To the NFGT Application gods...

[Joe Dozzo]

I know the application process is over but I'm hoping you may just be looking for a tie-breaker so that maybe one or two average "Joe's" get selected...

I know it's not wins at LeMans or Watkins Glenn but how about the AlCan? Just finished 3400 miles, Denver to Anchorage in my 05 FGT on roads of about every condition, speeds from 5 to a lot more and glorious sunshine to torrential downpour! Car performed absolutely flawlessly and is an awesome testament to just how great these cars are - turned heads everywhere, spent extra hours at gas stations with guys who'd never otherwise get to see one in person and hundreds of waves / thumbs up from cars, trucks and motorcycles.

Offer me a New FGT and I PROMISE I'll do it again in the new one!!!!

Us in Teslin, Yukon Territory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teslin,_Yukon

 

[Awsum GT]

You would need to ship your luggage

 

[Joe Dozzo]

Luggage?

 

[Flatrod]

Glad to see you brought it up Joe! That will make 8 here, but I understand one is leaving so back to 7 here!

 

[PL510*Jeff]

Great road trip. Alcan highway - another GT first.

 

[JWZ]

Very nice!!

 

[TO AWSUM]

I know the application process is over but I'm hoping you may just be looking for a tie-breaker so that maybe one or two average "Joe's" get selected...

I know it's not wins at LeMans or Watkins Glenn but how about the AlCan? Just finished 3400 miles, Denver to Anchorage in my 05 FGT on roads of about every condition, speeds from 5 to a lot more and glorious sunshine to torrential downpour! Car performed absolutely flawlessly and is an awesome testament to just how great these cars are - turned heads everywhere, spent extra hours at gas stations with guys who'd never otherwise get to see one in person and hundreds of waves / thumbs up from cars, trucks and motorcycles.

Offer me a New FGT and I PROMISE I'll do it again in the new one!!!!

Sorry, but only posting one picture of the AlCan does not give you any credit towards the NFGT. How do we know you didn't just ship it up there and then take a single picture?

 

[Joe Dozzo]

We might have one or two more pictures... Need to get camera and wife's iPhone unloaded. And the car washed!

Check ths space later today...

 

[Sinovac]

I would have started a petition for you to get one if you made it up the Dalton Highway.

 

[MNJason]

Thats awesome Joe!

 

[Joe Dozzo]

I would have started a petition for you to get one if you made it up the Dalton Highway.

More than a few people's first comment was "Are you nuts!"... Yes, but not quite that crazy! I do plan a quick trip up to Fairbanks and the start of the Dalton...

 

[Joe Dozzo]

The trip was more about the driving and very few stop to take pictures. My ever-so-understanding-Mrs took these while on the road...

South of Calgary...

Canadian Rockies from Banff to Lake Louise to Jasper was spectacular!

Some of the more challenging road conditions...

Convincing the semi to jump in front for one of the Pilot Car detours.

Misc...

On the way back (in September), I promise to stop in front of the "Welcome to Alaska" sign at the Border and the "Official Start to The Alaska Highway" sign at the round-a-bout in Dawson Creek...


And in the NFGT, I'd even stop more for better pictures with the car, not just out the windshield!

 

[TO AWSUM]

Thank you for the pics. Been to Alaska in the winter but never to British Columbia. I'd like to go some day.

 

[Mike Mosing]

That....is pretty cool.

 

[Sinovac]

More than a few people's first comment was "Are you nuts!"... Yes, but not quite that crazy! I do plan a quick trip up to Fairbanks and the start of the Dalton...

I drove it in a rental that looked like a Mogadishu taxi by the end of the trip.

 

[Ed Sims]

Wow! That's very cool Joe. I've driven the Alcan 34 times but never in my GT. I once drove for 72 hours non-stop (fuel & food only stops) from Anchorage to San Diego to pick up a new dirt bike, ride it for one day, then head right back! I just had to see some dirt as it was January! I"ve thought of trailering the GT to AK but driving it is wild! There is always long sections of gravel & dirt because of road construction. You are my hero!

Ed

PS Can you post more photos!

 

[twobjshelbys]

Wow, that's a drive I've always wanted to take but I thought it was a 4wd road. OK, time for more pics.

 

[w.a.nelson]

Congrats! That's real commitment.

Hope that trucker wasn't mad at you!

 

[Joe Dozzo]

Ed - 34 trips up and down the AlCan!!!! That's pretty incredible/

W.A. - Trucker was most friendly and accommodating - did not mind at all. The flag lady not so much - advised me it was HER turf...


As Ed will know, the trip presents a bit more than just road, weather and traffic obstacles. Have to remember you're out in the wild, like a zoo with the gates left open. Fantastic opportunity to see wildlife in their native environment. You sure as heck DO NOT want hit one as it makes its way through life... Wide verges in Canada create some pretty green fields for grazing. Intent was probably right-of-way or fire breaks but proved very popular with the wildlife.

Anytime we saw a car/RV/motorcycle parked along the side of the road, chances were very high we'd see animal(s) and also look out for some idiot human wandering into the highway for the "ideal" picture.


Animal bridge in Banfff has almost entirely eliminated animal collisions - saw it first on PBS or NatGeo. Here's one in person.

Northern Alberta, British Columbia and Yukon...

And from Alaska...

Last, a couple more scenic views along the highway in Alaska between Tok and Anchorage.

 

[SteveA]

Done that a few times (should be on everyone's bucket list) in a motor home pulling a Jeep, doing it in my GT never even crossed my mind. Dang, quite an accomplishment. Hats off!