Iron Dog 38 forges ahead with 2022 race plan

Proving that even a worldwide pandemic can’t stop tradition, the World’s Longest Toughest Snowmobile Race is on for 2022. Iron Dog 38 will take a page from 2021’s successful event, which followed strict mitigation procedures that kept racers, volunteers and spectators along the racecourse safe.

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Iron Dog Board Announces Bob Menne as Executive Director.

The Iron Dog Board is pleased to announce the selection of Bob Menne as the new executive director. Menne, a lifelong snowmobile enthusiast and racer brings a long career of experience in the motor sports industry and business management expertise. Menne and his family relocated to Alaska from Minnesota in 2020 after competing in the 2018 Iron Dog race.

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Thank You Mike Vasser

Anchorage, Alaska – Thursday May 6, 2021. The Iron Dog Board would like to thank Mike Vasser for stepping in at the last minute as Interim Executive Director of the 2021 race. Mike's collaboration with board members, volunteers, community leaders, COVID mitigation experts and racers brought the 2021 race to reality when many said it could not happen.

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AFTERNOON UPDATE: Upset win for Team 6 in final miles of Iron Dog 38

(BIG LAKE, Feb. 19, 6:30 p.m.) – Iron Dog Team 6, Robby Schachle and Brad George, rode down the finish chute at just after noon on Saturday thinking they had buttoned up second place.

It wasn’t until they came across the finish line that they figured it out.

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EVENING UPDATE: Top four teams hold up in Puntilla for Saturday finale on Big Lake

(PUNTILLA LAKE, Feb. 19, 7:30 p.m.) – When Team 14 Casey Boylan and Bryan Leslie, were prepping to leave McGrath Friday morning, they agreed: No rash moves.

“Really we are just trying to stay steady and do what we know how to do,” said Boylan from McGrath, before the two headed out. “We haven’t been riding too hard, and we agreed that whatever pace we ride is the place we are going to get.”

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