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Aklestad and Olstad win Iron Dog 2023

The Iron Dog 2023 snowmachine race wrapped up Saturday in Big Lake, with team 7 of Tyler Aklestad and Nick Olstad winning their second straight victory.

Iron Dog restarts in Galena after pause

The Iron Dog 2023 race restarted in Galena at 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23 and saw the 15 remaining teams begin to move southbound toward the finish at Big Lake.

Iron Dog team 7 holds tight lead, snow expected to slow racers towards Poorman

snowmachine racer covered in ice

The leaders in this year’s Iron Dog race left Galena today, Feb. 23, just after 11:15 a.m. and are now headed toward Ruby. Team 7 of Tyler Aklestad and Nick Olstad hold onto a very tight leading advantage. Team 14 of Casey Boylan and Bryan Leslie are currently in 2nd position. Boyland and Leslie departed Galena at 9:59 a.m. and are […]

Aklestad and Olstad regain lead on return route

After a 6 a.m. restart of the Iron Dog 2023 race in Nome Wednesday morning, Tyler Aklestad and Nick Olstad of Team 7, and Casey Boylan and Bryan Leslie of Team 14 were neck-and-neck and trading leads on the way to the first checkpoint.