Mike Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Please be aware that our race club is fully committed to providing both safe and respectful racing events that follow the provincial health guidelines and are aligned with the current restrictions as noted by the province of Manitoba. The current public health orders and restrictions can be viewed at the following link: https://www.gov.mb.ca/covid19/restartmb/prs/index.html#provinciallevel Effective Jan 22nd it was announced that current restrictions for recreational outdoor activities remain prohibited for at least the next 3 weeks. Unfortunately this prevents us from holding any kind of organized ice racing event at this time however we remain hopeful that come Feb 12th these restrictions will soften and we will be able to race. For our most current race schedule please reference the "2021 Ice Racing Schedule" post within this same forum and feel free to email ice@wscc.mb.ca if you have any questions. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevski45 Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Thanks for at least trying to swing a season together has to be frustrating. Hopefully the ice and weather will hold up to give a few weekends of fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 6, 2021 Author Share Posted February 6, 2021 The news is sounding good! Its important to note that this is not official yet however the "proposed" changes listed on the Province of Manitoba webpage notes a key change that sure sounds like racing to me. • allowing organized outdoor sports to resume for games or practices (no multi-team tournaments); https://news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.html?item=50577&posted=2021-02-04&fbclid=IwAR1DzCDIkbEef1hGWY0LQy6pTHa6Je-tZgfjDuBMaw0NwaGH93CGiqCoxAk Stay tuned for confirmation..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 10, 2021 Author Share Posted February 10, 2021 So the official changes to the restrictions were announced today...however unfortunately the language utilized is very ambiguous regarding hosting an ice racing event or outdoor sporting event. We are seeking confirmation and are optimistically still making plans for our potential season opener special event at the Gimli Motorsport Park on Feb 20/21. https://news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.html?item=50678&posted=2021-02-09 Please stay tuned for confirmation in the next couple days!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 12, 2021 Author Share Posted February 12, 2021 It is with heavy heart that I unfortunately am announcing the cancellation of our 2021 Ice Race season. We were optimistically awaiting the formal wording of the new Feb 12 health guideline restrictions and unfortunately they appear more restrictive than earlier anticipated with regards to holding a gathering such as one of our ice race events. Despite the fact that the racers are all individually isolated within a car, and we could prohibit spectators, it takes many more people and volunteers to host a racing event and with a maximum organized gathering of 5 people there is no way we can adhere to the current restrictions. The recent provincial health guidelines can be found here: https://manitoba.ca/asset_library/en/proactive/2020_2021/orders-soe-02112021.pdf Despite the cancellation I would like to thank several other people that helped try and make this years season happen - Steve and Mat (for their logistical support), CLD Excavating (for their sponsorship support), Greg (tire building support) and many others who prepared their cars and helped spread the word for this years potentially awesome season. Much thanks! Stay healthy and we will hopefully see everyone on the ice in 2022! 1 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donrolandofurioso Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 This is not great news, although deep down inside most of us had probabaly prepared ourselves for such an outcome. I was looking forward to run GMP on winter tires! Thank you Mike, for trying your best to salvage the season, and thank you to everybody else who put all the effort in! Let's just hope that our life can get back to normal soon.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Eh. Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 On the upside, we have even more celebrities in our group. https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/mobile/video?clipId=2144821 Lead story no less. Nice job guys. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne_S Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Nice publicity for the club. There is a full story for PC based browsers at https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/ice-racing-season-cancelled-breaking-decades-long-manitoba-tradition-1.5318323 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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