This weekend promises up-close views of the fast-paced, howling excitement of sled dog racing.The Tustumena 200, a 200-mile race beginning and ending in Kasilof, has been altered so the 50-mile mark will be McNeil Canyon Elementary School. Once there, mushers and dog teams will take a mandatory two-hour layover before heading to the half-way mark and a six-hour layover at Freddie’s Roadhouse in the Caribou Hills. In the final race for the finish line, the teams will again have a two-hour mandatory layover at McNeil Canyon.Read more here: http://www.homernews.com/stories/012512/news_bnnn.shtml#.TyDRS92BV74
