Angry ginger Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Rigid1 said: Question, do they all run the same size engines?? 600 class race so there have been a few teams that have run nytros but otherwise they are on 600's. 129's or 137's for the most part it seems. Edited February 24, 2017 by Angry ginger 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Rigid1 Posted February 24, 2017 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted February 24, 2017 Just now, Angry ginger said: 600 class race so there have been a few teams that have run nitros but otherwise they are on 600's. 129's or 137's for the most part it seems. cool, thanks, i was wondering if any 4strokes show up in the mix.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKIQPilot Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 Just now, Rigid1 said: cool, thanks, i was wondering if any 4strokes show up in the mix.. No 4 strokes entered this year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKIQPilot Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 Third place team of VanMeter and Gueco refueling in Unalakleet yesterday. Sleds look pretty good. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry ginger Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 53 minutes ago, Rigid1 said: cool, thanks, i was wondering if any 4strokes show up in the mix.. not sure more than 1 teams ever finished on them Tom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mileage Psycho Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 1 hour ago, Back Country Rebel said: Hahahaha. South Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong. Our oldest lives in South Korea. We are gonna go visit her and her husband and then bop around for a few weeks. Only gone a month so you can't hit it all. Should be fun. Damn dude you're making rethink future plans Be sure to post up pics of your travels!! Team 8 and 41 sleds look great, I really like the colour scheme on the Cat's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKIQPilot Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 Team 8 refueling this morning. It's been snowing and blowing all across Interior Alaska the last two days. I also read that there is a nasty ice shelf just 4 miles out of Galena. Several teams hit it and crashed early this morning. Take a look at the upper a-arm on Tysons sled below. I'm not sure if it's supposed to look like that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKIQPilot Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 (edited) So most of the teams are getting rested up for their push to Tanana this afternoon and evening. Some are laid over in Galena, 60 miles from Ruby. and some are already in Ruby. Ruby to Tanana is the longest stretch on the trail with no checkpoint for 120 miles. This is complicated further by fresh snow between the two stops. Racers are allowed to get fuel from their pilots, who either land or air drop. If flying weather isn't good today, then the racers will have to find someone from Tanana to haul some fuel back to them. Without extra fuel there is little chance the leaders will be able to make it the entire 120 miles on their 15 gallons of fuel. Report is that Ruby to Tanana trail is not broken now, but Arnold Marks Jr. will be leaving in about 45 minutes from Tanana, headed toward Galena. Team 8, Aklestad/Johnson have a 24 minute lead over Davis/Simons. Team 8 will be leading and breaking trail from Ruby to Tanana. I'm fairly confident that the locals in Tanana are putting together their plans for how they can help get fuel to these guys on the trail. This 120 mile stretch is the only place on the trail where the racers can recieve outside help from someone not in this race. Edited February 24, 2017 by Back Country Rebel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mileage Psycho Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 16 minutes ago, Back Country Rebel said: So most of the teams are getting rested up for their push to Tanana this afternoon and evening. Some are laid over in Galena, 60 miles from Ruby. and some are already in Ruby. Ruby to Tanana is the longest stretch on the trail with no checkpoint for 120 miles. This is complicated further by fresh snow between the two stops. Racers are allowed to get fuel from their pilots, who either land or air drop. If flying weather isn't good today, then the racers will have to find someone from Tanana to haul some fuel back to them. Without extra fuel there is little chance the leaders will be able to make it the entire 120 miles on their 15 gallons of fuel. Report is that Ruby to Tanana trail is not broken now, but Arnold Marks Jr. will be leaving in about 45 minutes from Tanana, headed toward Galena. Team 8, Aklestad/Johnson have a 24 minute lead over Davis/Simons. Team 8 will be leading and breaking trail from Ruby to Tanana. I'm fairly confident that the locals in Tanana are putting together their plans for how they can help get fuel to these guys on the trail. This 120 mile stretch is the only place on the trail where the racers can recieve outside help from someone not in this race. Sucking fuel in fresh snow like it's free, the 24 minute lead should shrink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 16 minutes ago, Mileage Psycho said: Sucking fuel in fresh snow like it's free, the 24 minute lead should shrink. It's gonna be a great finish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKIQPilot Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 35 minutes ago, Mileage Psycho said: Sucking fuel in fresh snow like it's free, the 24 minute lead should shrink. 18 minutes ago, Mainecat said: It's gonna be a great finish! Go Team 41. I would love to see these two win it all this year. Cory is such a stand up guy, it's his turn to have a little luck. The next 24hrs is gonna be some good racing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKIQPilot Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 Team 31 has officially scratched in UNK. I will defer to them to relay to the reason. Sorry it ended this way, guys.**Seems like public knowledge now, so I can share that Tim had gnarly a crash and got a concussion. He's ok. Helmet not so much. He was taken care of at the clinic and is in good condition.** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKIQPilot Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 4 hours ago, Back Country Rebel said: Check out this video of Cory Davis as he refueled in Koyuk yesterday. Just 50 miles from Koyuk they came upon Team 16 all wadded up on the trail. Team 41 stopped and helped them get sorted out and made sure they were ok. Here is Cory at the next fuel stop. Someone should post this video on HCS to show what stand up guys Cat riders are. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKIQPilot Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 Well, something is up with Team 41. They went on the clock 30 minutes ago but haven't left Galena yet. Team 8 is through Ruby and making good time toward Tanana. Everyone will hold up in Tanana tonight and race to the finish line tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted February 24, 2017 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted February 24, 2017 5 minutes ago, Back Country Rebel said: Well, something is up with Team 41. They went on the clock 30 minutes ago but haven't left Galena yet. Team 8 is through Ruby and making good time toward Tanana. Everyone will hold up in Tanana tonight and race to the finish line tomorrow. Well that sucks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member BOHICA Posted February 24, 2017 Gold Member Share Posted February 24, 2017 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Back Country Rebel said: Well, something is up with Team 41. They went on the clock 30 minutes ago but haven't left Galena yet. Team 8 is through Ruby and making good time toward Tanana. Everyone will hold up in Tanana tonight and race to the finish line tomorrow. Shows at least one sled going on the GPS tracking. One of the 41 transponder doesn't seem to be pinging cause its last report was some time ago. They did lose a bunch of time to the 8 team though. Only chance is to have the 8 team have troubles at this point. Edited February 24, 2017 by BOHICA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKIQPilot Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 Looks like Team 41 damaged both of their rear suspensions on the way to Galena. Had to switch out two shafts. Must have hit the ice shelf that some of the other teams crashed on last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKIQPilot Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 Just a guess but it looks like Team 8 has about a 70 minute lead over Team 41. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted February 24, 2017 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted February 24, 2017 3 minutes ago, Back Country Rebel said: Just a guess but it looks like Team 8 has about a 70 minute lead over Team 41. I'm guessing that barring problems for the 8 team that lead is insurmountable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodtick Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 One of the best threads I've read on a sled web site. The play by play makes me feel like I'm there ! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckf Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 5 minutes ago, Woodtick said: One of the best threads I've read on a sled web site. The play by play makes me feel like I'm there ! Tom always does a great job with his annual Iron Dog thread I really enjoy the personal tidbits that he adds 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunt_ak Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 (edited) Hey Back Country Rebel, this is Kyle's dad, Marty, who has been trying to crank out some summaries the last 3 days. I have a question....in the last photo I posted of Team #8 fueling up at Kokrines I noticed that both sleds had someone on the bumper holding it down. Are they tilting the sled to get the most amount of fuel in or burping out air bubbles or something of that sort? Edited February 25, 2017 by hunt_ak 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry ginger Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 1 minute ago, hunt_ak said: Hey Back Country Rebel, this is Kyle's dad, Marty who has been trying to crank out some summaries the last 3 days. I have a question....in the last photo I posted of Team #8 fueling up at Kokrines I noticed that both sleds had someone on the bumper holding it down. Are they tilting the sled to get the most amount of fuel in or burping our air bubbles or something of that sort? yes on the doo you need to do that to get a full tank. burps the bubbles that collect from the tank shape. can get up to an extra gallon in by doing so. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunt_ak Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Thanks Angry ginger! Figured it was something like that....an extra gallon is a huge difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodtick Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 I have buds with newer Doo's , we have to burp them if we are going deep in the bush. Pushing up and down on the back bumper works the best. The damn things will go from full to 1/2 20 min into a ride. We feel the fill neck is way to small? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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