Posting the fastest running times through the final half of the 2017 Tustumena 200, three-time champion Cym Smith outraced the field for the T-200 championship.
Cym Smith crosses the finish line in Kasilof on Sunday to win the 30th Anniversary T-200 in a total elapsed time of 26 hours and three minutes.
Smith crosses finish line for T-200 championship…
Smith, starting in the 14th pole position, maneuvered through the field posting the second-fastest running time through the Freddie’s Roadhouse checkpoint (mile 43) and into the McNeil Canyon School, halfway checkpoint. Nicolas Petit, runner-up to Smith, posted the fasted running time through the first two checkpoints, running out front from the #1 start position.
Smith on speed of the trail and his team…
Smith battled Petit throughout the day on Sunday, from McNeil Canyon School to the finish line in Kasilof. Smith posted the fastest third leg with a time of 4:16, five minutes in-front-of Petit.
Down the stretch, Cym Smith completed the final 43-mile leg in 3:29 crossing the finish line with a cumulative run time of 16 hours and three minutes. Nicolas Petit, second to the finish line, recorded a total run time of 16 hours and six minutes. Only three minutes separated Smith and Petit in the 2017 Tustumena 200. Smith registers his fourth T-200 victory.
Dave Turner passed Mitch Seavey on the final stretch from Freddie’s Roadhouse to finish third overall.
