AKIQPilot Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Sounds like Team 31 Meene and Conlin are limping to Mcgrath. One of their sleds is damaged. Need Gen 4 aarms to keep going. Very few parts planes left wasilla today. Almost all were grounded becUse of weather. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunt_ak Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 If anyone cares to read: https://www.thealaskalife.com/blog/2019-iron-dog-day-1-coverage/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunt_ak Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Team 10...first to McGrath, last to leave the chute! That means they've got a healthy first leg lead on the pack, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKIQPilot Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Sounds like Team 8 and 16 are out and not going to be able to continue. Aklestads sled was damaged badly in the crash. Took 3 different teams to help them get the 2 sleds apart. Sounds like the rear triangle brackets that hold the rear suspension in on Tylers sled are ripped from the chassis. Not good. https://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Crash-on-Iron-Dog-trail-leaves-Minnick-injured-505979191.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunt_ak Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Thanks Tom. I've updated the piece with some more of that info! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKIQPilot Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Team 10 started dead last and are currently the leaders in McGrath. If Team 20 has a good run north they could land in mcgrath just agead of team 10. Team 5 is doing good. Sleds are clean, guys are great. Happy to have a clean run to mcgrath today. Team 14 is doing good. Sleds are clean and guys are fast. No issues at all. Team 15. A little slower than most people thought but they are on Cats and cats have not proven to be very fast again this year. Lots of racing left. They should pull out of McGrath tomorrow in about 10th place +/- 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKIQPilot Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 1 hour ago, hunt_ak said: If anyone cares to read: https://www.thealaskalife.com/blog/2019-iron-dog-day-1-coverage/ Hahahaha. Thats awesome Kyle. Some people are gonna read that and wonder HTF does he know the rear brackets were ripped off the chassis. Lol. By the way. Team 14 was the 3rd team there helping to separate the two mangled sleds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunt_ak Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 9 minutes ago, AKIQPilot said: Hahahaha. Thats awesome Kyle. Some people are gonna read that and wonder HTF does he know the rear brackets were ripped off the chassis. Lol. By the way. Team 14 was the 3rd team there helping to separate the two mangled sleds. I’ve got people! Hahahaha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmereddie Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 What a tough day on the trail .... wow 16 and 8 are out 😞😞😞 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted February 18, 2019 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted February 18, 2019 4 minutes ago, farmereddie said: What a tough day on the trail .... wow 16 and 8 are out 😞😞😞 Yeah that sucks.....how have you been? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaturallyAspirated Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Team 20. Neal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry ginger Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 12 hours ago, Sal Rosenberg said: Just looked those up . Figures , smh well 16 scratched so that leaves me only 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry ginger Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 7 hours ago, AKIQPilot said: Sounds like Team 8 and 16 are out and not going to be able to continue. Aklestads sled was damaged badly in the crash. Took 3 different teams to help them get the 2 sleds apart. Sounds like the rear triangle brackets that hold the rear suspension in on Tylers sled are ripped from the chassis. Not good. https://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Crash-on-Iron-Dog-trail-leaves-Minnick-injured-505979191.html well shit there goes both my picks crashing into each other SMH 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmereddie Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 5 hours ago, Jimmy Snacks said: Yeah that sucks.....how have you been? Okay so far , been busy with family life. My joints are starting to tell me to slow down. But it’s tremendously difficult when my age in my noodle says I’m 20 something. It’s what almost every 50’s something guys deals with ...lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted February 18, 2019 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted February 18, 2019 6 minutes ago, farmereddie said: Okay so far , been busy with family life. My joints are starting to tell me to slow down. But it’s tremendously difficult when my age in my noodle says I’m 20 something. It’s what almost every 50’s something guys deals with ...lol Damn do I hear ya there....my right knee has been keeping me up at night for the last week...didn't twist, bang, wrench or tweak it....the fucker just hurts!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awful knawful Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Team 8 is still going?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKIQPilot Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 9 minutes ago, awful knawful said: Team 8 is still going?? Yes. They welded up/repaired the drop brackets on Tylers sled and have decided to push on. They are mid pack now but moving at a good clip. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmereddie Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 1 hour ago, AKIQPilot said: Yes. They welded up/repaired the drop brackets on Tylers sled and have decided to push on. They are mid pack now but moving at a good clip. awesome !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmereddie Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Hate to say it but ..... Just heard Team 31 has decided to scratch in McGrath . I was pulling for these young guns to get to the finish this year . It cant be easy one bit to scratch out of this race . Heavy hearts here for MN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKIQPilot Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 All the teams have been pushing hard through interior Alaska. The top 3-4 teams are only a couple of minutes apart at the most. The front runners are about 5 miles out of Ruby, the next checkpoint. Once they refuel in Ruby it will a spring down the Mighty Yukon River toward the coast. I think most teams will stop either in Galena or Kaltag. It's almost 3pm in AK now. The run down the river will be directly into the setting sun. It's a beautiful day at about 20f and bright sunshine. We should see speeds approaching 90MPH headed down the Yukon. These guys will have the throttle taped the whole way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKIQPilot Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 2 minutes ago, farmereddie said: Hate to say it but ..... Just heard Team 31 has decided to scratch in McGrath . I was pulling for these young guns to get to the finish this year . It cant be easy one bit to scratch out of this race . Heavy hearts here for MN The pictures of Bobbys machine last night in Nikolai did not look good. He basically wiped both A-Arms off the let side and had part of an upper left on the right side. That kind of hit destroys the chassis even with extra bracing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 17 hours ago, AKIQPilot said: Team 10 started dead last and are currently the leaders in McGrath. If Team 20 has a good run north they could land in mcgrath just agead of team 10. Team 5 is doing good. Sleds are clean, guys are great. Happy to have a clean run to mcgrath today. Team 14 is doing good. Sleds are clean and guys are fast. No issues at all. Team 15. A little slower than most people thought but they are on Cats and cats have not proven to be very fast again this year. Lots of racing left. They should pull out of McGrath tomorrow in about 10th place +/- I wonder if their fuel map is hurting them. Wes's and Alicia's sleds have been the fastest stock class Cats on the ice this year. 107-109mph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKIQPilot Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 1 minute ago, racinfarmer said: I wonder if their fuel map is hurting them. Wes's and Alicia's sleds have been the fastest stock class Cats on the ice this year. 107-109mph. Maybe. But they had some problems about an hour ago too. They stopped about 20 miles from Poorman for at least 20 minutes. About 3 teams went by them. They are moving now but not super fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunt_ak Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Late to the game this evening...any other juicy news for the update, Tom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunt_ak Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 I see we are up to 4 teams scratched. 16 is clearly due to injury. 31 due to Menne's sled damage? The other two teams (35 and 17)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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