Mabel Irene Mitchell, known as “Gunner,” was a natural-born racer back in the ‘80s who beat women and men alike. This year, 30 women participated in the race named after her.
Selawik’s Samantha Skin hits a bump on the trail and crashes her snowmachine as she competes in the Gunner 120 snowmachine race in Kotzebue on Monday, April 11, 2022. Racers traveled from Kotzebue to Noorvik and back.
“When you watch the footage of them crossing the lake, it is just phenomenal,” said Claude Wilson with the Arctic Circle Racing Association, who has been involved with the sport since the late ‘70s. “They make really good time.” Mitchell and Brown learned snowmachining together as kids and started racing as teenagers — Mitchell was 13 and Brown was 14.
“There were no boundaries when it came to the men’s race. If she’s doing it, she’s doing it. There is no question if she can do it,” Octuck said. “That’s the kind of person she was.”
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