BRAEBRUN 8 HOUR
REST
Lance is ready to leave for the final stretch of this
years Yukon Quest. He can leave at 1:53 pm after an
8 hour rest. Ken Anderson can leave at 2:12 pm. This
is proving to be a good race with promises of an exciting
finish. Spectators say both teams look great coming
in and going out of the checkpoints.
SCROGGIE CREEK
Update 02/16/08:
Three mushers are out of Scroggie Creek. Lance Mackey
has set the pace in this years race. As Lance continues
to move towards the finish line, mushers Ken Anderson
and Brent Sass are doing their best to give chase. Lance
said ” I enjoy a good race, it’s good for
the race it’s good for the fans” he nodded.
” It’s more interesting when you don’t
know who’s going to win right up to the end”.
Before leaving Dawson Lance checked into trail conditions
ahead of him. “it’s much better ahead”
he smiled with a look of relief, after struggling through
what is now behind them, smooth trails will be welcomed.
The rough trails gave these athletes quite a work out.
The fisrt mushers are expected to cross the finish line
sometime Tuesday.
MACKEY GRABS
THE GOLD ARRIVING FIRST IN DAWSON
Feb 15, 2008
It was a long morning of waiting at the Dawson City Checkpoint,
but it was worth it. Three-time Champion Lance Mackey
glided into town just a minute after 1p.m. with 12 dogs
in harness and one in his basket. Read more......
Three-Time
Champion Lance Mackey takes the
leadin the 2008
Yukon Quest
CIRCLE CITY, ALASKA (February 12, 2008) – Less than
halfway through the 2008 Yukon Quest International Sled
Dog Race, three-time Champion Lance Mackey of Fairbanks,
AK, has taken the lead. On his way to the Eagle (Alaska)
Checkpoint, a remote community only accessible in winter
by plane, snowmobile or dog sled, Mackey left Slaven’s
Cabin Dog Drop at 3:20 this morning. In 2006, when the race
traveled in the same direction, it took 37-year-old Mackey
more than 17 hours to make the 101-mile (163-kilometre)
trek between the two points. That would put him in Eagle
around 10 a.m. Wednesday.
Dan Kaduce, 38, of Chatanika, AK, had been leading a close
pack of frontrunners ever since leaving the Fairbanks Start
Line on Saturday, February 9, but Mackey blasted ahead at
Circle City Checkpoint and appears to be holding strong
to the lead.
Ken Anderson of Fairbanks, AK, Dave Dalton of Healy, AK,
Brent Sass of Fairbanks, AK, Hugh Neff of Annie Lake, YT
and Michelle Phillips of Tagish, YT, left Slaven’s
this morning within five-and-a-half hours of Mackey.
As
Tonya Mackey heads down the road to Tok, Alaska she called
to give us a quick update on how Lance is doing in this
years quest. Listen in (the one dog she forgot to include
in the list was wheel dog ” Hansome”).
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