2014 I-500 youtube ft. 621 and 440L/F

[SnowCrossMark]

Hi everybody,
Since there is no race this year, I came across this race video from last year.
I could not imagine how difficult it is to ride for 4 hours, at full race.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-A5YQtfjP8

-Mark-

[lwb140]

absolute must see stuff !! I remember this !! stuff you simply cant explain thanks for posting wade

[JDT]

The river run looked rougher than I thought it would be.

What was JDJR doing when you blew by him?

[skoalmint]

WOW awesome video. Brock

[400brian]

Watching the video, it appears to me that both Rainville and Wade were pacing themselves.

In this case that wasn't a bad strategy, as I don't think the guy was stopping there at the end to take a whizz.

[jdsledsrgr8]

Thats fun.

He had one hell of a sled, he was riding it like he stole it forsure. He was also the second person to be out of the race.

[JoeRainville]

Watching the video, it appears to me that both Rainville and Wade were pacing themselves.

Brian, I appreciate your optimism. While running a pace you can keep for 5 hrs in important, what really happened was that my goggles were freezing up, and I could not see much at all by the time Mattison passed me around the 7:20 timestap. I wasted a lot of time stopping to clear them until I finally tore holes in the side foam. He caught Wade around 15:15, but then Wade re-passed after his sled quit.

I did run a deliberate pace on the river, as it was below zero and my jetting was set for 0 to 40 deg. I ran 3/4 throttle with lots of WOT burst. Every time I passed a burned down sled I would back off. There were a total of 5 sleds on the river, and I was determined not to be the 6th.

SCM, thanks for posting the link! I have seen some of the Team Mattison videos, but not that one.

Even with a lame 15th place finish, crossing the line felt like a huge accomplishment after a 5 1/2 beating.

-Joe

[lwb140]

we rode about another 10 miles or so on thief river , through town passing by fish houses, riding behind the cat factory etc , there were several dead sleds on the river, it was rough and crazy cold , I really didn't want to burn down on the river

[JDT]

Is that what happened to the Cat in the Video? Burned down?
Kind of sounded like his engine went south.