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BLOOMINGTON — In motorsports it’s not unusual to hear competitors lament of the perils of a slick track, occasionally comparing the racing surface to “a sheet of ice.â€
To Bloomington motorcycle racers Darren Carter and Shea Knuth, as well their fellow racers in the World Championship Ice Racing Series, the track literally will be a sheet of ice as they’ll be using the U.S. Cellular Coliseum ice to test their mettle in the World Championship Ice Racing Series at  … Details
The dust – both figurative and lung cloggingly real – have now settled on the 2011 Dakar Rally.
407 teams of bikers and drivers set off from Buenos Aires and almost exactly half – 204 – of them returned to the Argentine capital last weekend after 9,000km and 13 stages of racing on some of the most challenging terrain the planet can offer. Along the way the event had thrown up just as many shocks and stories as ever, with racing for position continuing all the way to Buenos Aires. After The Checkered Flag covered the event with stage reports, now is the time to look back on the 2011 Dakar Rally.
Everything about the Rally says  … More
This is the first ice race of the 2011 season, these races will be held every Sunday as long as the ice holds up.There are many divisions and anyone with a motorcycle or a quad can race with us