Don Braaten waves the green flag at the start of the 43rd Alcan 200 snowmachine race on Saturday.
Road conditions were “pretty close to perfect,” said race organizer Karen Hess. Snowmachiners raced from 42 Mile to Dezadeash and back and 21 racers completed the course. Jarrid Davy of Whitehorse again came in first place overall this year with a time of 1 hour, 18 minutes, 11 seconds and an average speed of 119 mph. Chris Brooks was the fastest local and the only local to finish this year with a time of 2 hours, 42 minutes and 10 seconds.
Overall Winners
Jarrid Davy / Whitehorse 1st place overall / time 1:18:11 avg. speed 119
Craig Hill / Fairbanks 2nd place overall / time 1:21:08 avg speed 114.6
Randy Martin / Fairbanks 3rd place overall / time 131:10 avg speed 102.
Class winners:
0-440 Fan
1st Mario Poulin / Whitehorse
2nd Davis Tester / North Pole
3rd Zack Ferrin / Juneau
441-open
1st Ken Schamber / Haines Jct
2nd Tyler Ferrin / Juneau
3rd John Martin / North Pole
0-440 Liquid
1st Trent Derkatch / Whitehorse
2nd Justin Peterson / Whitehorse
3rd Dale Panchyshyn / Whitehorse
441-550 Liquid
1st Jim Binkley / Fairbanks
2nd Steve Cornwall / Fairbanks
3rd Nathan Peterson / Whitehorse
551-650 Liquid
1st Randy Martin / Fairbanks
2nd George Juhlin / North Pole
Robert Ritter / Juneau
651-Open
1st Jarrid Davy / Whitehorse
2nd Craig Hill / Fairbanks
3rd Chris Brooks / Haines
Fastest Local (only local to finish) Chris Brooks
Rookie of the year Jim Binkley