mnstang Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 55 minutes ago, AK440 said: You’re starting to sound like Jimwit. Show me a race, any sled race in the lower 48 or Canada that is as long, remote, unsupported and travels through and over as difficult of terrain and temperatures. Just because stumpy could do it and you can’t doesn’t mean the race isn’t badass. Do any of you guys read the info in the links I posted? Your guy from town doesn’t know his ass from a hole in the ground. The Iron Dog will take anyone who pays the $3500 entry fee (per racer) to enter the Pro class. Right now there are only 20 teams signed up, the lowest number since the race started in ‘84. If you have a pulse and $3500 they’ll take you. You're still not addressing the point. Is there another sport where there's a double amputee competing amongst the best guys and almost top 10? No offense to the rider, truly amazing achievement for him and badass he's even attempting it. But it makes this race look like a county fair race at best as far as the talent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnstang Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 1 hour ago, AK440 said: You’re starting to sound like Jimwit. Show me a race, any sled race in the lower 48 or Canada that is as long, remote, unsupported and travels through and over as difficult of terrain and temperatures. Just because stumpy could do it and you can’t doesn’t mean the race isn’t badass. Do any of you guys read the info in the links I posted? Your guy from town doesn’t know his ass from a hole in the ground. The Iron Dog will take anyone who pays the $3500 entry fee (per racer) to enter the Pro class. Right now there are only 20 teams signed up, the lowest number since the race started in ‘84. If you have a pulse and $3500 they’ll take you. So anyone at all can be a pro in the iron dog. If they've never rode a sled in their life they still have an iron dog pro card. All starting to make sense now 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK440 Posted October 2, 2023 Author Share Posted October 2, 2023 9 minutes ago, mnstang said: You're still not addressing the point. Is there another sport where there's a double amputee competing amongst the best guys and almost top 10? No offense to the rider, truly amazing achievement for him and badass he's even attempting it. But it makes this race look like a county fair race at best as far as the talent. What point are you trying to make? Go sign up for the race if you think you’re such a badass. It’s a cross country race. If you ride slow enough you’ll finish. The handicapped team was never competitive. There are only about 10 teams that are actually capable of winning. The rest are guys who do it for the novelty and experience or dipshits like you who think they are fast enough to place. Calling this a country fair race makes you look like a fucking moron. It’s isn’t run in the ditches next to a soybean field. The course is through the remote wilderness where no one lives. Have you heard of this new thing called Google? Try doing a search and learning about the race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnstang Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 On 2/23/2023 at 6:25 PM, AK440 said: Nail biting suspense! The entire race is sitting in the shithole village of Galena. Why? Because the checkpoint doesn’t have enough gas. Sounds like someone stole some fuel drums so…. waiting for more gas to be hauled in from a different stink hole village. Bang up operation! On 2/25/2023 at 10:37 AM, AK440 said: The finish is today. I’m sure it’ll be the same exact lineup it has been since the start. Ski-doo will be first followed by the same two Polaris teams. It’s been boring as fuck. On 2/18/2023 at 4:18 PM, AK440 said: Huh? The site you linked to is good, nice job. It doesn’t change the fact that fewer and fewer people give a shit about the Iron Dog or snowmobile racing in general. Did you watch the race start on YouTube? They had high school kids filming it. They used to have the biggest local news station televise it on NBC. If you looked in the background the crowd wasn’t very big. This race almost closed down for good 2-3 years ago. It’s currently on life support and I don’t see it being around much longer. Why would anyone want to sponsor an expensive to put on race way the fuck up in the middle of nowhere? It’s biggest fans are people like Frankie F7 who live in destitute, shit hole villages where no one has flush toilet, much less any money. The racers end up, sleeping on school room floors as the school building is often the only one that has running water. Hotels and lodges don’t exist along much of the route. The race doesn’t provide lodging, it’s up to the racers to arrange for their own. The whole concept of the race is fucked. If you don’t have connections with local residents along the route who will feed you and provide a warm place to sleep in their own homes, you are at a huge disadvantage. Then add in the need for a goddamn airplane to fly you in parts that you don’t already have staged along route, and you lose the race because you didn’t have the money and connections for parts. The race has very little to do with skill or speed, it has everything to do with money, connections and who has more of both. On 2/18/2023 at 4:56 PM, AK440 said: Notice how Channel 2 news, the NBC station did that video? Now they have fucking high school kids filming and posting to YouTube. The Iron Dog should have never gotten away from its initial concept. In the early years you had to carry all your parts with you. You had to repair your sled without outside help. That meant you had to ride the sled in such a manner so as not to break it. Just like how most every single snowmobile owner treats their own machine. Now the race is just a series of short sprints from one check point to the next. Break a part, have it flown in to the next check point and repair your sled there. What, can’t afford to have it flown in? Oh well, looks like you’re fucked. Race over and the $10’s of thousands of dollars you already spent, now pissed away. Maybe you can find Toutuk the native to sell you a part off their sled assuming they even have anything that modern. The race has gotten super boring. It’s won by the same 3-4 teams year after year who have the best support, best connections and best funding. Only a dipshit or some wealthy person looking for an adventure would enter the race to compete. At least with COR, local guys can enter to try it out without spending a fortune. The Iron Dog is never going to grow and will continue to fade away into obscurity as long as inflation and the economy stay the way they are. Scott Davis is a general contractor who owns a big concrete business. The winning riders in the Iron Dog are the ones who are already quite wealthy. It’s not a race for the average guy. On 2/18/2023 at 5:10 PM, AK440 said: Yes, yes, my tomfuckery wasn’t getting people stirred up the way I wanted. I don’t actually give two shits about the Iron Dog. Looks like I’ll need to switch to making fun of dipshits posting selfies of themselves with their mountain sleds on Instagram. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Simple Jim Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 will they have a class for my kawasaki this year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK440 Posted October 2, 2023 Author Share Posted October 2, 2023 15 hours ago, mnstang said: So anyone at all can be a pro in the iron dog. If they've never rode a sled in their life they still have an iron dog pro card. All starting to make sense now So you aren’t good enough to get an Iron Dog Pro card? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crnr2Crnr Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 1 hour ago, Simple Jim said: will they have a class for my kawasaki this year? yes, see PRO CLASS do you have a clutch kit and live bait sponsor yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crnr2Crnr Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 1 hour ago, AK440 said: So you aren’t good enough to get an Iron Dog Pro card? I'd put $ on Stang completing the race on his Jag over you on a.... what exactly is it that you crush moguls with again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK440 Posted October 3, 2023 Author Share Posted October 3, 2023 3 hours ago, Crnr2Crnr said: I'd put $ on Stang completing the race on his Jag over you on a.... what exactly is it that you crush moguls with again? The only thing you’ve crushed for the past 10 years is the foam on your couch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crnr2Crnr Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 40 minutes ago, AK440 said: The only thing you’ve crushed for the past 10 years is the foam on your couch. untrue, I move around a lot.. all the time... I can't stop... HALP!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sled_Hed Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 Getting my rig ready to head to the Iron Dawg. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK440 Posted October 6, 2023 Author Share Posted October 6, 2023 You better hurry, only a week left before registration closes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK440 Posted October 14, 2023 Author Share Posted October 14, 2023 Fucking industry wide shortage of race sleds. https://www.irondog.org/news/pro-class-teams-gear-up-for-40th-running-of-iron-dog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deephaven Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 Rofl. Such a popular race and yet they are barely filling the slots. “We are pretty confident we are going to leave on Feb. 17 with a completely full field.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK440 Posted October 14, 2023 Author Share Posted October 14, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, Deephaven said: Rofl. Such a popular race and yet they are barely filling the slots. “We are pretty confident we are going to leave on Feb. 17 with a completely full field.” Teams can’t get race sleds. It stated that right in the article. Pretty difficult to race if the 2 manufacturers aren’t building enough race sleds. Here is yet another missed opportunity for Textron to have showcased their new Cataylist. Edited October 14, 2023 by AK440 Spelng…spellgni…spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crnr2Crnr Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 53 minutes ago, AK440 said: Teams can’t get race sleds. Pretty difficult to race if the 2 manufacturers aren’t building enough race sleds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK440 Posted October 14, 2023 Author Share Posted October 14, 2023 22 minutes ago, Crnr2Crnr said: You’re the subscription paying race fan, you tell me. They are short 28 race sleds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crnr2Crnr Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 5 minutes ago, AK440 said: You’re the subscription paying race fan, you tell me. They are short 28 race sleds. maybe the iron dog just isn't that important... to them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK440 Posted October 14, 2023 Author Share Posted October 14, 2023 29 minutes ago, Crnr2Crnr said: maybe the iron dog just isn't that important... to them. You don’t think there is a race sled shortage for other racing venues or parts of the country? I don’t understand how there can be a shortage? I’m reading about guys already receiving their new ‘24 sleds, some guys have posted their new sleds arrived at dealers in August. The supply chain bullshit doesn’t seem to be an issue this year, at least with Polaris. A race sled shortage makes no damn sense. It’s not like COR grew leaps and bounds since last year as far as I know. This years Iron Dog is going to be fucking boring with only 22 teams and just 2 OEM’s still competing. Fucking Textron needs to get off their ass and back into the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deephaven Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 6 hours ago, AK440 said: You don’t think there is a race sled shortage for other racing venues or parts of the country? I don’t understand how there can be a shortage? I’m reading about guys already receiving their new ‘24 sleds, some guys have posted their new sleds arrived at dealers in August. The supply chain bullshit doesn’t seem to be an issue this year, at least with Polaris. The irondog is not interesting 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bontz Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 7 hours ago, AK440 said: You don’t think there is a race sled shortage for other racing venues or parts of the country? I don’t understand how there can be a shortage? I’m reading about guys already receiving their new ‘24 sleds, some guys have posted their new sleds arrived at dealers in August. The supply chain bullshit doesn’t seem to be an issue this year, at least with Polaris. A race sled shortage makes no damn sense. It’s not like COR grew leaps and bounds since last year as far as I know. This years Iron Dog is going to be fucking boring with only 22 teams and just 2 OEM’s still competing. Fucking Textron needs to get off their ass and back into the game. Tell us you're angry without saying you're angry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK440 Posted October 15, 2023 Author Share Posted October 15, 2023 43 minutes ago, Bontz said: Tell us you're angry without saying you're angry Yeeeah… okay. But from the ignorance of your post it’s obvious you don’t know shit whether there is a shortage of race sleds or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crnr2Crnr Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 15 hours ago, AK440 said: You don’t think there is a race sled shortage for other racing venues or parts of the country? I don’t understand how there can be a shortage? I’m reading about guys already receiving their new ‘24 sleds, some guys have posted their new sleds arrived at dealers in August. The supply chain bullshit doesn’t seem to be an issue this year, at least with Polaris. A race sled shortage makes no damn sense. It’s not like COR grew leaps and bounds since last year as far as I know. This years Iron Dog is going to be fucking boring with only 22 teams and just 2 OEM’s still competing. Fucking Textron needs to get off their ass and back into the game. maybe they're focused on making sleds for their customers and more popular forms of racing. haven't heard about any shortage of SX sleds from Doo or Poo yet... and the Cat SX racers (all six of them) will be racing the 2018's again. so which manufacturer is holding up the Iron Dog racers? Obviously it isn't Cat because they barely have enough sleds for the serious races in the lower 48. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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