Awwww - "Tawd" Palin out of Iron Dog - Warm Weather tore up Trail & Snow Machine

[RamboLiberal]

Decorated champions fell victim to the brutal Iron Dog trail nearly as fast as rookies did on Monday.

By the time an unusually warm February sun dipped below the Alaska Range in the late afternoon, four former champions who had collected 15 Iron Dog titles among them -- Scott Davis, Todd Palin, Dusty VanMeter and Marc McKenna -- had retreated to the sidelines.

But the most experienced driver in the 27th Iron Dog, seven-time champion Davis of Soldotna, scratched with partner Palin near the Rainy Pass checkpoint in the Alaska Range.

Davis, 51, said a combination of problems put the duo out of contention and, eventually, out of the race. A crash broke the handlebars on Davis' Arctic Cat snowmobile as well as some springs. His back, which was sore at the start, worsened steadily.

http://www.adn.com/2010/02/22/1151230/palin-davis-team-drops-out-of.html

Irony I'd say. :nopity:

[FSogol]

1. ACORN strikes again!!!! IM seres11!!

;-)

[Warren Stupidity]

2. This drips with irony.

[Robb]

7. That would be the Irony Dog. nt

[StClone]

3. Alaskan Februaries are warm now?

[Kyril Enko]

4. "Now, darlin,' you just gotta DECIDE that the snow's still there & git right back on that machine!"

Youbetcha!

[Brickbat]

5. That's OK, they can write that off.

Boo-fucking-hoo.

[lunatica]

6. Ooops

I wonder how long it's been since it was so warm in February in Alaska.

[joeybee12]

8. I consider this nature fighting back against this polluters...

Good!

[shraby]

9. Climate change?......

What climate change? It doesn't exist. :sarcasm:

[Dappleganger]

11. Dammit Algore, you have to go and spoil a dog race!! nt

[SpiralHawk]

10. Another Palin quitter

sooooo typical