2011-2012 Race Schedule

Race rules and procedures


2011 Open North American Championship Sled Dog Race


ADMA Maps page, with Google Earth maps of ONAC trail
Checkpoint Times (Sled Dog Central)
Webcam at Start Line
Day 1: Results
Day 2: Results
Day 3: Timesheet


ONAC photo gallery


Hampton Inn and Suites

Official hotel of the Alaska Dog Mushers Association


  • Sat 2/18/2012: Gold Run
  • Sat 2/25/2012: North Pole Championships
  • Fri 3/9/2012: Limited North American Championships
  • Wed 3/14/2012: Jeff Studdert Invitational Passenger Race
  • Fri 3/16/2012: Open North American Championships

$15,000 on the North Pole Championships!

News flash: The North Pole Economic Development Corporation has guaranteed a whopping $15,000 purse on the North Pole Championships to be held Feb. 25th – 26th. ADMA greatly appreciates the City of North Pole’s commitment to the race and Mt McKinley Bank for signing on as title sponsor.

The 1st championship [...]

Race logistics for Sat., Jan. 14th.

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 [...]

New Years Day race postponed.

Due to the frigid Fairbanks forecast and a couple of spots on the trail not quite ready for race speeds, we will postpone the Annamaet Challenge Series Race #1 to Jan. 8th. Here is the updated schedule for all 5 races:
Race #1 – Sun., Jan. 8th
Race #2 – Sat., Jan. 14th
Race [...]

Race #1 postponed to Jan. 1st

Although work has been done on the trail, we don’t feel it is yet safe to hold a race. Annamaet Challenge Series Race #1 is postponed to Sunday, Jan. 1st. This affects races 1 – 4 and here is the revised schedule:

Race #1 on Sun., Jan. 1st
Race #2 on Sat., [...]

No Race on Dec. 11th

After the big meltdown we will have to postpone the Annamaet Challenge Series Race #1 again. This also affects races 2 and 3. Here is the updated schedule:
Race #1 – Sun., Dec. 18th.
Race #2 – Sat., Dec. 31st.
Race #3 – Sun., Jan. 8th.
Race #4 – Sat., Jan. 14th. (back on schedule)
Race [...]

AARP Sponsors Senior Dogs and Mushers

Just want to let you all know, with a BIG Thank you to AARP Alaska for their sponsorship again this year, that the AARP Division in the Annamaet Challenge Series 4 dog class is on again for the 2011-2012 season.  The goal of AARP Division Racing is to keep senior mushers and dogs remaining [...]

Annamaet Pet Foods signs on as ADMA sponsor

A very big thank you to Annamaet Pet Foods and Rob & Mary Jo Downey for
their continued support of ADMA and our race season. We will be getting
the Awesome handmade plates for the Challenge Series points champions, as
well as the cash donation that they make!

THANK YOU ANNAMAET PET FOODS!

Open North American, Final Results

ALASKA DOG MUSHERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC.

GCI OPEN NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP

March 20, 2011

Downtown
27.5 Miles
TEMP:  34

TRAIL:  Good

BIB

NO.
FINISH
ELASPED
WIN
2-DAY
TOTAL
WIN

NO.
MUSHER
DOGS
ORDER
TIME
ORDER
TIME
TIME
ORDER
REMARKS

1
Egil Ellis
10-2
15
96:35.1
2
128:37.8
225:12.9
1

2
Arleigh Reynolds
11-2
12
96:13.9
1
129:34.1
225:48.0
2

3
Ken Chezik
11-2
11
97:36.1
3
129:59.2
227:35.3
3

4
Jason Dunlap
12-2
10
98:42.1
4
131:07.8
229:49.9
4

9
Marvin Kokrine
13-2
4
99:37.7
5
137:17.8
236:55.5
5

6
Carolyn Johnson
11-2
9
102:30.4
7
135:24.2
237:54.6
6

10
Mari Hoe-Raitto
10-2
3
101:27.6
6
139:10.0
240:37.6
7

5
John Erhart
10-2
16
106:45.2
8
134:13.0
240:58.2
8

7
Mark Hartum
10-2
14
107:33.1
9
135:32.4
243:05.5
9

8
Nathan Sterling
11-2
13
108:25.1
12
136:41.3
245:06.4
10

11
Luke Sampson
9-2
8
108:35.3
13
140:37.3
249:12.6
11

13
Don Cousins
10-2
5
108:00.8
11
144:53.2
252:54.0
12

14
Greg Sellentin
7-2
2
107:53.8
10
145:56.0
253:49.8
13

12
Mari Wood
8-2
7
110:27.0
15
143:35.1
254:02.1
14

15
Paula Ciniero
12-2
1
109:51.0
14
147:44.0
257:35.0
15

16
Randy DeKuiper
9-1
6
115:54.2
16
154:30.2
270:24.4
16

Open North American, Day 2 Results

Don Cousins of Crooked Creek, Alberta heads down 2nd Avenue on the second day of the 2011 GCI Open North American Championships. Photo by Dave Partee/SledDogStudio.com.

You can find timesheets for Day 3 and a map, link to the starting area Webcam, and other information on the 2010-11 Race page.

ALASKA DOG MUSHERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC.

GCI OPEN [...]

Open North American, Day 1 Results

Carolyn Johnson of Minnesota in Creamer's Field on the first day of the 2011 GCI Open North American. Photo by Dave Partee/SledDogStudio.com.

You can find timesheets for Day 2 and a map, link to the starting area Webcam, and other information on the 2010-11 Race page.

ALASKA DOG MUSHERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC.

GCI OPEN NORTH [...]