My dear departed wife used to race her MGA twin cam in these races on frozen PA lakes back in the late 1950s. There was a lake with an island on it they called “Saab Island” because so many Saabs spun out and landed on the Island ...
http://www.itnsource.com/shotlist/RTV/1959/12/28/BGY503210010/
It took me a while to find this link :o)
Sounds like they required your attention.
When I met my then future brother-in-law in 1960, he took me for a ride in his MG. He was immediately all right with me. Still is.