Iron Dog 2015 Thread

This year's race is being called the “water & dirt” race because snow is lacking on some major portions of trail and the race route had to be changed to avoid open water on the Yukon.

Todd Palin and partner Tyler Huntington (Team 11) are in this year's race and have made it to the McGrath Airport checkpoint as of Sunday night (Feb. 23) – last year, they were early out of the race due to a mechanical problem that they couldn't get fixed on the trail. For info on the 2014 race, see:

Here is the Iron Dog schedule and some links that will be helpful if you want to follow the Iron Dog:

February 20, 2015 – Start of the Trail Class (Big Lake)
February 21, 2015 – Start of the Pro Class (Anchorage)*
February 22, 2015 – Pro Class Restart (Big Lake)*
February 25, 2015 – Halfway Banquet in Nome
February 28, 2015 – Finish of the Pro Class in Fairbanks

To follow the race via GPS, use the link on the pull down menu under “Race Tracking” on the red navigation bar found on the Iron Dog website – direct link:

For Pro Class teams & info, this can also be found using the drop down menu under “Race Tracking”.

TV/News Coverage (KTUU) – video, links to tracking, updates, photo gallery, & check out their 4-part series “Iron Dog 2015 Along For The Ride”:

Good luck to all the Iron Dog participants ….. safe travels in some rough conditions!

FYI (can you ping the Iron Dog list?)

Iron Dog on NBC Sports Network
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
11:00 PM Eastern – 8:00 PM Pacific – 7:00 PM Alaska

For the first time ever, the Iron Dog Snowmobile Race will be featured in a one-hour documentary for a national audience, airing on NBC Sports Network in late March. The Iron Dog, billed as the “world’s longest, toughest snowmobile race,” is a 2,000 mile sprint across an ice-locked Alaska wilderness, blending man and machine in an extreme test of endurance, skill and luck.

KTUU-TV’s Iron Dog documentary is scheduled to air March 31, 2015. Emmy Award-winning sports producer Peter Henning will lead production of the project in partnership with KTUU’s Brad Hillwig. Henning’s career in television has spanned extreme sports coverage, including documentaries produced on the Iditarod, Eco-Challenge and most notably, the Emmy Award-winning Iron Man Triathlon in Kona, Hawaii, for which Henning served as Executive Producer for the past 15 years. Hillwig, a former award-winning photojournalist at KTUU and current Marketing Director, will work with Henning and collaborate with the Channel 2 Sports team and KTUU’s Syntax Productions to produce the documentary. Hillwig has won numerous awards for producing KTUU promotions and in 2014 he was recognized with a Northwest Regional Emmy Award.

TRAILER:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKKFESxv9H8&mc_cid=c50c3fbdd3&mc_eid=ca3b0a7d9a

Thanks Qiviut,

For your interest ping!

Also Seven and/Or Jet Jaguar, could you please ping the Alaska List?

We have come far from those days of Balto in 1925 don't you think?

Iron Dog on NBC Sports Network Tuesday, March 31, 2015 11:00 PM Eastern – 8:00 PM Pacific – 7:00 PM Alaska For the first time ever, the Iron Dog Snowmobile Race will be featured in a one-hour documentary for a national audience, airing on NBC Sports Network in late March. The Iron Dog, billed as the “world’s longest, toughest snowmobile race,” is a 2,000 mile sprint across an ice-locked Alaska wilderness, blending man and machine in an extreme test of endurance, skill and luck.

TRAILER:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKKFESxv9H8&mc_cid=c50c3fbdd3&mc_eid=ca3b0a7d9a

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