There were a lot of flat tires- I think I saw three... I never run a low pressure just because of that- I had 35psi on the Arctic Alpins.
I know I hit a lot of cones on my first two runs (and another on my 3rd run), so I am pretty far back from first. I started getting faster as I figured out how to drive (left foot braking made a big difference)- that's the first time I actually had fun on the surface out there (I think part of it was the wonderful lack of those damn 5mph slaloms...). I wasn't expecting my times to improve as mich as they did, otherwise I would have shifted!
I can't wait for more ice events- I had a lot of fun in the last series. I will probably be on the same tires unless santa gives me a bunch of money (or a set of 195/65/15 blizaks).