‘Pretty Amazing That We’re Here’: Morgan & Olds Win Second Iron Dog in a Row
Mike Morgan and Chris Olds won the 2019 Iron Dog Snowmachine Race mid-morning on Saturday, Feb. 23. It’s Morgan’s second victory and Olds’ fourth.
Race to the Iron Dog Finish, 300 Miles Away, Starts Tonight
The 2019 Iron Dog winners may already have the win locked up, but the time difference between the first position and second positioned teams just got a little bit smaller. Rookie racer Adam Drinkhouse and teammate Brad George took ten mandatory layover hours in Kaltag and then rested again in Galena before pushing all the […]
Iron Dog Field Gets Thinner, Ten Teams Won’t Finish What They Started
A dwindling group of Iron Dog racers push on towards Fairbanks. The pack is now down to only fourteen teams. Team 8 of Tyson Johnson and Tyler Aklestad reached White Mountain Thursday morning but then by afternoon, scratched from the race and were towed back to Nome. According to the Iron Dog website, one of […]
Leaders Roughly 300 Miles from Finish in 2019 Iron Dog
The front runners in this year’s Iron Dog continue to push closer and closer to the finish in Fairbanks, yet one team was sent backwards on the trail yesterday. Team 8 of Tyson Johnson and Tyler Aklestad reached White Mountain yesterday morning but then by afternoon, scratched from the race and were towed back to […]
As Iron Dog Nears Unalakleet, Morgan/Olds Keep Slim Lead Over Boylan/Leslie
Only 5 minutes separate the leading two teams in this year’s Iron Dog race: Mike Morgan and Chris Olds in first, and Casey Boylan and Bryan Leslie in second.
Morgan and Olds Lead as Iron Dog Departs Nome
Iron Dog race leaders are back on the trail as of Thursday morning. Snowmachines roared as Mike Morgan and Chris Olds took off at exactly 8am for the Iron Dog halfway restart in Nome. From here, racers will follow the trail along the Norton Sound coast to White Mountain, then Ruby, and then cut in to the Interior to finish in Fairbanks.
Iron Dog Leaders Arrive in Nome; Morgan, Olds First to Halfway Point
The 2019 Iron Dog is halfway done, as the first teams have already completed 1,000 miles of the race, arriving into Nome before 3pm Tuesday.
Leading Six Iron Dog Racers Jet Out of Unalakleet, Heading to Halfway in Nome
The quickest six Iron Dog racers have finished their 8-hour layovers in Unalakleet and now make their way 100 miles north to Koyuk, and then another 170 miles to the halfway point in Nome. Mike Morgan and Chris Olds still hold the lead.
Iron Dog Leaders Reach Unalakleet; Morgan, Olds Maintain Strong Lead
In the early hours of Tuesday morning, the fastest Iron Dog racers checked in for an 8-hour layover in Unalakleet. Still maintaining a strong lead are Nome’s own Mike Morgan and Chris Olds, who have about 250 miles from Unalakleet to reach the halfway point in Nome.
Iron Dog Racers Speeding Towards Norton Sound Coast; Will Take Mandatory Layover Along Yukon
According to the leaderboard, Mike Morgan of Nome and Chris Olds of Eagle River maintain their lead, as they checked out of Galena just before 4pm on their way to Kaltag. In this fast-moving, competitive snowmachine race, only seven minutes separate the fourth-positioned team from the first.