Bethel’s own Pete Kaiser, who claimed a fourth consecutive K300 victory on Sunday morning, Jan. 21, 2018. Photo: Katie Basile, KYUK; used with permission. - Bethel, Alaska 
Historic 2018 Kuskokwim 300 Complete; Kaiser Claims 4th Straight Win
THE 2018 KUSKOKWIM 300 was one for the history books, not only because of the unique trail route and conditions, but also because of this year’s winner.
KYUK: “This is making race history, in the 39 years of the K300, no musher has ever won the race four times in a row.”
Kaiser: “Yeah, I don’t know, it’s…(I’m) kind of at a loss for words, but it’s pretty cool to do that.”
KNOM’s partners at KYUK spoke to Pete Kaiser of Bethel, live at the finish line yesterday. Kaiser has won his fourth straight K300 sled dog race, making him the only musher in the race’s history to do so. Kaiser arrived into Bethel yesterday morning, crossing the finish line around 9am.
After completing his historic victory, Kaiser explained how difficult it was to run this year’s race trail.
“You know, we live out here and train out here, too, so we are a little more comfortable with it than most, probably, but it still didn’t make it comfortable. It was extremely tough, probably one of the toughest, if not the toughest race I’ve ever done. So, I’m glad we made it around in one piece, with the speeds that we did.”
Finishing about an hour and a half behind Kaiser was Joar Ulsom in second place. This was Ulsom’s best K300 result, improving upon his 2016 race, where he took third. The K300’s all-time winningest musher, Jeff King, took third place in the 2018 Kusko 300 as he arrived into Bethel at 1:19pm yesterday afternoon.
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