017 at 1:25 PM Sanction/Event No.: Results provided by Blind Apex Software
Pos CPos Veh# Class Name Make BestTime BestLa Laps Interval AvgSpeed
1 1 19 NE Ken Staples Neon 01:06.390 4 13 Lap 13 83.27
2 1 83 LS Kevin Kolassa Igloo 01:09.437 3 13 01:00:977 77.98
3 2 68 LS Premier Bldg Scirocco 01:12.696 4 12 Lap 12 75.73
DNF DNF 03 NE Peter Seifert Neon 01:07.451 4 5 Lap 5 81.68
DNF DNF 10 NE Mark Burrough Neon 01:11.138 1 2 Lap 2 79.44
Race 5
Fastest lap: 00:06.437 by veh# 83 K. Kolassa at an average speed of 894.83 KM/H Overall average speed: 88.15 KM/H
Margin of victory: 00:03.639 Notes: Chief of T&S: B Sinfield
Printed on 26/02/2017 at 2:51 PM Sanction/Event No.: Results provided by Blind Apex Software
Pos CPos Veh# Class Name Make BestTime BestLa Laps Interval AvgSpeed
1 1 19 NE Ken Staples Neon 00:06.832 1 14 Lap 14 88.15
2 2 03 NE Peter Seifert Neon 00:06.441 1 14 00:03:639 87.80
3 1 68 LS Premier Bldg Scirocco 00:06.763 1 14 00:04:697 87.70
DNF DNF 10 NE Mark Burrough Neon 01:09.318 3 5 Lap 5 78.26
DNF DNF 83 LS Kevin Kolassa Igloo 00:06.437 1 2 Lap 2 25.21
DNF DNF 31 LS Ken Berg VW-GTI 0 –:–.—
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