North Pole Championship day 2 results
With a blanket of new snow covering the trail on day 2, the times for each class were slower than day 1. class leaders remained the same, with some jockeying for places lower than first. Greg Jurek maintained his 1st place lead with Jim Herriges and Susan Seitz switching places…
Anchorage Fur Rondy Day 3 Coverage
Another bright and sunny day here in Anchorage.Please be patient while the video files load.
North Pole Championship day 1 results
Under warm, clear conditions mushers raced around the flat and fast Chena Lakes trails. As usual, mushers encountered snow machines and ice fisherman, and young children on the trail. But one one out-of-state musher, Gary Frank,got more than he bargained for – Frank got initiated to Alaskan mushing with a…
2008 Fur Rondy Day 2 reporting
Another great day for dog racing in Anchorage!I ducked back into the hotel room to upload some of these interviews while the mushers are out on the trail. Have to get back to check out the finish, surely it will be an exciting one. Stay tuned for more race footage…
ADMA North Pole Championship start order
With the Pineapple Express brining warm weather from hawaii to the interior, teams face a 60+ degree change from the previous weeks sub-forty below temps. While the warm temperatures are a welcome change, they also pose a challenge – mushers will be running on soft trails with warm dogs. The…
2008 Fur Rondy World Championships
Great, exciting first day here at the Rondy. Although it was a bit warm for the dogs racing, it was quite cozy for spectating. Evidence of the heat and fast trails was the first 4 fastest teams each had to load a dog.Stay tuned to mushing.com for video interviews and…
Ready to Rondy!!!
The Starting order for the 2008 Anchorage World Championship Fur Rendezvous is as follows:1. Mary Wood2. Mike Cox3. Jaques Phillip4. Gary Markley5. Ed Wood6. Egil Ellis7. John Erhart8. Blaine Streeper9. Ross Saunderson10. Nils Hahn11. Bill Kornmuller12. Heather Hardy13. Don Cousins14. Jason Dunlap15. Courtney Moore16. Ricky Taylor17. Harry Alexxi18. Israel Silas19….
Yukon Quest: Race for Third Place is Hot!
The race is on again as Dave Dalton and Michelle Phillips head out of the last checkpoint and towards the Finish Line. It will be a race for third place. But if is anything like the race for first, there won’t be any jockeying along this leg of trail; First…
Mackey Wins Quest by a Close 15mins. Over Anderson
As the bobbing light of a headlamp came around the corner on First Avenue in Whitehorse approaching the Yukon Quest Finish Chute, the enthusiastic crowd of almost five hundred well wishers held their breath – was it Lance? Was it Ken? Earlier this afternoon, Lance Mackey had left the last…
Yukon Quest: Race for Third Place is Tight
Carmacks: 10:15 a.m. The race for third place is just as intense as the race for first. Here in Carmacks, where Dave Dalton has been resting since 6:40 a.m. and where Michelle Phillips has settled in since arriving at 9:05 a.m., Brent Sass blew through. Sass spent 20 minutes repacking…