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Iron Dog Race, Inc., has inducted four longtime supporters of the race into its 2023 Iron Dog Hall of Fame: Dave and Penny McKibbon, Steve Mattila, Eric Johnson. All of this year’s inductees are former board members and volunteers. The Iron Dog Hall of Fame Banquet will take place with[Read More…]
Greetings of the Holiday Season!As each year winds down, we update and change our web page. Many of you are readying for the holiday season and possible travels and won’t be giving our page your full attention. You’ll be going through the motorsport websites, forums, Facebook pages, and catalogs with[Read More…]
BUTTE — Raven Homeschool graduates had a unique ceremony on top of the unprecedented times. The small group of homeschool grads made a big noise with their vehicles on the Alaska Raceway Park’s official NASCAR oval track May 19, effectively wrapping up the Valley’s 2020 graduation season. “We’re happy we[Read More…]
Second Annual Vintage Snowmachine Show revs up from last year By JACOB MANN Frontiersman.com Jul 18, 2018 WASILLA— The second annual Vintage Snowmachine Show at the Museum of Alaska Transportation and Industry pulled in a bigger crowd, more participants and raised over twice as many funds for the museum than[Read More…]
The Iron Dog, the 2,000-mile snowmachine race from Big Lake to Nome to Fairbanks, begins for real Sunday at Big Lake. But things rev up with two days of action Friday and Saturday in downtown Anchorage. Check http://www.irondog.org/event-info for schedule updates. Friday, February 17th 7:00PM — 3rd Avenue between C and E[Read More…]
When I wrote Lap 1, I discussed a long-time dream finally being realized. Since then, I have participated in a Test & Tune and ran two 10-lap Heat races and two 30-lap feature races. I have spun the car around several times and missed a shift or two, and I[Read More…]
Rumor had it that it was 8°. Michael Pacquin, SCCA Hawaii Region, had pretty much outfitted his fellow Region members with “arctic gear,” along with some “wool socks” from Alaska to finish off Avery Tsui’s “warmth factor.” Sixteen motorsport enthusiasts arrived at the Alaska State Fairgrounds to help make the[Read More…]
“He who has the photos…has the power!” I used to tell my beloved Grandfather that as I would pull out the treasured albums my Grandmother had lovingly made. We all know it’s cold at Tanacross during the fall pilgrimage made by racers, bikers, and those who autocross at the old World[Read More…]
With the Mayday Mayday Road Rally behind her, the Alaska RACE News website project has returned to the forefront. Yes, we have the winter to get this in order, yet efforts are underway to get the site a working model. If, If I only knew what I was doing. This exercise[Read More…]