anonomoose
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http://www.irondograce.org/about/iron-dog-history/
2,000 mile snowmobile race in Alaska...good read.
2,000 mile snowmobile race in Alaska...good read.
Iron Dog....for REAL snowmobilers!!!
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bearrassler
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I thought thst I saw somewhere that his first win was on a Polaris?
not you but who cares about if you care well not me. but this yr pailan/Quam racing for team cat was 1st for the whole race then had a ski prob in the last 100m leg fixed the ski and came in 2nd to the poo team of Olds/ Huntington.I saw the end of that race yrs ago good time but the big AK sled party is arctic man I want to go to that again some day around mid Feb.
windingtrailgal
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Can you imagine being 100m from the end of a 2000 mile race and having a ski blow out? And still finish 2nd? That's a Dale Earnhardt Daytona 500 thing to happen?!?!
And I assume you mean 100 miles not meters because I'd imagine they'd be DRAgging that sled across the finish line! Unreal.
What kind of cats they riding, ezra?
(insert smart alleck smiley icon here) Do they ride with backpacks?!
And I assume you mean 100 miles not meters because I'd imagine they'd be DRAgging that sled across the finish line! Unreal.
What kind of cats they riding, ezra?
(insert smart alleck smiley icon here) Do they ride with backpacks?!
favoritos
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It was a pretty good race. Some of the play by play stuff was fascinating. People were off course and getting stuck in snow covered bushes. Layovers ended up being a game ending part of the race with too much snow in the morning for some teams to continue. The winning team had stopped to help one of the other teams get a sled out of water. They were passed by three other teams while helping the stricken team. The team that went through the ice still finished in fourth place.
The race is long and tough with brutal conditions. This year, they had good snow.
The race is long and tough with brutal conditions. This year, they had good snow.
f6 team cat rush 600 for poo mxzx rs600 doo no 3/4 ton sleds what is amazing is that a 46yr old guy {palin}is still competitive his team mate is 40.the guys who won are 25 and 39. so you can still be a professional trail racer after 40
www.irondograce.org/photo-gallery/ BTW one pick shows team #23 dumping in what looks like a gal of Waite for it Waite for it sea and snow baby
www.irondograce.org/photo-gallery/ BTW one pick shows team #23 dumping in what looks like a gal of Waite for it Waite for it sea and snow baby
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booondocker
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Man, that would be a great event to follow with copters....video it, and beam it back thru a link on John's site....who wants to sell the popcorn??
Wonder why this event is not being pushed around by the sled makers? With sticks in the snow, wet rides in the rivers, and lost snowmobilers...it is far more like real sledding than a drag race.
Who wants to go next year?
Wonder why this event is not being pushed around by the sled makers? With sticks in the snow, wet rides in the rivers, and lost snowmobilers...it is far more like real sledding than a drag race.
Who wants to go next year?
windingtrailgal
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favoritos - how did you follow the race?
ezra - thanks for the flickr link - VERY cool photos!
boondocker - I'll sell hot toddies (get it? Todd Palin?? Sorry!Sorry...bad bad joke!) but fer sure is more like REAL snowmobiling!
ubee - why aren't you out riding with roc?? You got snow by you, right?
ezra - thanks for the flickr link - VERY cool photos!
boondocker - I'll sell hot toddies (get it? Todd Palin?? Sorry!Sorry...bad bad joke!) but fer sure is more like REAL snowmobiling!
ubee - why aren't you out riding with roc?? You got snow by you, right?
favoritos
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I found a thread that was basically narrated by a person very close to the race. He knew many of the riders and did a great job of predicting the difficult portions of the race.
Here is a link to one description of one difficult section.
http://www.nanuq.net/DonBowers/pagerai.htm
The riders were wearing GPS trackers so everyone could log on a actually see their postions along the course. It would also give their speed etc. There were sections this year that had so much fresh snow that riders let other teams lead just to conserve fuel. It was interesting to find out what was really happening.
This is one quote by a snowmobiler that goes by the handle AKIQPILOT.
"Wow, what a race. Looks like 6 different teams are taking turns breaking trail. They are all within about 1/4 mile of the leaders.
Sottosanti is back up near the front again. You just can't hold those Shifts back. "
This is another.
"It's going to get very interesting this next 24 hours. Every team still has about 18 hours of layover to take before they reach Nome. They can't take a layover less than 6 hours.
There is a huge storm about 200 miles ahead of them on the coast. It's only 3pm here and there is about 3.5 more hours of sunlight.
Some teams may push to the coast during the daylight and wait out the storm.
This is when it gets crazy."
One group of leaders was taken out with this incident. Careful with the volume, there is some offensive language.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTjPwPErKng&feature=related
You can also see the support planes in the video and the conditions they fought as well.
windingtrailgal
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favoritos - cool! Will check those links out.
yeah he is a doo boy and is just bitter that in 27yrs doo has only come in 1st 1 time in 04. yamaha has won 3 times and they have no race support to speek of kinda sad
The Tired Iron race is held the day before and day of the finish - using the same finish line. Google that up. I have a friend that has been in the last 4 years finishing 1 or 2 in his class at 73 year old. He told me he sat on the seat of the winnng poo and Palin's machines after the race.
Cool Stuff
Cool Stuff
anonomoose
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I would think that if a sled held up to that race, it would definitely say something about the unit.
Wondering why they all use 600 motors?? You would think that the bigger "dogs" would be the favorites in this?????
Wondering why they all use 600 motors?? You would think that the bigger "dogs" would be the favorites in this?????
yep ezra that's it.... your one smart guy... i'm real bitter over some dumb race in alaska i've never heard about nor do i care if bill clinton won!!
windingtrailgal
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Timo, then why the attitude? Why post at all? Your first post was "who cares?" Well, I know that if I don't care about a post in here I just stay out of it...
Not trying to be a b'ch...but I guess I just don't get it. It was a cool post with cool info that I knew nothing about. Then it turns into a silly smack down on sleds. Ezra was just making a point. If ya don't care, move on to the next thread, please.
just sayin
Not trying to be a b'ch...but I guess I just don't get it. It was a cool post with cool info that I knew nothing about. Then it turns into a silly smack down on sleds. Ezra was just making a point. If ya don't care, move on to the next thread, please.
just sayin