Ok so at least I now know that we're not the ONLY ones who are dumb enough to take our race machines out in the snow (think BHF in April '03)...
http://www.champcarworldseries.com/News/Article.asp?ID=8745
Looks like a local champ car team did some testing at Autobahn last Thursday...
Sure, they might be 100x the price, but hey, they've still got 4 wheels and shelter some of the wind...