Day 4 - Mission Accomplished!
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Today's temperature range
31F (Whitehorse, morning), 46F (Klondike Highway!), currently 20F in Dawson City
Mission Accomplished!
We have scores from today but without the adjustments from yesterday and the drops for Day 2-4, not really sure what the net effect is. I expect the first 4-5 cars to bunch up even closer - anyone could win!
We did quite well in the ice race, we think we put 0.6 seconds on Car 1, pulling us a little closer.
Today's ice race was at Schwatka (sp?) Lake --- plowed by the local snowmobile club. Looks like a home to many seaplanes during summer, they are all up on the shore now it is frozen. A nice big open track, about .76 of a mile.
Loads of fun!
My first run was quite fast but needed a little tidy up, I think about 1:21 - Paul's time was 1:19 for the first run so we were easily inside the 5 second zone (which I didn't know for my second run).
My second run was very fast, a bit too fast, listening to some Queen and the "red mist" descended and I went off into a bank, which slowed me for 4-5 seconds easily while the car dragged its way back out (full throttle in 2nd gear). It came in at 1:25 vs a 1:20 for Paul so we maxed that one, but so did Car 1. I will try and post full scores, as others did a lot better than I did.
R.Dale's first run was absolutely fantastic, very clean and lovely cornering lines and very quick, right up into he went deep into the bank before the finish line with a major "stuff" that required "extraction" by a sweep vehicle.
R.Dale's second run was nice and clean at 1:28. Each run group went slower and slower as the ice got more polished.
Drive Slower and Be Quicker!
Our strategy for the next ice race is to not try to go quite so fast (no listening to Queen, my daughter always says I drive too fast when I listen to music in the car). We know it is easy on this track to stay within 5 seconds of Paul on this track by taking a clean line, so the most important thing is to beat the times of Cars 1, 4, 10, 24.....
Greg (Car 1): (pic by R.Dale)
Glenn (Car 2): (pic by R.Dale)
Steve (Car 4) - yes folks, he kept going:
Big truck going deep - I think Doug Heredos driving (Car 18):
Looks like a Mitsubishi in a snow bank - he kept going too, Gary Bockman Car 21, I think:
Dawson City
We're here in Dawson City and we love it. It is still set up like a frontier town (popular with tourists, more so in summer....). I was hoping to get some shots of the lunar eclipse but clouds/mountains got in the way, so it was a bust.
This is our hotel, the Eldorado (quaint!):
Here's a picture "Dusk in Dawson":
Greg (Car 1) in the saloon. Or is it salon?
Day 5-7 preview
We are officially "off the clock" for three days while we start our adventures up the Dempster Highway to Inuvik and the Mackenzie River/Highway to Tuktoyaktuk. No TSDs or racing, but if you fail to reach Inuvik, a 200 point penalty, and a 20 point penalty if you fail to reach Tuk. We're going to both, of course.
Next few days not sure of what our connectivity will be, here is the rough itinerary:
Day 5 - Dawson City, to lunch at Eagle Plains, then to Inuvik overnight.
Day 6 - Inuvik to Tuk, then back to Eagle Plains overnight.
Day 7 - Eagle Plains to Whitehorse.
The Dempster is (I think) one of the most dangerous roads on the planet, more so than the ice road. Of course we will take utmost caution and travel in a group.
See you in Inuvik,
Glenn
(update 5:30AM: we're up getting ready for the Dempster Highway.... the sub-arctic bugs have caught up with Car 1, Gary has been fighting it for a while, but Russ is staying in Dawson to rest and recover. As long as two occupants and the vehicle make it to Inuvik Tuk, they can still be considered to have reached the controls. We hope Russ (and Gary who is making the trip) feel better soon.)
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Today's temperature range
31F (Whitehorse, morning), 46F (Klondike Highway!), currently 20F in Dawson City
Mission Accomplished!
We have scores from today but without the adjustments from yesterday and the drops for Day 2-4, not really sure what the net effect is. I expect the first 4-5 cars to bunch up even closer - anyone could win!
We did quite well in the ice race, we think we put 0.6 seconds on Car 1, pulling us a little closer.
Today's ice race was at Schwatka (sp?) Lake --- plowed by the local snowmobile club. Looks like a home to many seaplanes during summer, they are all up on the shore now it is frozen. A nice big open track, about .76 of a mile.
Loads of fun!
My first run was quite fast but needed a little tidy up, I think about 1:21 - Paul's time was 1:19 for the first run so we were easily inside the 5 second zone (which I didn't know for my second run).
My second run was very fast, a bit too fast, listening to some Queen and the "red mist" descended and I went off into a bank, which slowed me for 4-5 seconds easily while the car dragged its way back out (full throttle in 2nd gear). It came in at 1:25 vs a 1:20 for Paul so we maxed that one, but so did Car 1. I will try and post full scores, as others did a lot better than I did.
R.Dale's first run was absolutely fantastic, very clean and lovely cornering lines and very quick, right up into he went deep into the bank before the finish line with a major "stuff" that required "extraction" by a sweep vehicle.
R.Dale's second run was nice and clean at 1:28. Each run group went slower and slower as the ice got more polished.
Drive Slower and Be Quicker!
Our strategy for the next ice race is to not try to go quite so fast (no listening to Queen, my daughter always says I drive too fast when I listen to music in the car). We know it is easy on this track to stay within 5 seconds of Paul on this track by taking a clean line, so the most important thing is to beat the times of Cars 1, 4, 10, 24.....
Greg (Car 1): (pic by R.Dale)
Glenn (Car 2): (pic by R.Dale)
Steve (Car 4) - yes folks, he kept going:
Big truck going deep - I think Doug Heredos driving (Car 18):
Looks like a Mitsubishi in a snow bank - he kept going too, Gary Bockman Car 21, I think:
Dawson City
We're here in Dawson City and we love it. It is still set up like a frontier town (popular with tourists, more so in summer....). I was hoping to get some shots of the lunar eclipse but clouds/mountains got in the way, so it was a bust.
This is our hotel, the Eldorado (quaint!):
Here's a picture "Dusk in Dawson":
Greg (Car 1) in the saloon. Or is it salon?
Day 5-7 preview
We are officially "off the clock" for three days while we start our adventures up the Dempster Highway to Inuvik and the Mackenzie River/Highway to Tuktoyaktuk. No TSDs or racing, but if you fail to reach Inuvik, a 200 point penalty, and a 20 point penalty if you fail to reach Tuk. We're going to both, of course.
Next few days not sure of what our connectivity will be, here is the rough itinerary:
Day 5 - Dawson City, to lunch at Eagle Plains, then to Inuvik overnight.
Day 6 - Inuvik to Tuk, then back to Eagle Plains overnight.
Day 7 - Eagle Plains to Whitehorse.
The Dempster is (I think) one of the most dangerous roads on the planet, more so than the ice road. Of course we will take utmost caution and travel in a group.
See you in Inuvik,
Glenn
(update 5:30AM: we're up getting ready for the Dempster Highway.... the sub-arctic bugs have caught up with Car 1, Gary has been fighting it for a while, but Russ is staying in Dawson to rest and recover. As long as two occupants and the vehicle make it to Inuvik Tuk, they can still be considered to have reached the controls. We hope Russ (and Gary who is making the trip) feel better soon.)
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