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Milton, New Hampshire (3/22/2010) - Ice racing is traditional street racing, iced — complete with all the spins, slides, unpredictability and bone-chilling cold that come with racing cars on a frozen surface.
“It’s an addiction. It’s a wicked adrenaline rush to be able to go 70 miles an hour down a straightaway and make the turn on ice.” said Belanger an ice racer.
Ice racing clubs, most of them in the Northeast and Upper Midwest, chain up their tires and take to frozen ponds and lakes each winter.
Belanger is the president of the New England Ice Racing Association. The club started almost 40 years ago when a group of street racers decided to take their cars to the ice, said John Mattress, 60, one of the founders, who races as the Outlaw.
The club has a rule: no racing if there is less than a foot of ice. A small auger is used to ensure it is thick and strong enough to handle the dozens of cars whose drivers will pay $10 for a few hours of racing.
Questions:
1) Where did this story take place?
2) When did this story take place?
3) What is ice racing?
4) How fast can the cars go on the ice?
5) How long ago did the New England Ice Racing Association start?
6) How deep does the ice have to be to race?
7) How much do you have to pay to race?
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