Pro Class - 100 miles

Started at 9:00 AM in Aitkin and the first place finisher arrived in Remer at 6:18 PM.

14 started and 13 finished

 

Trophy Class - 65 miles

Started at 9:30 AM in Aitkin and the first place finisher arrived in Outing at 2:49 PM.

3 started and 3 finished

 

Recreation Class - 35 miles

Started at 12 noon in Outing and the first place finisher arrived in Remer at 2:29 PM.

13 started and 13 finished

 

BAARC Public Service Team and their involvement:

John Luce                    WØJGY            Planning, setup, remote road crossing, starting line, and teardown

Steve Weber                WØTNT            Planning, remote road crossing, Net Control, and finish line

Al Doree                      WØRC              Planning, setup, Net Control, finish line, and teardown

Shirley Doree                KCØDCW       Starting line, mid-point, finish line, and Net Control support 

Karrissa Doree             Future Ham      (Grand Daughter of Al & Shirley) Same as Grandma

Jim Schubert                WØJDS             Starting line and remote road crossings

Bill (Jim Shubert's friend)                       Starting line and remote road crossings

Lyle Amundson              KØLFV           Remote road crossings

Terry May                     KIØFW            Remote road crossings

Lyle Koehler                  KØLR              Remote road crossings and Net Control

Kathy Lord                    KØTHY           Remote road crossings and Net Control support

 

The BAARC radio operators monitored the status of the mushers from the start of the races to the end. This included six very important remote road crossings. Net control worked out of the BAARC communication trailer located in Outing. We are very grateful to Roger Lawrence for the use of his repeater (300' elevation), located along the Ben Draper Road, about 6 miles north of Outing. It easily covered the entire trail from Aitkin to Remer. It was a very smooth running event, except for the first road crossing. Our club president, Lyle K0LFV, describes that road crossing in the following report:

 

Being at this first checkpoint for the Mid MN 150 Dog Sled Race was not only exciting and challenging but also turned out to be quite nerve racking at times.  Arriving at approximately 0900, I patiently waited for the first dog sled and musher to show up and it was exciting to see the first one come down the trail.   As it turned out, the morning had a number of challenges.  After dealing with traffic, a tipped over sled with the musher pinned underneath, dogs not staying on the trail as they crossed the road, a dog fight, a sled and musher running into my car, musher's hollering for help in the crossing of CR22, and a dog team that turned onto the asphalt highway and kept going up CR22 northbound.  Eventually that team got back onto the trail and were very fortunate not to get hit by a car.   Later, a couple of Mid-Minnesota 150 staffers showed.  From that point on, the crossing of the teams were much more controlled and mostly uneventful.

 

Many thanks to those who worked so hard in making this event a tremendous success.  The photos will tell the rest of the story.      

Steve WØTNT