Boonville Snow Festival II

Boonville-Oneida County Fairgrounds, Boonville, New York

January 25-27, 2008

The Boonville Snow Festival II hosted "Adirondack Cup" Ice Oval Snowmobile Racing by the Northern New York Vintage Snow Sled Racers (NNYVSR) and the Eastern Pro Tour Circuit on January 25-27, 2008. 

Click here for the Boonville Snow Festival II 2008 Race Results

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Friday,  January 25, 2008 
7:00 am - Gates open. Exhibitors admitted for set-up
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm - Hot Laps
6:00 pm - Parade line-up at the Boonville Town Barn
7:00 pm - Parade leaves town barn, crosses Route 12 to park, crosses covered bridge, up Schuyler Street onto Main Street, continuing up Schuyler Street, left onto Summit Street and enter track at Ziegler Gate. Exit track at turn 1-2. 
8:00 pm (approx.) -  Opening ceremony and FIREWORKS by Majestic Fireworks of Clinton. Open to the public. Saranac Nite at the Hulbert House

Saturday, January 26, 2008 - Northern New York Vintage Snow Sled Racing
6:00 am - Gates open
8:00 am - Hot laps
9:00 am - Vintage racing starts
3:00 pm - Adirondack Cup Race
4:00 pm - Gates close

David Allyn will be performing live in the Kiwanis Building on Saturday afternoon.

Sunday, January 27, 2008 - Eastern Pro Tour Racing
8:00 am - Gates open
8:00 am - 9:00 am - Registration
9:30 am - Drivers Meeting
10:00 am - Hot laps
11:00 am - Racing starts
3:45 pm - Driver introductions for Pro Champ Adirondack Cup - races to follow
4:00 pm - Gates close


Trail Stock Rules, Eastern Pro Tour 2008

Boonville Snow Festival II 2007 Race Results




LODGING   

WE WELCOME AND THANK OUR SNOW FESTIVAL II SPONSORS

The Boonville Snow Festival II greatly appreciates our 2008 sponsors. Please patronize them!

ICE UNDERWAY FOR ADIRONDACK CUP RACING

Perfect weather arrived January 2 and 3 for making ice on the track on the Boonville Fairgrounds in preparation for the 2008 Snow Festival II. Track workers have been busy night and day, during freezing temperatures, spraying water on the track in hopes to build at least 12 to 18 inches of ice before the scheduled ice oval racing on January 25, 26 and 27. The Snow Festival II Committee, in conjunction with the Kiwanis, hopes to once again host Family Skating on the track the weekend before the races, but that date is tentative and depends on whether the track has a sufficient amount of ice to feature snowmobile races. The track workers may need that weekend to continue building and smoothing the ice. (Photo by Betty Haig)

REESE SELECTED 2008 GRAND MARSHALL OF SNOWMOBILE TORCHLIGHT PARADE

The Boonville Snow Festival II Committee has selected Clifford Shine Reese, Port Leyden, as the 2008 Grand Marshal of the Snowmobile Torchlight Parade, which will  kick off the 2nd annual Snow Festival II races scheduled January 25-27.

Reese is 86 years old. He started racing young, and in 1937 he won the first Port Leyden soap box race. This race was a big thing. The roads were closed, as were town businesses. Shine won the race, and received the winners prize of a new pair of sneakers and $2. 

Reese joined the Army in 1942, serving for three and a half years. In 1961, Shine and his sons worked on building Cold Brook campground on the Moose River Road in Port Leyden, which is still in operation today.  

In 1965 Shine bought his first snowmobile, a Ski-Doo single cylinder, and in 1966 started racing his sled called Old Yeller. He raced in Old Forge (Grand Prix), Copenhagen (Tri County Championship), Camden, Osceola (Tug Hill Classic), Newport, and Boonville. 

He won many races and tons of trophies, including one he won for being the oldest driver, as he was in his mid-40s. In 1970, Shine bought his first free-air sled, another Ski-Doo. 

Shine and his oldest son, Kenny Reese, raced until the mid-1970s. They raced cross-country, oval, drag races, and the Tug Hill Obstacle. 

Shine and Bill Robins rebuilt all the motors, and did all the modifications to the sleds and engines. Although he never walked away as the champion of the Boonville races, he did take several second and third-place finishes. 

Shine is a pioneer in the area of snowmobile racing and one of the original Warriors of Winter.

The Torchlight Parade will get underway at 7 p.m. Friday, January 25, in the Village of Boonville and will commence at the Boonville Fairgrounds. Opening ceremonies and a blessing of the track will take place in front of the Fair grandstand, followed by a beautiful fireworks display by Majestic Fireworks of Clinton. 

SNOW FESTIVAL SIGN

The Boonville Snow Festival II recently erected a billboard, painted and designed by artist Sharon Belyea of Boonville. The sign is displayed south of Boonville on Route 12 advertising the 2008 Adirondack Cup Snowmobile Races on January 25, 26 and 27, 2008.

SNOW FESTIVAL TROPHIES

Boonville Snow Festival II Committee Members

 Please check back for additional information soon!