Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press
Published
4:39 pm UTC Jan. 4, 2021
Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press
Published
4:39 pm UTC Jan. 4, 2021
Karl Schwartz wishes he was simply chasing glory on the snowmobile racing track. Instead, in recent years, he has been forced to chase increasingly elusive cold weather.
Schwartz, of Freeland, is president of the Midwest International Racing Association, a snowmobile racing circuit operating primarily in Michigan for more than 40 years. Their weekend races draw about 100 teams, hundreds of racers and crew members, and thousands more fans, usually as part of a local community s winter festival.
But each year, as Michigan s climate changes, it s getting harder to do.
Caro Winter Fest canceled for third year in a row
Updated Dec 31, 2020;
Posted Dec 31, 2020
Racers line up for hot laps during a MIRA snowmobile racing event at the Caro Winter Fest held at the Tuscola County Fairgrounds, 188 Park Dr. in Caro on Jan. 20, 2018. This was the last year the event was held before three subsequent cancellations.
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CARO, MI - A wintertime tradition in Caro is canceled for the third year in a row.
The weather-dependent Caro Winter Fest (CWF) had been cancelled in 2019 and 2020 due to warm weather. The 2021 event was set to be held on Feb. 13 and 14 but saw its demise primarily due to a different force of nature - the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.