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Posts Tagged ‘race’

Nicolas Petit Claims Decisive Win in 2018 Kobuk 440

By admin | April 15, 2018

There was still pale orange light in the western sky as the French-born Girdwood musher rode into Kotzebue at 12:08 Sunday morning. He had seven energetic dogs in harness.

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Making Ambler’s Checkpoint Run Takes a Village

By admin | April 14, 2018
Handmade musher signs plaster the walls of the Ambler checkpoint building (Photo: Gabe Colombo, KNOM)

People like Lolo Johnson, who’s been a race cook in Ambler for 12 years, make the busy checkpoint run smoothly as mushers come and go and come again.

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Browning, King Race for Second as Petit Pushes On

By admin | April 14, 2018
Ellen King in Ambler on the 2018 Kobuk 440 trail (Photo: Zoe Grueskin, KNOM)

Veteran Tony Browning is the musher with the most Kobuk 440s under his belt, while relative newbie Ellen King is only racing her second.

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Petit Extends Lead; Jessie Holmes Scratches

By admin | April 13, 2018
Nicolas Petit after pulling into the Ambler checkpoint for the second time (Photo: Gabe Colombo, KNOM)

Petit checked in to Ambler for the second time after completing the turnaround leg to Kobuk and back in a swift 7 hours. Holmes says he “way too hard, way too fast” at the beginning.

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Jarvis Miller Wins 2018 Nome-Golovin Snowmachine Race; One Woman Injured

By admin | March 12, 2018 | 2
Racers line up at the start of the 2018 Nome-Golovin snowmachine race (Photo: Zoe Grueskin, KNOM)

Nome’s Jarvis Miller won for the first time in his fourth Nome-Golovin race. But the race’s high speed took its toll: a racer collision left Samantha Richards injured at the finish.

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Iron Dog Racers Prepare For Early-Morning Race Restart

By admin | February 22, 2018
Casey Boylan of Team 14 and Brad George of Team 6 at the Public Works garage for layover maintenance work (Photo: Zoe Grueskin, KNOM)

Racers in the 2018 Iron Dog will now head out from Nome four hours earlier than planned, starting at 4 a.m. tomorrow morning.

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Nome’s Morgan, Olds Lead Pack at Iron Dog Halfway

By admin | February 21, 2018 | 2
Nome's Mike Morgan hugs his daughter after crossing the halfway finish line in Nome (Photo: Karen Trop, KNOM)

Morgan and Olds of Team 10 crossed the halfway finish line at Nome’s East Front Street early this afternoon, at 12:43. For Morgan, it’s a hometown welcome.

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Moore, Hall, Neese Finish As Top Three In 2018 Yukon Quest

By admin | February 13, 2018
A dog team and musher race out of the finish chute, with people cheering them on

Moore claims his third Yukon Quest win after finishing first in 2013 and 2014. Third-place finisher Laura Neese arrived into the Whitehorse finish just before 5:00 PST this afternoon.

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Moore Rests One Checkpoint Away From Finish, Joined by Last Year’s Champ Matt Hall

By admin | February 12, 2018

Two-time Quest champion Allen Moore checked into Braeburn at 11:07 Pacific Standard Time this morning, for the required 8-hour layover. He’s now just 100 miles from the Whitehorse finish.

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Jason Campeau Airlifted to Fairbanks After Medical Issue on Trail

By admin | February 8, 2018

Campeau called for help yesterday afternoon about 45 miles outside of Eagle. His wife, Quest rookie Jennifer Campeau, scratched early this afternoon.

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