By Kortnie Horazdovsky
(8:13 p.m.) Team 18 Williamson/Hingsbergen have finished - even with just one cylinder on one of their sleds.
Tim Akimoff
Here are the re-start times out of Tanana. As you can see, just under two minutes separates team 10 and team 11, with team 7 in fighting distance. These times are actual race time and havea all wrenching time and other issues factored in. This is the...
Tim Akimoff
Figuring out the standings in the Iron Dog is a little too much like math for my taste. But a lot of fans are wondering just what this race is going to boil down to.
Tim Akimoff - KTUU
Race officials and media took a travel day on Friday after many were stuck in Nome because of a brutal winter storm that battered the coastline during much of the mandatory 36-hour layover there.
By Kortnie Horazdovsky
(6:16 p.m.) Team 21 Spernak/Branholm is on the trail.
By Kortnie Horazdovsky
(4:36 p.m.) The GPS tracker shows that Team 33 has made it to Unalakleet. They even have a little bit to rest before they head out. Even with their work time added in Koyuk, they're still in 11th place. They'll be less-rested than everyone else,...
Tim Akimoff - KTUU
When three teams of 10 racers left Nome around 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, the directives were clear. Veterans were paired with rookies in order to make sure everyone arrived at Unalakleet safely under a yellow caution flag.
By Kortnie Horazdovsky
(8:20 p.m.) It looks like more teams have left Golovin to head towards Unalakleet. Hopefully that means the weather has cleared up a bit. The GPS tracker shows Team 33 - Bartel/Wichman, 14 McKenna/Van Meter, 2 Sottosanti/Zwink, 10 Huntington Olds, 21...
By Kortnie Horazdovsky
(2:08 p.m.) All the teams are out of Nome on their way to Unalakleet. Some race fans on the Facebook page are unhappy with the decision to delay the re-start. They say teams should have decided to team up on their own, on the clock, and those too...
By Tim Akimoff
Our apartment here in Nome is above the Subway restaurant. It also happens to be right in front of the Iron Dog race chute where racers arrived on Tuesday night and where they were supposed to leave from this morning.
Tim Akimoff
The wind was howling in off the Bering Sea as the first Iron Dog racers pulled in off the ice an into Nome on Tuesday evening. That didn't stop a crowd from gathering to welcome the first racers in. In a fairly tight finish, Dusty Van Meter and...
By Kortnie Horazdovsky
Good Morning Iron Dog fans. Today is my "day off," but I figured I'll give you a quick update of some stuff before I go out and enjoy the snow.
By Kortnie Horazdovsky
(10:23 p.m.) Team 31 Potter-Harrison has returned to Galena with mechanical problems.
By Kortnie Horazdovsky
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By Kortnie Horazdovsky
(12:41 p.m.) I spoke too soon -- phones have rang three times in the last five minutes or so. Team 25 - Watson/Price is through Unalakleet.
By Kortnie Horazdovsky
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By Kortnie Horazdovsky
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By Kortnie Horazdovsky
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By Kortnie Horazdovsky
Here at race headquarters, it's pretty much the calm before the storm. Race organizers are briefing a volunteer, but until the pro-class teams take off in about 40 minutes, it looks like we just wait.
By Tyler Aklestad
Well it's the last day before the start of the 2011 iron Dog. We spent most of the day going out for one last ride on our races sleds making sure all of the little adjustments are spot on. Every thing went good, and we rode about 70 miles checking...
By Kortnie Horazdovsky
Welcome to Fairbanks everyone!
By Kortnie Horazdovsky
Hello and welcome to KTUU.com's Iron Dog Blog!
