Anchorage Daily News

Ricky Taylor didn't win either heat in the season-opening sled-dog race at Tozier Track, but he nonetheless took home the victory in the Doris and Orville Lake Memorial Race.

Taylor came up seconds short of winning heats on both Saturday and Sunday, with his second-place run on Sunday lifting him to the overall win with a two-day total time of 64 minutes, 5 seconds.

Taylor's time of 31:52 Sunday was a second shy of Ed Wood's winning time of 31:51. But Taylor was quite a bit faster than Wood on Saturday while finishing in 32:13, two seconds behind first-day winner Jeff Conn.

Conn had to change leaders Sunday and faded to fifth overall.

The two-day race marked a return to Tozier Track for the Alaskan Sled Dog Racing Association, which had been displaced from its Tudor Road home base for a couple of seasons by the expansion of Elmore Road.

"We're back home, and we're more than happy," the association's Christine Tozier said.

Doris and Orville Lake Memorial Race

at Tozier Track

Open class (10.8 miles) -- 1) Ricky Taylor 32:13-31:52--64:05 (day 1 time, day 2 time, total time); 2) Ed Wood 32:52-31:51--64:43; 3) Daryl Hollingsworth 32:11-32:44--64:55; ; 4) Egil Ellis 33:53-32:07--66:00; 5) Jeff Conn 32:10-35:49--67:59; 6) Gary Markley 35:17-33:01--68:18; 7) Helen Lundberg 36:25-37:09--73:34; 8) Jeff Barnhart 37:51-39:34--77:25; 9) Gail Hoekman 36:04-43:26--79:30.

8-dog class (8.1 miles) -- 1) Jennifer Probert 23:29-23:51--47:20; 2) Brenda Burge 24:35-24:42--49:17; 3) Evelyn Beeter 24:49-24:58--49:47; 4) Kathie Barnhart 26:58-27:25--54:23..

6-dog class (5.8 miles) -- 1) Kris Rasey 17:07-16:46--33:53; 2) Bev Stevens 17:01-17:12--34:13; 3) Jennifer Probert 18:13-17:19--35:32; 4) Evelyn Beeter 20:51-18:53--39:44; 5) Tabitha Nardini 19:49-20:10--39:59.

4-dog class (5.8 miles) -- 1) Kim Wells 18:30-18:57--37:27; 2) Susan Cantor 20:42-20:54--41:36; 3) Rick Cavens 21:02-21:12--42:14.

3-dog class (2.3 miles) -- 1) Mari Cavens 8:35-8:25--17:00; 2) Gaston Green 11:35-14:35--26:10; 3) Christa Green 14:07-13:33--27:40.

Anderson wins Knik 200

Ken Anderson of Two Rivers claimed victory in the Knik 200 sled-dog race Sunday, beating Ray Redington Jr. of Knik to the finish line of the 200-mile race by 20 minutes.

Anderson reached the finish at Knik Lake at 11 a.m. Sunday. The race began the day before at the lake.

Redington finished at 11:20, five minutes ahead of Mike Santos, who led the pack into Skwentna but couldn't hold off Anderson.

Knik 200

Final results (arrival time at Knik Lake) -- 1) Ken Anderson, 11 a.m. Sunday; 2) Ray Redington Jr., 11:20, 3) Mike Santos, 11:25; 4) Mike Barnett, 11:28; 5) Mitch Seavey, 11:31; 6) Dallas Seavey, 11:47; 7) Matt Hayashida 12:10:07 p.m.; 8) Jake Lyshyn, 12:10:43; 9) Bruce Linton 12:29; 10) Gerry Willowmitzer 12:42; 11) Robert Bundtzen 1:23 p.m.; 12) Jake Berkowitz 1:25; 13) Sarah Spinola 1:48; 14) Karin Hendrickson 2:28; 15) Jessie Royer 2:30.

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