It went pretty well considering. I had troubles with the tires, over the course of three runs two tires went flat. I borrowed some others from my friend Tim, and we all got to finish out the day.
There were only two cars entered in the 'unlimited stud' class, which was my friend Tim's rally-prepped Sentra, and the Opel Ascona my friend Gregg owns. Tim won the class, I placed second, then the owner Gregg third, and Travis in fourth place. However, overall, we were the fastest true 'street' car, and al of us beat all the unstudded cars, and also the 'street studded' cars...2wd and 4wd included. My times would have been mid-pack for the 'Menard' class, which uses a spec racing studded tire on purpose-built ice racing cars.
Overall, the course was pretty fast. It was 1.2 miles long, and I ran the entire course in 3rd gear. At two places on the course the car was at about 6300 rpms in 3rd gear. My best time was a 1:20xxx (can't recall exact times) from a standing start. Ironically, I feel the car was horsepower limited rather than handling limited. There was plenty of traction. Another 50 hp would have been nice, as I could have gone faster in many places had the car been capable of it.
