Congratulations to Allen, Commando, Junior, Dutch, Amber, Kodiak, Spark, Nomex, Rodney, Five, Champ and Violet – and Chevie – on their 6th placing in the CB300.
The team crossed the line at 9:07am with wagging tails and smiles with a total run time of 27 hours, 59 mins. They enjoyed lots of care and attention (and thawed meat snacks) from the handler crew and are now resting in their cozy straw-lined boxes. Allen is enjoying some home cooking at the checkpoint and will soon be asleep himself. The handler crew can also now enjoy a few hours where they don’t have to check the tracker or keep an eye out for the team arriving.
KCAM were streaming live and interviewed Allen at the finish line, after race officials checked his sled for gear and officially signed off the trail.
Allen joked that he “waited till daylight” to come in and seemed in good spirits. He said it was the best conditions he’d ever experienced on the CB300 and that he had never in his 16 years of CBs seen trails like this and thought the race times would reflect that. He said they were ideal conditions for the “fast teams”. He is happy with how the dogs ran, averaging 10-11 mph which is perfect for the Quest and Iditarod but he said this team doesn’t go 13-15 mph which is what it would have taken to win today.
Congrats to Nic, Brent, Matt, Sven and Michelle!
We’ll bring you more soon. In the meantime, thanks to everyone who followed along with us! Let’s do it all again in a couple of weeks for the Yukon Quest!
Congrats to the extraordinary team for a fast race! Super dogs and musher. Thank you also Moira for the updates and writing. Last night I fell out of sleep following the reroute after Lake Louise to my surprise. The finish is @ it’s usual spot?
I am also very happy for Nick to do so extraordinarily well again.
Bravo to all the dogs!!!
Looking forward to the next meeting.
(Kisses to Champ)
Glad everyone finished with tails wagging! Enjoy the rest Allen and Crew….now on to the Quest! Congrats on a race well run!
Congratulations Allen ! Thank you for sharing such a wonderful experience with us online. The dogs looked great. We hope that you can get some rest before the upcoming YQ. The handlers did an awesome job too.
Congratulations to Allen, the Black Team, and all of the handlers! I really enjoyed following you this weekend. Get caught up on your sleep and I look forward to learning how all of the dogs did on the race. Junior earns a special congratulations for being in lead the entire race so soon after having puppies last summer.
Congrats To Allen and his 12 team mates! I listened on KCAM Radio Live–How nice that was! Hugs
to all the dogs especially Sweet Violet (huh Becky)! Thanks for the wonderful pics that were for
us fans to enjoy–SPK Crew is the BEST!
Congratulations to Allen, Commando, Junior, Dutch, Amber, Kodiak, Spark, Chevie, Nomex, Rodney, Five, Champ VIOLET, and that quick Nic.
Great race Black team!
Thank you Moira. <3
Congratulations Black Team! That was a fantastic fast race! I am looking forward to watching the Yukon Quest and Iditarod!
My math brain is stuck on your saying that 11 dogs left Point Lodge, but only 10 showed on the count at the finish.
No matter – great race and congratulations to the team – and that Nic is a speedy one, for sure.