All Alaska Sweepstakes Leader Board

[Heidi]

http://www.allalaskasweepstakes.org/beta/standings.htm

2 Conner Thomas 10:02 3/25
3 Fred Mo Napoka 10:04 3/25
4 Jim Lanier 10:06 3/25
5 Ed Iten 10:08 3/25
6 Aaron Burmeister 10:10 3/25
7 Hugh Neff 10:12 3/25
8 Cari Miller 10:14 3/25
9 Kristen Bey 10:16 3/25
10 Jeff King 10:18 3/25
11 Jeff Darling 10:20 3/25
12 Mitch Seavey 10:22 3/25
13 Mike Santos 10:24 3/25
14 Ramy Brooks 10:26 3/25
15 Lance Mackey 10:28 3/25
16 Cim Smyth 10:30 3/25
17 Sonny Lindner 10:32 3/25

According to the leader board they're all off!

[dilli]

The AAS webcam did not work.

BSSD cam and the usual Nome cam did. Whee.

From KICY radio broadcast coverage from the start

#1 ..Pete MacManus .. honorary musher .. two grandsons led off race .. will run sled and dogs a short way on trail in honor of their Grandpa who was tragically killed when his plane crashed on the way back home form the 1983 AAS race .. his dogs were all killed too. *incoming hankies*

#2 Thomas .. DJs didn't say how many dogs are in team ... NKC member
#3 Napoka ..10 dogs ..Tuluksak teacher/local musher Go Moe Go
#4 Lanier .. 13 dogs .. 12 white, one black .. last place in AAS '83 .. hopes to improve this time ..
#5 Iten .. DJs didn't say how many dogs .. snowhook got stuck at launch .. lol
#6 Burmeister .. 11 dogs
#7 Neff ... 13 dogs
#8 Miller .. 12 dogs rarin' to go .. NKC member
#9 Bey .. 11 dogs .. NKC member
#10 King .. DJs didn't say how many dogs .. 13 maybe?
#11 Darling .. 12 dogs ..
#12 Seavey .. 10 dogs .. using tail dragger .. Danny is there as handler
#13 Santos .. 16 dogs .. King Jeff lent him gold to enter .. Santos' dogs are mostly from J. King
#14 Brooks .. 12 dogs .. using wood sled .. Roxy is handler .. one of Ramy's dogs was jumping vertical into the air with eagerness at start line
#15 Mackey ---13 dogs ..lol ... Tonya and Braxton helping handle
#16 Smyth ...11 dogs
#17 Lindner .. 13 dogs ... Swenson will handle for Sonny this time .. Sonny handled for Swenson in '83

Other KICY news snippets I caught:
Trail is rumored to be pretty ugly by Telephone.

Lots of blowing powder snow in several trail sections

One section of groomed trail (unspecified) had collapsed into a 50' crevice (using DJ's term)

It was 9 degrees in Nome at start of race, light snow, light winds

Weekly weather forecast from NOAA
No wicked winds predicted !!!!!!!!!!!!!

347 AM ADT WED MAR 26 2008

TODAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. FLURRIES. HIGHS NEAR 10 ABOVE.
LIGHT WINDS.
.TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 5 TO 15 BELOW.
LIGHT WINDS.

.THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.
LIGHT WINDS.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 15 BELOW TO ZERO.
LIGHT WINDS.

.FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS 5 TO 15.
LIGHT WINDS.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS NEAR 10 BELOW.

.SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS NEAR 10 ABOVE.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS NEAR 10 BELOW.

.SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS.
HIGHS NEAR 15.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SNOW.
LOWS NEAR 5 BELOW.

.MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SNOW.
HIGHS NEAR 15.
.MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SNOW.
LOWS NEAR 5 BELOW.

.TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SNOW.
HIGHS NEAR 10 ABOVE.

[dilli]

Hey Heidi .. you've got email (not PM mail)

[CynCyn37]

I can't believe I missed it!

I thought it started Saturday! How could I be so out of it?????

[Heidi]

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Picture of Lance Mackey courtesy of our wonderful dilli and the Nome webcam!

[CynCyn37]

Thanks!!!

[flowerpower]

I have a question-I know on other races the different start time is made up at the mandatory layover. What about in this race since there is no mandatory? Will there be an adjustment of any sort?

Never mind! I just saw a response on the 101 posting.

[Heidi]

Great news!

I just got off the phone with KICY radio in Nome and they've agreed to put up a link to their audio of the race start. So look for it here: http://www.kicy.org/

The GM said they'd put up a link at the top of the page and said it's about 40 minutes long.

And Dilli: Thaks for your informative post above! I didn't even think about KICY or KNOM. I wonder if they'll be providing audio coverage of the finish. I need to find out about that.

[Moose]

Thanks for the report and photo, Dilli and Heidi! Dill, were you listening to the start somewhere?

There's good stuff on the website, but I have to double-click everything and everything loads with multiple jerks. Though patience is a virtue, it's not one of mine!

Oops. I guess that answers my question. Ask, and Heidi (or Dilli) will provide! Thank you.

[Another UK Fan]

Flower - Good question! Libby the lab asked it too on '101' thread. Here is Dilli's answer:

Quote from Dilli
'Good question libby the lab .. and here's your answer

http://www.allalaskasweepstakes.org/RaceRules.html

from INTERPRETATION OF THE RULES SUPPLEMENT


3. The time differential will be made up at a randomly selected checkpoint decided by the lead judge just prior to the race start at 10:00 AM on March 26, 2008. Mushers should not sign in at this checkpoint until the dog count and dog identification is verified by the checker and himself. The differential checkpoint will remain confidential until the first musher’s arrival at that point.'

Dilli - thanks for the radio info - you are amazing In fact, all of you are amazing!