Any of you fags see this ridiculous wreck earlier today?

[newcastlefan]

Zach Bell got up under his own power and walked away from this.

These are without a doubt the toughest athletes in all of motor sports.

Zach Bell just lined up to race in the Last Chance Qualifier. Unbelievable.

i dont know how they do that. it's guaranteed that he's going to be a mess of arthritis if he makes it to 40

[newcastlefan]

if my life is a dream i don't ever want a wake up.

i'd be terrified if this is the fantasy i dream about when i'm asleep.

[Deepercreek]

cool.

what's that all aboot?

Race from Big Lake (hour North of Anchorage) to Nome and back down to Fairbanks. On the rivers they average 90 - 93 MPH........crazy. Over 2000 miles. Iron dog first and than the Iditarod.....

[Satori Brah]

you know why I really do it? I know my days of slamming moguls are almost over and now I can relive my runs without relying on my imagination.

I can see that but being in your 40s and 50s isn't what it was back in your father's days.
People could (and should) take care of themselves better so they can still do those kind
of sports in their later years.

[BaddFunn]

i dont know how they do that. it's guaranteed that he's going to be a mess of arthritis if he makes it to 40

he just took another nasty wreck and got helped off the track.

maybe he'll get an Advil sponsorship

[BaddFunn]

Race from Big Lake (hour North of Anchorage) to Nome and back down to Fairbanks. On the rivers they average 90 - 93 MPH........crazy. Over 2000 miles. Iron dog first and than the Iditarod.....

they're two man teams. how long does it take? 2-3 days?

[BaddFunn]

I can see that but being in your 40s and 50s isn't what it was back in your father's days.
People could (and should) take care of themselves better so they can still do those kind
of sports in their later years.

yeah I hear that. I'll be 50 later this year and I've been exercising a lot just so I can try to maintain my strength for doing my job for another 10 years.

[Satori Brah]

yeah I hear that. I'll be 50 later this year and I've been exercising a lot just so I can try to maintain my strength for doing my job for another 10 years.

I want to work until I'm 70 if I can have the same level job that I have now.

[newcastlefan]

I can see that but being in your 40s and 50s isn't what it was back in your father's days.
People could (and should) take care of themselves better so they can still do those kind
of sports in their later years.

sports are one thing, but that stuff is just abusive punishment to your back and knees.

[BaddFunn]

I want to work until I'm 70 if I can have the same level job that I have now.

I hope to never retire. I just need to say no a lot more than I do now. Last week kicked my ass hard.

[Judsy]

no one who weighs a buck thirty is tough. they're just too light to get seriously hurt by gravity or their own momentum. (usually)

this

[Deepercreek]

Race from Big Lake (hour North of Anchorage) to Nome and back down to Fairbanks. On the rivers they average 90 - 93 MPH........crazy. Over 2000 miles. Iron dog first and than the Iditarod.....

35 hours, 39 minutes, 56 seconds broke the 2009 race record by a whopping hour and 39 minutes

They have a bunch of mandatory layovers at different checkpoints.....

[Judsy]

I rode dirt bikes and quads all my life, Its harder on the knees than anything. Unless you crash.

[BaddFunn]

35 hours, 39 minutes, 56 seconds broke the 2009 race record by a whopping hour and 39 minutes

They have a bunch of mandatory layovers at different checkpoints.....

holy fuck. 2K miles in less than 2 days with layovers?

[Deepercreek]

holy fuck. 2K miles in less than 2 days with layovers?

35 hours running time.

[BaddFunn]

35 hours running time.

ah, okay.

you ever take any cross country trips on the sled?

[Deepercreek]

ah, okay.

you ever take any cross country trips on the sled?

Not 2K. We did a 250 - 300 mile trip last weekend hunting, caught in blizzard, 2 out of 4 sleds had issues...........long long weekend. I think we averaged about 5MPH.

How they average those speeds in the weather is amazing.

[BaddFunn]

Not 2K. We did a 250 - 300 mile trip last weekend hunting, caught in blizzard, 2 out of 4 sleds had issues...........long long weekend. I think we averaged about 5MPH.

How they average those speeds in the weather is amazing.

how cold was it? where'd you sleep?

[Deepercreek]

how cold was it? where'd you sleep?

It stayed in the 20's luckily........... Mclarren river lodge the first night. Flat light all the way in, lots of pushing and digging as we drove off the trail into sugar constantly. Picked up a few ptarmigan on the ride in, no caribou.

Left Sunday morning and the wind started blowing 60 - 80, more in the compressed valleys......fucking miserable. We ran into some caribou and my son grabbed his rifle......I started screaming at him, don't shoot that god damn animal, to young and stupid to realize we were in for a long day.

We had gear in case we had to spend the night on the trail........I'm glad we didn't use it. We stopped and talked about sheltering a few times.....had 3 moose in the trail ahead of us once, they were hating life as much as us and wouldn't leave the trail, that could have gone bad quickly.......getting in the trucks and heading home felt real good.

[Vyb]

Did somebody mention a Star Wars marathon? What channel?