Arleigh Reynolds starts the second heat of the Open North American Championship. Photo by Dave Partee/SledDogStudio.com
It was yet another beautiful day at the Jeff Studdert trails for the second day of the 2010 GCI Open North American. Some positions changed, setting up for an exciting day of racing on Sunday.
Here are the day’s results and the two-day standings:
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| GCI OPEN NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP | |||||||||
| March 20, 2010 | |||||||||
| Track | 20 MILES | TEMP: 27 | TRAIL: Good | ||||||
| BIB | NO. | FINISH | 2ND DAY | DAY WIN | 1ST DAY | TOTAL | WIN | ||
| NO. | MUSHER | DOGS | ORDER | TIME | ORDER | TIME | TIME | ORDER | REMARKS |
| 2 | Egil Ellis | 12-2 | 2 | 63:10.7 | 1 | 62:53.9 | 126:04.6 | 1 | |
| 1 | Arleigh Reynolds | 14-2 | 1 | 64:24.1 | 3 | 62:34.3 | 126:58.4 | 2 | |
| 3 | Ken Chezik | 14-2 | 3 | 64:06.4 | 2 | 63:10.3 | 127:16.7 | 3 | |
| 4 | Jason Dunlap | 14-2 | 4 | 64:47.9 | 4 | 64:05.9 | 128:53.8 | 4 | Dog in sled |
| 7 | Marvin Kokrine | 18-2 | 7 | 66:43.5 | 5 | 66:10.3 | 132:53.8 | 5 | |
| 6 | Mark Hartum | 14-2 | 6 | 67:05.9 | 6 | 66:02.5 | 133:08.4 | 6 | |
| 5 | Curtis Erhart | 16-2 | 5 | 68:48.2 | 7 | 65:16.4 | 134:04.6 | 7 | Dog in sled |
| 8 | Jeff Conn | 13-2 | 8 | 68:48.8 | 8 | 66:30.9 | 135:19.7 | 8 | Dog in sled |
| 10 | Mike Stephens | 14-2 | 9 | 69:25.5 | 9 | 68:49.3 | 138:14.8 | 9 | |
| 11 | Jack Berry | 14-2 | 10 | 69:48.4 | 10 | 68:50.6 | 138:39.0 | 10 | Dog in sled |
| 9 | Gary Markley | 13-2 | 11 | 75:16.9 | 14 | 68:20.2 | 143:37.1 | 11 | |
| 12 | Randy DeKuiper | 13-2 | 12 | 73:38.6 | 12 | 70:46.0 | 144:24.6 | 12 | |
| 13 | Clifton Carroll | 13-2 | 14 | 74:10.3 | 13 | 71:31.1 | 145:41.4 | 13 | |
| 15 | Beth Manning | 12-2 | 13 | 72:04.9 | 11 | 76:40.6 | 148:45.5 | 14 | |
| 14 | Heather Hardy | SCRATCH | 73:38.5 | ||||||
| Eddie Dayton | SCRATCH | ||||||||