Hello Race Fans and Members,
If mother nature cooperates and it is warm enough there will be a race Saturday (although cold weather is looming)! Please be aware of the temperature cut off as follows: Challenge Series races will be postponed if the temperature at the Fairbanks International Airport is –25° Fahrenheit or below at 8:15 a.m. on the day of the race. The temperature reported at 907-458-3745 (option 1113) at the cutoff time, regardless of time of update, is considered the official airport temperature.
So please plan on delays and some disorganized FUN. We will use post entry rules for sign-ups with no additional post entry fee. In Challenge Series races post entries for skijor must be submitted by 10:00 a.m., 4-dog must be submitted by 10:30 a.m., 6-dog and mid-distance must be submitted by 11:00 a.m., 8-dog and open class must be submitted by 11:30 a.m. Membership/trail pass is $50 for ADMA and entry fees are as follows: Skijor/4-dog class $15, 6/8-dog class $20, Open/Mid distance $25.
Skijor class starts at 10:30 a.m. Mid distance class starts after the skijor class (if there are any entrants). 4-dog will start 16 mins after the last skijor/mid distance entrant leaves the start line and if there are Junior entrants, they will start 6 mins after the last adult entrant. 16 mins after last 4-dog goes out will be the start time for the 6-dog class, again 6 mins after the last adult entrant the junior division will start. 16 mins after the last 6-dog, we will start the 8-dog class and while the 8-dog class is out we will run the junior 1-dog class. Then the open class will start and the junior 2-dog class can run during that class. Racers will go out in order of sign-up.
There probably won’t be running water at the Mushers Hall tomorrow due to continuing repair work being done on frozen pipes, so plan accordingly.
Happy Trails!