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Exciting news from the 2015 Kuskokwim 300 Mushers drawing this evening!
Pete and the A Team are ready for action tomorrow evening on what appears to be a very fast trail. The big news, though, is that our own, Uppa Ron Kaiser, Pete’s Dad, is signed up and ready for the Bogus 150 as well. And even more exciting to see is Team Kaiser’s good friend and mentor, Bill Eisenbart, who is rumored to be running the Akiak Dash! WOW!!
What a fun weekend is in store for Kaiser Racing Fans!
Pete and his team just arrived into Bethel from a couple of month’s training in Nenana at the Aaron Burmeister ranch. It has been a pretty busy time for them getting acclimated to the ice and slippery trail after the luxurious snow and trails of the interior.
Tonight K300 and Bogus Creek Mushers met at the Long House Bethel Hotel for the Musher Meeting and Position Drawing. The list of mushers is long and distinguished this year with many Iditarod and Yukon Quest winners and top competitors in the field. K300 Board President Myron Angstman went over the rules and trail conditions before the mushers selected their starting position. The event is very informal and a conglomeration of the best mushing personalities in the business.
This year’s trail will follow the truck trail from Bethel to Aniak and back to Bethel. Myron explained that this has been done several times in the 36 year history of the race. He expected a 36 hour race which would put the 2015 Winner across the finish line in Bethel in the early hours of Sunday morning. (Just in time for the Seahawks/Packers Game!)
Ron will be running the race after a 4 year absence from the racetrails. He sounded excited and ready for action. The Team Kaiser Pit Crew of Rick and Kathy Hanson, Jenn Peeks, Lucas Salzbrun and others will meet him up at Bogus for the evening break. What fun to see Uppa Ron on the sled runners again!! (Take a look at Ron’s 2015 K300 Trophy- It’s a winner on its own. The photo lights up and as usual is a work of art on its own.)
We will talk with Pete tomorrow with a pre race interview to get his take on the trail and the 2015 Team.
Here are some photos from tonights festivities~
