Posted on 02/15/2009 4:10:38 AM PST by radar101
Sarah and Todd Palin, after the race
Photo by: Sam Harrel / AP Alaska's first dude Todd Palin completed the 1,971-mile Iron Dog snowmobile race Saturday, crossing the finish line in 6th place and receiving a consolation hug from his wife, Gov. Sarah Palin, who greeted the top racers at the finish line.
Palin, 44, completed the course in 41 hours and 14 minutes with race partner Scott Davis.
Riding Artic Cat snowmobiles, they finished nearly four hours behind the winners, Todd Minnick and Nick Olstad, Wasilla, Alaska, natives who completed the 26th annual Iron Dog in 37 hrs., 19 min., and collected the $25,000 1st place prize.
They also broke the old course record of 38:17 set by Palin and Davis in 2007. Combined, Plain and Davis have 11 Iron Dog victories between them, four by Palin and seven by Davis. They last won as a team in 2007.
Battling fresh snow, sub-zero temperatures and blizzards, racers began in Big Lake, north of Wasilla, rode northwest across the interior to Nome, where the racers reversed course and traveled east back across frozen tundra to finish the world's longest snowmobile race in downtown Fairbanks.
The races stretches out over week, allowing riders to make three rest stops along the way. Get up-to-the-minute celebrity news and photos on your cellphone, iPhone or Blackberry at www.people.com!
HOO-BOY, sunglass chat!! YIPPEE!
Ping to the list! Oh, how I wish we were using this more. 2012, I hope! I’ll keep the list on my home page and post when something happens.
Thanks for the ping. I was asleep when this story was posted!
Kinda takes your breath away and makes you go weak in the knees, doesn’t it? Kinda like the real men you see almost every day?
Yep...no metrosexuals 'round here. ;-)
Thanks for the ping! I agree about 2012!
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