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Waynesville men come out on top in Alaska motor adventure

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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

out alaskaraceA pair of Waynesville men are home after a third-place finish in the harrowing Alcan 5000 motor vehicle race across Alaska.

Team Zero 2, comprised of Jeremiah Jackson and Thomas McNally, traveled in a Mitsubishi through Yellowknife and its ice roads, to Whitehorse, Coldfoot — which is 70 miles north of the Arctic Circle — and finally to Anchorage to finish in time for the kick-off to the Iditarod Race and Fur Rendezvous Festival. 

It was only their first year entering the contest, but Jackson and McNally finished first in the amateur category. 

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