Briar Lawrence, who runs the event, said, “We all know how much risk we take when we get on the ice and everyone understands that this sport that we love comes with these kinds of risks.”
A driver who was not involved in the sinking said that the ice was 14–16 inches thick and the race minimum for the event to be held is 10 inches, so he said that the thickness of the ice was not a factor. Although, apparently, it seems that it was.
No one was injured, and the two sunken cars were recovered the next day.