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 [...]
[Updated to properly show the two-day totals. As originally posted, they dropped the hours.]
Below is the start order for Saturday’s heat of ADMA’s 2011 North Pole
Championships.
The holding area and start/finish lines are located in the softball
fields behind Star of the North Charter School, just north of the
Badger Road and Hurst Road intersection.
There is no cutoff temperature for championship races, so we’ll race
this weekend regardless of how chilly our [...]
Mother Nature Strikes Again!
Due to high winds, blowing snow, loss of trail, and DOT travel warnings, the North Pole Championships are postponed to March 5th and 6th. Logistics for the race will be the same as the previous post, with the draw being held at the Elf’s Den on March 4th, starting at 6pm. Hope to see [...]
The North Pole Championships Race will be held in within the city limits of North Pole this year. The holding area, start and finish line is located in the softball fields behind Star of the North Charter School just north of the Badger Road and Hurst Road intersection. Official distances are 5.7 miles for the 4-dog [...]
The 2011 North Pole Championships purse of $15,000 would not possible without the generous support of the North Pole community and these wonderful sponsors!
North Pole Economic Corporation
Big Street Construction
Plumber’s and Pipefitter’s Local 375
Doyon Ltd.
Northern Business Systems
Fairbanks Fuel
Santa Claus House
Yukon Accounting
Alaska Quality Insulators
Pagoda
F and E Taxidermy
Polar Espresso
Merriman [...]
There is a very nice article in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner that details organizational efforts for the race. Read the article at this link: http://newsminer.com/view/full_story/11322517/article-Purse-is-bulging-for-North-Pole-Championships?instance=home_sports_bullets
The Alaska Dog Mushers Association (ADMA) is excited to announce the North Pole Championship sled dog race, set for February 26th-27th, has a purse set at a whopping $15,000.
The purse has increased over the past couple of years with the help of Buzz Otis of the North Pole Economic Development Corporation (NPEDC), [...]
Here are the results for Day 2 of the 2010 North Pole Championships: