K300
Rohn Buser is all smiles with his lead dogs Goose and Quick at the K300 finish line after winning it for the first time in his third running. Photo by Mike Martz
The 2012 race was all Rohn, though, who started out in 4th place and moved into the top spot after the Aniak checkpoint about halfway into the race. He never let go of his lead, crossing the start/finish line in Bethel at 11:42 am. Read more →
A smiling Richie Diehl savors his fourth place finish. Photo by Mike Martz.
Richie Diehl did not quite know what to think or say when he crossed the start/finish line in Bethel. All he could do was praise his team.
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Rohn Buser of Big Lake left the Tulukasak checkpoint with an 18 minute lead over last year’s K300 Champion Paul Gebhardt, but Gebhardt predicts that John Baker will pass them both as the front three make their final push to Bethel 50 miles downriver.
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Estimated K300 finish time: Sunday, 11:15am.
