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Bethel’s Pete Kaiser makes K300 history with 10th first-place finish
image from: kyuk.org
Bethel’s own Pete Kaiser has become the winningest musher in Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race (K300) history. The scene on the Bethel riverfront on the morning of Sunday, Jan. 25 was electric as family, friends, and fans cheered the hometown hero across the finish line at 10:40 a.m.
“Just reminiscing about the last 20 years and how we got here,” Kaiser told KYUK at the finish line.
Kaiser now has 10 first-place finishes in the race, breaking the nine-win record held for years by mushing legend Jeff King.
In this year’s race from Bethel to Aniak and back, Kaiser said that victory never felt assured.
“I thought, wow … there [were] six or seven different teams that could maybe pull this off if they kept having the run they were having. So no, I wasn't super confident,” Kaiser said.
(READ MORE - kyuk.org)
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