World Championship Merrill Ice Drags Week 1

A black Buick is ready to race on the opening day of the 2022 Merrill Ice Drags. Joseph Frederick photo.

The 57th Annual running of The World Championship Merrill Ice Drags completed Week 1 on Saturday Jan. 29, 2022. Record race entries and good weather made the day a great success. There is a new track layout due to an attempt to share the area with other winter enthusiasts. It has created a few new challenges but all-in-all, the event pushes on!

Where else can you find another racetrack where you can watch a Tesla,a Mercedes, and a Yugo with a V8 all race on a drag strip made of ice!

Snow needed to be moved and race lanes created, and members of the Merrill Ice Draggers were hard at work in advance of the opening weekend Merrill Championship 2022 Ice Drags race. Joseph Frederick photo.

Week 1 Winners are:
2WD     #1 Linda Krebsbach #2- Eugene Finck
4X4     #1 Scott Ullman #2- Dustin Oslage
11.0 Sec.     #1 Scott Ostrowski E.t 11.93 #2 Travis Arndt E.t 11.85
10.0 Sec.     #1 Erin Dombeck E.t 10.13 #2 Bridie Maas E.t – n/a
9.0 Sec.     #1 Duston Koenig E.t 9.1571 #2 Colton Betro E.t 8.92
8.5 Sec.     #1 Joe Peek Jr. E.t 8.65 #2 Zach Degner E.t 8.63
Easy Street II     #1 Kevin Pophal E.t 8.91 MPH 79.58 #2 Ryan Dewar E.t 10.40 MPH 75.43
8.0 Sec.     #1 Jacob Bloechl E.t 8.51 #2 Zach Runge E.t 10.48
Ultimate Street     #1 Dusty Nielsen E.t 7.78 MPH 93.93 #2 Austinn Willis E.t7.75 MPH 108.76
7.0 Sec.     #1 Stephen Pophal E.t 7.54 #2 Mike Bohman E.t 8.18
Modified     #1 Ryan Blake E.t 6.96 MPH 108.35 #2 Dusty Nielsen E.t 14.72 MPH n/a
Altered     #1 Ryan Blake E.t 6.99 MPH 107.00 #2 Ryan Podeweltz E.t7.27 MPH 110.65
Open Door     #1 Ryan Blake E.t 6.92 MPH 116.94 #2 Perry Redeker E.t 7.52 MPH 74.72
Outlaw     #1 Keith Krueger E.t 5.95 MPH 131.83 #2 Perry Redeker E.t 6.51 MPH 128.87

Members of the Merrill Ice Draggers were out getting the track ready for the annual Ice Drag races nearly two weeks before the first race. Joseph Frederick photo.

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