Do you love to play in the ice and snow when you finally get winter weather? We aren’t talking that white-knuckle drive into town for supplies after Ma Nature proceeds to leave a great big frosty pile of wintery hell upon your location, but when the snow is deep enough that you stand a chance of not having to go into work, when your kids can go sledding down a hill, and when you can make that Calvin and Hobbes snowman you always wanted to make, doesn’t the thought of hitting an icy parking lot to play around in appeal to you, at least a little bit? What about you northerners and Canadians who get to experience the fun of a solidly frozen lake?

The Merrill Ice Drags combine the need for speed, the appreciation for wintry weather, and a special kind of insanity into a race that most people wouldn’t know where to start with. Tires that bear more than a strong resemblance to a porcupine are the normal here, and every hit of the throttle throws up roostertails of minced ice. That by itself is genius, but then you have the asylum patients like this guy, wedged into a dragster packing an even thousand horsepower, lining up on the frozen surface to give it a shot. Get the margarita mix ready and hold the blender just behind the rear tires when this thing launches!