For the second straight day, Kourosh Partow's team of eight sled dogs outraced bigger teams in the Raven Electric 10-Dog Championship at Tozier Track.
Partow was the only musher to break the 33-minute barrier in Saturday's 10-mile heat. He was the fastest on Friday too and will take a lead of nearly 2½ minutes into Sunday's final heat.
Folliowing a run of 32 minutes, 40 seconds on Saturday, Partow's two-day total time is 1 hour, 2 minutes, 24 seconds. Jerry Woods, who drove 10 dogs Friday and nine Saturday, is in second place.
Mushers will begin racing at 1 p.m. Sunday. Before that, beginning at 10 a.m., junior mushers will make their final push in the Alaskan Sled Dog & Racing Association's Junior Championships.
Raven Electric 10-dog championships
(Combined times from two 10-mile heats)
1) Kourosh Partow 1:02:24; 2) Jerry Woods 1:04:52; 3) Michael Tetzner 1:05:28; 4) Doreen Tetzner 1:05:46; 5) Evelyn Beeter 1:07:03; 6) Jennifer Sterling 1:10:42; 7) Ariane Jasmin 1:13:02; 8) tie, Kris Rasey and Mari Wood 1:13:29; 10) Tabby Nardini 1:15:02; 11) Eddie Dayton 1:15:14.
ASDRA Junior Championships
(Two-day total times)
2 dog (2.3 miles) — 1) Mira Franz 17:19; 2) Mia Maruskie 19:06; 3) Marilla Tichotsky 31:45; 4) Sydney Pierce 36:00.
3-dog (4 miles) — 1) John Wellmann 25:55; 2) Shannon Wellmann 27:01; 3) Asher Engeberg 30:29.
5 dog (6 miles) — 1) Johanna Badalich 47:52; 2) Zachary Maruskie 51:55.
7 dog (8 miles) — 1) Canzada Maruskie 51:57; 2) Mackenzie Barnhart 1:08:53; 3) Nicholas Cole 1:09:31.