Did i read right that its canceled ??? any body know of that

This page from the HL Chamber syas it's bigger than ever

Tip Up Town

Nope not cancled:

Welcome to
Tip Up Town USA!

Last updated 19:02 Monday, November 28, 2005
At the Site
January 20-22
Antique/Vintage Snowmobile racing (Saturday Jan 21st) - BEVRA/Blue Mountain Oil Michigan Triple Crown Series, Round One sponsored by Hacker's Yamaha. More information at www.bigextreme.com
Kid's medallion hunt
Basket Auction, brought by ABWA (Sunday - Family Fun Tent)

January 27th-29th
Kid's Treasure Hunt
TUT Top Dog Contest (Family Fun Tent)
'Bundle Up for Winter' Fashion Show (Saturday, Stage - 11:00am)

Both Weekends
Family Fun Tent with a non-stop agenda of fun and frolics!
Fun and games with the Queen's Court
Kid's rides. New exciting, fun rides for kids of all ages!
Ice Slide
Stalls and Merchandise
Decorate a Cookie Contest
Pie-eating Contest
Build a Snowman
Money Find
Tug-o-War
Bubble Gum Blowing
Cracker Whistle
Tire Roll
Turkey and Chicken Bowling
Egg Toss
Sack Race
Washer Horseshoes
Chainsaw Wood Carving Demonstration
Warming Tent
Red Neck Horseshoes
Chilli Cook-Off, brought to you by the Houghton Lake Chapter of Rotary International
Poker Run (both Saturdays)
Scavenger Hunt (both Sundays)


On the Lake
January 20th-22nd
Bed Race (Saturday Jan 21st)
BEVRA/Blue Mountain Oil Michigan Triple Crown Series, Round One

January 27th-29th
Polar Bear Dip (Saturday Jan 28th, 1:00pm)

Both Weekends
Fishing Contest
Ice Bowling
Kid's Rides, brought to you by Spicer's
Ice Putt Putt
Softball
Fireworks
Ice Carving Demonstration


Other Locations
January 20th-22nd
Queen's Dance (Friday Jan 20th)
Sports Writers' Tour and Reception (Friday Jan 20th)
Grand Parade (through town, Saturday Jan 21st, 10:00am)
Bed Race (Saturday Jan 21st)
Las Vegas Night, brought to you by the Merchants' Association (Saturday Jan 21st)
Dog Sled Demonstration, brought to you by MUSH (Mid-Union Sled Handlers)

January 27th-29th
Teen Dance (Saturday Jan 28th)
Wertz Warriors (for Special Olympics, Comfort Suites, Sunday Jan 29th)
Country Music Show, featuring Livewire (Houghton Lake High School, Saturday Jan 28th)
Comedy Night (Comfort Suites, Saturday Jan 28th)
Kid's Workshop (for ages 3 to 8, Houghton Lake High School)

Both weekends
Bingo
Kid's games and entertainment (Houghton Lake High School)
Dime Toss, brought to you by the Houghton Lake Kiwanis (Houghton Lake High School)
Make-It/Take-It Crafts (for ages 8 and above, Arnie's)
Beverage Tent with Live Music
Craft Show (Houghton Lake Middle School)
Demo rides by Hacker's Yamaha

bigger than ever??? wtf? that has severely shrunk since 1997 in a serious way, a pal that lives on the lake near houghton heights marina says it's nothing at all like it used to be, i for one wish it would re-gain it's past glory, it was always fun for people involved, sure miss those days,,,,,

cool! but it still does lack the one thing that a lot of us on here like, and that's the sled racing that used to be there(that was a major draw!!)(pooter wasn't too bad either! :div20: :lol2: )

i agree, when i was a kid it used to be a huge event i think maybe the snow conditions have hurt it in the past

i have to agree there, good point willy :div20:

:beerchug: :fluffy: :fluffy: :doh: exactly c-note not much fun lately

last time there was 2000 both wkends, spent the time waiting for a friend to show with out 45 foot trailer helping folks out on lake with sled problems, ran into one of my customers where i worked, he was so wrapped in late 60's/early70's apparel, that i didn't recognize him, he did me though :smilielol: started a great friendship that to this day has gotten better everytime we pound a few :beerchug:

Thats what I wanted to here, I read a post earlier about MI events and it said called off this year so i thought I would start a fresh thread to make surebits still on. I have stayed in the same rental cabin for the past 10 tears. now hes selling the cabins as condos so I have to find a new place. Kinda a bummer. I hope we get good snow this year.. Thanks for the info,looking forward to it now. I really like vintage racing too!

Last year was nothing impressive. Seemed like it was dead.

Phatman Shootout on Otsego Lake has had huge turnouts the last couple years. :div20:

its still going on and there are new people in charge this year, people with a fire lit under there ass, not like the retired people who have been in charge the last ten years!!! it will probally be 5 years before its the same old t.u.t it used to be ,but its a start in the right direction for sure!!!now we must deal with the d.n.r.!! and the road commission!!

DNR,,yes!! :div20: ,,road comm?? what's up with that??

Who wants to waist all there time and money going to TUT when all you do is get harassed by the local police and DNR hiding in the bushes just waiting for you to do something wrong? So i say this to TUT this year. :santa_finger:

Tip up town? You mean people still go to that?

Last time I was at TUT both weekends was in 2001. Used to be a fun time! Raced the Thundercat around all day both weekends. 10 to 30 sleds line up and take off. Race behind the Limberlost till wee hours of the night. I haven't been back since, but from what I hear and read, I haven't missed much.

Anyone going to PERCHVILLE in East Tawas in February?? Not a snowmobiling event, but a huge party and drunkfest!!! Very large beer tent with entertainment. There's other events happening too like polar bear swims, demo derby, softball, heli rides, etc. Wife and I brought some friends from Grand Rapids up there the last 2 years now they are hooked on going up there for the party. Just make sure to have someone able to drive because there are 3 police depts in town. I used to live in Tawas all my life and moved away almost 2 years ago. Still have a cottage up there.

the Phatman is where it's at :div20: :beerchug:

Tip Up Town is an accident waiting to happen. It should be a fishing festival and nothing else. like it was intended to be. Why do people think it's a snowmobile thing? It was a fishing festival long before snowmobiles were invented.

Why can't it be a snowmobiling thing? Anyway, it was the trail guys racing 30 sleds wide out in front of Holiday on the Lake that ruined it (i gotta admit I was one of them a few years back) which also stopped the lake racers form running on the north end, so now the Fat Man shootout is starting to turn into trail sleds running 30 wide out in the middle of the lake. That was a accident waiting to happen least season. All that is going to do is shut down that too or make the DNR not allow us to pull a permit for the shootout. So far the racers have had good luck and relations with the DNR and pulling a permit for the actual Fat Man's race.

I may be missing something, but are you trying to say the fat man is for you lake racers only? I agree it was getting out of hand over on the trail side last year but can you blame them? if you would go get in line to race it would take ya 15-20 mins to even get to the front, then you would get a bunce of grief from some of the guys on how the trail studs were tearing up the track, Randolf puts alot of time and effort into running this thing, and a very good friend of mine plows the track every year and only has a trail sled, so i say if he wants to run on the track he plowed, he or anybody else shouldn't have to hear and shit from the guys that think they own the track because there there with there lake racers. Last i knew its was a end of the year bash for everyone to enjoy, not just a select few

The good old days of tip up town....70 sleds side by side drag racing, race trailers out on the ice, spectators out on the ice for the unsanctioned back lake drags, 110 mph for 3 miles, helicopters, women galore, craziness....

The new days of tip up town, no racing, speed limits, decreased attendance...I don't even go any more because of the no racing and speed limits....They really screwed up a good thing. It used to be something I looked forward to. :cn:

Sorry, that last sentance in my post came off the wrong way.... anybody that attends the Fat Man's is a racer (whether it be race sleds or trail sleds)... ok I'm just being technical now. Anyway, all I'm saying is if it get's out of hand outside the marked off designated area where the permit is ok'd for there is a good chance the DNR would just not issue a permit anymore (at least I think they had a permit), then Nobody would be raceing... just like at Houghton lake now. Anybody can race at the Fat Man's as far as I'm concerned no matter what you have for studs, unless Randolph and his guys say otherwise. I have no say in that. The roped off area is not just for Lake racers, it's for everybody. I know it take awhile to get threw the line but sometimes we have to give up some things to keep what we have... again, I'm just as guilty of doing it. I buzzed the trail sled out there last year and was one of the 30 in the lineup. This post just got me thinking. Like you said, Randolph and the guys do a awsome job of taking their time to set this up. I think as long as the local's don't complain much we'll be ok either way. I think that was the other half of the problem at TUT.

Road Comm warriors have been plowing the road sides down to dirt, making it hard to navigate around town and get to the trails.
Hmm, how about DONT DO ANYTHING WRONG?? Guess that's out of the question. Ive been going both weekends since the mid 90s... and NEVER had a problem with the DNR. Remember, they can only bust you when YOU screw up.
Why does that sound familiar? Any ideas? Speedy? Team? Baggd?? BTW, Holiday is now Comfort Suites...

OKAY I'm the one who said Tip Up Town was cancelled.


I should have been a little more clear. I was talking about the RACE that was moved from there to Cadillac not the actual TUT event.


Hell this is probably all over the net by now!!!!!! OOPPS

Michael M

Remember all union people should not spend any money in the houghton lake area. The people that live up there think we are all payed to mutch and dont do shit at work. So remember to not spend any of your over payed uninon wages there.

Duane

I should by a doughnut franchise in the HL area and make a million. :smilielol: :smilielol: :smilielol:

me racing in front of the hotel 30 wide....ha me..no way...lol.

Oh... well, how about you..with 29 guys behind you? :beerchug:

When TUT is going on, I like to be as far away from Houghton Lake as possibly. WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY to many drunk and stoned Assholes riding around there during TUT.

could not have said it better myself!!!

Best time to go to houghton lake is super bowl weekend except last year it was a melt down.

Ya, seemed like every weekend there were those red flares placed out on the ice at the scene of an accident at nightime. Gets a little scary with the drunks climbing aboard their sleds after bartime doing 100+. Or, someone hitting one of those tall pressure cracks that's like a concrete wall.

It was still a fun time racing the sleds 10, 20, 30+ wide all day long!! Good times!!

Yea, those pressure cracks are fkn nuts!! I go every year, but dont ride the lake at night. Usually drive truck to TUT site for kids, then ride the off-trails by the cottage, away from the mania.

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Recognize any of these sleds?? BTW, does sticking your ass way up in the air help?? Doesnt seem to, as leader is sitting...

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:smilielol: I LMAO everytime I see people doing that!

What year was that second pics taken? I had a red Edge X with a read windshield and red/black jacket just like the one in the pic toward the front back in the winter of '01-'02

Some years the pressure cracks were almost non-existant, and some years they were lined all over the place! And, whan was it, 3 years ago when 2 or 3 people died plunging through the open water near the north shore in Jan?

I can just hear the tune of 30 sleds winding out at 100mph+ right now! Music to my ears!!

Last year, '05.
I believe that was '04, and they were locals!! Shoulda known better...

Oh never mind then, I was no where near HL during TUT last year (and don't have that sled anymore). I was racing at Park Lake those weekends I think.