Clear Lake snowmobile race ends

CLEAR LAKE — Organizers have announced the end of a memorial snowmobile race on Clear Lake.

The organizers of the Jack Helgren Memorial Race recently posted on social media that the event has been discontinued after its 10-year run because members of the original organizational group have decided to retire. The race is named after Jack Helgren, an area businessman, former snowmobile dealer and avid racer who died in 2009. The two-day event featured snowmobile races, a vintage snowmobile show and live music.

The event, historically scheduled in January, was postponed to February this year because of unseasonable temperatures and poor ice conditions. The race was held on the lake ice, and snowmobilers and spectators parked on the ice as well.