Pics just came out, courtesy of A-S Speedway.
I’d like to thank the Albany Saratoga crew for putting on a great event for us all yesterday. Track prep was great and I was impressed with how closely the tech guys checked everyone’s tires for rules compliance. Last year’s FWD winner John Rayome was one of them. Thanks for helping out John!
Congrats to Danny Ody, [who was runner up last year in this race], but brought home the gold yesterday in the RWD division!
Action during the FWD race. When ice racing on unstudded tires, it is said that “slower is faster”. The snow banks were pretty big and very soft. Those who carried a bit too much speed into a corner ended up in the banks.
Dan’s '69 Caddy is sporting a 502 cubic inch engine under the hood. Danny didn’t open those huge secondaries in his Rochester Quadrajet all day. He knows all about the “slower is faster” deal. 
The same cannot be said for Derrick McGrew and his similar '69 Caddy seen in the snow bank. I am told he ended up there in just the second lap! 
The entire day was awesome. From the close racing, to the warm [for January] windless weather, to the great track prep. However I can’t understand why the car count was down? Only 26 cars in FWD and 10 in RWD? I think 66 cars started in FWD alone last year at this race and it was a much colder day at last year’s event!
Can anyone offer an opinion as to why this was? I’m completely baffled.