What is the safest and most inexpensive form of road racing available today.....racing your car on an ice covered lake of course. That's what is going to happen on Lake Colby on Saturday and Sunday March 8th and 9th.
This being Saranac Lake, NY, it automatically means not everyone supports the ice race.
On Monday, the village board tentatively but unanimously approved a request from the Adirondack Motor Enthusiasts Club to hold a race on the frozen lake. Members of the Lake Colby Association, including Adirondack Medical Center, opposed the event, citing environmental and noise concerns. The association asked the board to postpone the event, pending review by the state Department of Environmental Conservation.Lake Colby is directly across from the Adirondack Medical Center, (probably good for the racers) and has several homeowners that own shoreline and do not support the race. The DEC has a boat launch and the Village has the beach on Lake Colby also. An article in the Adirondack Daily Enterprise a day or so ago stated that the ice races have been moving North because of the thin ice further south (global warming?).
At least two board members changed their minds about granting permission for the race, with trustees Susan Waters and Christina Fontana supporting a motion to postpone the event.
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