AUTO RACING: Ideal weather creates exciting day of ice racing

LAPORTE -- With the best weather conditions of the racing season so far, 28 cars, drivers and crew members came to Garfield Lake in Laporte for ice racing on Sunday.  A total of 16 B class drivers and 12 A class drivers were on hand for the races.

The fans in attendance witnessed excellent racing with many side-by-side finishes. The racing is free to watch on the east side of the track viewing area.

In the A class, set one heat races went to Ryan Julin and Ryan Huston with John Farrington winning the feature. Set two heat races were won by Farrington and Huston with Julin winning the feature race.

The B class set one heat winners were Sam Delaney and Cody Hoffman. The B class set one feature winner was Charlie Doughty. Set two winners in the B class were Josh Bitker and Nic Lewis. Delaney picked up the checkered flag in the feature of the second set in the B class.

The racers will return to Garfield Lake for another day of racing this Sunday at noon.

Sunday’s Results

A Class Set 1 Feature (Top 10): John Farrington, Ryan Julin, John Sharpnack, Ryan Huston, Kalin Honer, Reid Watson, Bonnie Farrington, Bob Pawlitschek, Bryan Karl, Joel Harvey.

Heat 1: Ryan Julin, John Farrington, Kalin Honer, Reid Watson, Joel Harvey.

Heat 2: Ryan Huston, John Sharpnack, Fritz Meyers, Bonnie Farrington, Bob Pawlitschek.

A Class Set 2 Feature (Top 10): Ryan Julin, Ryan Huston, John Farrington, Reid Watson, Kalin Honer, Bonnie Farrington, Joel Harvey, John Sharpnack, Bryan Karl, Bob Pawlitschek.

Heat 1: John Farrington, Ryan Julin, Kalin Honer, Reid Watson, Joel Harvey.

Heat 2: Ryan Huston, John Sharpnack, Bryan Karl, Bonnie Farrington, Bob Pawlitschek.

B Class Set 1 Feature (Top 10): Charlie Doughty, Cody Hoffman, Sam Delaney, Nathan Doughty, Josh Bitker, Zack Tolman, Tony Rohloff, Dan Riggs, Matt Harvey, Rob Martinson.

Heat 1: Sam Delaney, Charlie Doughty, Josh Bitker, Zach Tolman, Tony Rohloff.

Heat 2: Cody Hoffman, Nathan Doughty, Matt Harvey, Dennis Clark, Nic Lewis.

B Class Set 2 Feature (Top 10): Sam Delaney, Nic Lewis, Cody Hoffman, Josh Bitker, Charlie Doughty, Dan Riggs, Nathan Doughty, Abe Forseman, Zach Tolman, Miranda Richards.

Heat 1: Josh Bitker, Sam Delaney, Charlie Doughty, Tony Rohloff, Zach Tolman.

Heat 2: Nic Lewis, Matt Harvey, Cody Hoffman, Dan Riggs, Nathan Doughty.

1/11: Class A driver Bob Pawlitschek debuted a new ice racer on Sunday that was all decked out with a flying duck on top. (Dennis Peterson | Special to the Pioneer)

2/11: Class B driver Tony Rohloff got a little to close to the edge and the snow pulled him in on the front straight. (Dennis Peterson | Special to the Pioneer)

3/11: Class B driver Nathan Doughty charges into the front straight on Garfield Lake. (Dennis Peterson | Special to the Pioneer)

4/11: B Class first set feature winner making his first race of the year was Charlie Doughty. (Dennis Peterson | Special to the Pioneer)

5/11: A class first set feature winner was John Farrington. (Dennis Peterson | Special to the Pioneer)

6/11: B Class second set feature winner Sam Delaney gives the thumbs up after taking the checkered flag. (Dennis Peterson | Special to the Pioneer)

7/11: A Class second set feature winner and current points leader is Ryan Julin. (Dennis Peterson | Special to the Pioneer)

8/11: B class heat winner Cody Hoffman

9/11: B class heat winner Josh Bitker

10/11: B class heat winner Nic Lewis

11/11: A class heat winner Ryan Huston