Iron Dog Team 5, Brett Lapham and Zack Weisz have moved into first place at the Galena checkpoint with a course time of 12 hours 39 minutes and 45 seconds.
Iron Dog team no. 7, Tyler Aklestad and Nick Olstad lead the 2020 Pro Class Race at the Kotzebue checkpoint. In the recreational class race, Team no. 77’s Israel Hale made history becoming the first-ever amputee to finish and win the race.
For the second year in a row, Team No. 10, of Mike Morgan and Chris Olds, have claimed the Iron Dog title, arriving first in Fairbanks on Saturday. They’re the first back-to-back champions since Mark McKenna and Dusty VanMeter in 2013.
Sixteen Pro-Class teams left Nome Thursday morning and will have to navigate the tricky terrain of Alaska's unpredictable West Coast as they head south and east toward Fairbanks.
Citing potential ice instability on Big Lake, Iron Dog officials announced in a press release on Tuesday that they will move the start of the 2019 race from Big Lake to Deshka Landing.
The Iron Dog Board of Directors voted Tuesday evening to continue ahead with the 2019 Iron Dog Race, despite financial challenges and the loss of senior staff members.
The Iron Dog board announced Thursday the possibility of not having a race in 2019 on top of the resignation Jim Wilke and Skip Boomershine from the Iron Dog Board of Directors.
It's Day 5 and Western Alaska weather is not playing nice with this year's race, as teams run into part issues in the garage,
Channel 2's MK Burgess has the latest from Nome.
MK Burgess interviews race marshal Nate Perkins and he explains the new schedule for the rest of the race as the 30 hour layover in Unalakleet comes to an end.
Iron Dog says the goal is to still finish in Fairbanks on Saturday, but race officials will have to make adjustments along the second half of the trail to accomplish that.
The Iron Dog race has put all racers -- both in the pro and trail class -- on an eight-hour hold, that could last even longer, if the weather on the Bering Sea coast doesn't let up.