Photos: Ice racing heats up a cold Sunday
Each racer wants to be seen from the sidelines, and many choose to add unique items to help them stand out while racing, as they did Jan. 25, 2015.
Matthew McLaughlin for MPR News
The Garfield Lake Ice Racers gather every Sunday afternoon through the winter and speed around their ice track until the sun goes down.
Racers soup up junkyard cars with studded tires and steel pipe bumpers — and a stuffed animal or two.
Photojournalist Matthew McLaughlin went along for the wild ride.
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