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Danbury, CT, are you ready to kick off the XIIR 2022 Tour!? January 8th will be the second night of a two night racing experience you won’t want to miss. Join us at The Danbury Arena for the fastest sport on ice! Like, follow, and share for more updates of our 2022 season. XiiR (Xtreme International Ice Racing) is a motorcycle racing tour...ON ICE! Man and machine going from 0-60mph in under 3 seconds riding Speedway bikes and quads that are modified to compete on an indoor ice arena. There are over 2000 metal studs added to the tires and there are NO BRAKES! What does that mean...? PURE ADRENALINE! It is THE fastest sport on ice and one of the fastest sports in the world. The rush of so much power and speed on something as unpredictable as ice, has whipped audiences into a frenzy and gained new fans across the country. Each year's series continues to get better... drawing bigger crowds, more sponsors and riders from all over the globe.
Don't be fooled by the appearance of the speedway bike. It's more than just a mountain bike with an engine. It's engine is equivalent to a 1200cc crotch rocket engine in a mountain bike frame, 4-stroke, 4-valve engine that runs on nitro methanol. This allows the engine to run at a higher compression, producing more horsepower. The average car has a maximum 5,000 RPM's where as an ice speedway bike has a maximum 14,000 RPM's. It has 1600 razor-sharp steel studs on its tires added for traction and if that's not enough - there aren't any brakes.
Four laps on a speedway bike compares to 10 minutes on a motocross bike. The power (90 horsepower at the back wheel) to weight ratio (the bikes weigh only 180 pounds) is something that cannot be explained.
Each rider gears his bike differently with 60 to 80 toothed sprockets, which are nearly the size of the wheel itself. Just wait until you see these machines in action!
Ice Racing consists of heats where riders earn points to qualify for the Main Event. Qualifying heats consists of 4 riders racing handlebar-to-handlebar for 4 laps. There will be a total of twenty to twenty-five heat races in each stop on the tour. The amount of races will vary from city to city depending on how many local riders qualify for a starting position.
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1 Independence Way, Danbury, CT 06810-2620, United States
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