Iron Dog 2015: Need For Speed 

For 2000 miles at a shot though? This is an endurance race.

Yes and Polaris is so happy with it, it’s now discontinued

Its not. There is a reason these races happen at this time of year. The iditarod happens in march. The idea is to have the biggest race at the end of the season after you have gotten in all your winter training. They don't WANT a ton of snow. They want a trail. If its dumping snow on you during the race it makes a slower trail. And in these long races it makes staying on course harder. Plus like thats how all the dogs die in the iditarod is by inhaling snow for 12 hours a day while running and then they die from pneumonia. Dog sled racing needs to be banned and the iditarod is cruel af. I worked in sprint racing, shorter races suck too. Its such a brutal and ugly sport it haunts my nightmares the crap I have seen and heard.

As long as it would take a armless woodchuck to chuck all the wood he could chuck.

probably to keep his helmet from chafing his forehead.

It’s too keep frostbite away the duct tape protects his face

Because you are also going way faster than that. This is an endurance race. Your machine IS going to get hot after running ALL DAY. New machines are water cooled. alot of older machines are air cooled. Modern snowmobiles are pretty intense little machines running at pretty high compression. And snowmobiles in general run at high rpms. This race pushes them to their limits. I used to drag in snowmobiles trails. And my life got hard once we got a water cooled one. pulling a heavy drag at low speed not enough air moved over the radiator to keep it cool. before that we had a much larger air cooled bear cat and that one did it way better though it was a total pig of a machine

Yea but it still canada

@@dircon75 and?

probs a skidoo or polaris. And I think they switch around alot. These guys basically run these machines to death everyyear. You need the newest and best to have a chance in this race. i don't think i see a single Yamaha. And I saw a banner for arctic cat. But it looks like most people are riding skidoo or polaris. I notice up north the yamahas are put to work. I bet alot of the trail help and stuff are on yamahas.

@@doggodoggo3000 5:17 is a pair of yamaha vipers

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Stephen Mecheski you must have a 600cc engine for the iron dog, but the sled type doesn’t matter.

www.irondog.org/2015-ski-doo-iron-dog-special/ I noticed the Polaris have Rush style rear suspension @Stephen Mecheski

Like Dakar or Isle of man? Something like that? I hope your not referring to that dog sled racing BS. That should be illegal. Im speaking from experience, I work in dog sled racing. The iditarod and the quest are WAY over romanticized. If people really knew how it worked and peoples motivations theyd agree with me. If you would stop mushing dogs because you can't race you shouldn't do it at all.

@@doggodoggo3000 nah man not talking about dog sledding about snowmobile. Cains quest is by far the hardest enduro race on sled

@@imstuck331 Word. Im planning to start a petition for Alaska to change their state sport from dog mushing to Snowmobile racing.

Really strange... is it a rule/sponsorship thing from Iron Dog?

Thats so not true lol, just back in 2017 the winners were riding cats

If the heated visor on a closed helmet fails, you are done for, can't see anything because of condensation. Best to use open face with winter goggles...

These birds are definitely not snocross riders haha

The most dangerous sport ever did it for years and lost many friends

@@michaelcrook8329 Im sorry to hear about your friends. I worked in dog sled racing. That crap needs to be banned. Humans make the choice to put their lives on the line. Dogs don't. Racing is a deadly sport. For this reason All animal racing needs to be banned. Horse, Barrel, dog, dog sled, turtle, terrier, etc etc. Its all the same and its not good for animals. Its just competitive animal breeding with extra steps and its alot like the animal fighting industry. Dog fighting and dog sled racing have more in common than they don't.

no

Its cooler than that stupid dog sled racing BS. Alot more money in it too. If alaskans were smart THIS would be their state sport. Its racing strategy. Lotta planning, You gotta keep the machine alive, control for variables, its not just bs open flat trail. Its hard on the equipment. You gotta know what you are doing to do well. And have the money to actually do it. Alot of those guys are snowmobile mechanics and shit.

you swallow , don't deny it.