Pete Basinger, winner of the Up and Over Race.

Podium finishers.

Third place Andy Pohl (left), winner Pete Basinger (center), and second place Darren Mattingley (right).

Andy Pohl, third placed finisher in the Up and Over Race.

Daily News staff, sports@adn.com, Published: August 26, 2007

Anchorage cyclist Peter Basinger conquered another rugged course on a single-speed bike on Saturday, topping 16 racers in the Up and Over Powerline Pass race.

Basinger finished in 1:46:06 to beat runner-up Darren Mattingley by just over three minutes.

The 18.5-mile long race started at the South Bivouac parking lot about 3 miles up Campbell Airstrip Road and ended in Indian after a steep descent from Powerline Pass.

They shouldn't be surprised -- he's done things like this before. Last year, Basinger set a course record at the 24 Hours of Kincaid race by completing 22 solo laps on a one-speed bike to win.

"It's a little bit of a grind going up," Basinger allowed Saturday afternoon, "but not that much different from a geared bike.

"I just thought I was going to ride and have fun. But then I found myself passing the leader 6 miles in, going up the Powerline trail and I figured I should go hard."

Up and Over Powerline Pass Saturday mountain bike race ended in Indian

1-Pete Basinger 1:46:06

2-Darren Mattingley 1:49:10

3-Andy Pohl 1:52:35

4-Jamie Stull 1:57:19

5-Mike Vania 1:58:48

6-Brian Bonney 1:59:54

7-Joe Pollock 2:00:06

8-Marc Dunne 2:03:52

9-Fred West 2:05:46

10-Jason Hill 2:11:34

11-Jim Cardwell 2:14:04

12-Jeff Dusenbury 2:18:53

13-Luke Kiskaddon 2:27:05

14-Tim Kelly 2:30:11

15-Adam Miller 2:32:36

16-Zach Huff 2:38:56

17-Jim Bowron 2:51:21

Results reported by Greg Matyas, Speedway Cycles, 2600 Spenard Road, Anchorage, AK 99503, (907) 222-1967