What is an Ice Race (or Ice Racing)?
Just like rallycross and autocross, Ice Racing is done one car at a time through a course of cones, only on a frozen lake. Because of the almost zero friction environment, drivers can learn to control their vehicle in adverse conditions with consistency. Learning this, can transfer to better emergency control on the road. Q: What is a ProRally, TSD Rally, etc. A: There are a couple different types of events that fall under the term “Rally”. The first type is a ProRally – You may have seen one on Speedvision. It’s a high speed timed event, where competitors battle to be the fastest car through the “stage”. These cars are specifically setup to run in ProRally, with roll cages, 5 point harnesses, timing computers, etc. Most ProRally competitors don’t use there “daily driver” to compete. The second type is a TSD Rally. TSD (Time Speed Distance) Rallies are slower moving events where the object is not to get there first, but to be on time – every time. There are a series of unknown “checkpo