The final race of the Yukon Brewing Twister Race Series, scheduled to take place

this weekend, has been cancelled.

The race was set to take place in the Ibex Valley but the trail on Scout Lake Road

has been marred with vehicle damage and deemed unsafe to race on by DPSAY

board members.

"With the short time span remaining after the trail on the Scout Lake Road was destroyed we are unable to get the old YDMA dog track trail ready for a race, and the Copperhaul Trail at Icy Waters also suffered damage this week from vehicle traffic and is now no longer safe to hold a race on,” DPSAY said in a press release issued this morning.

"The organizers of the Yukon Brewing Twister Race series apologize to the DPSAY membership for not being able to hold a proper season finale this season.”

"It just won't work,” said Fabian Brook, DPSAY board member.

"There are huge ruts in there from trucks and some people tried to run the trail but it's just not safe.”

Brook said several attempts to find an alternative location were unsuccessful.

"We tried the old dog track but the driveway is melted and we're not able to plow it properly before the race so people would just get stuck in the driveway.

"Then we tried to do it at Icy Waters on Fish Lake Road but someone drove in on the trail there so it just has huge ruts.

"It's very unfortunate. It is disappointing, for sure, we had a great season and then the last race was supposed to be a nice event but it just can't happen.

"There's always that risk in April when it starts to get warm. There's always a chance it won't work out.”

The Draw for the DPSAY 2012 Raffle will still be held this Sunday, April 8th, at Drag

‘N' Kennels at kilometre 3 on the Old Alaska Hwy.

The raffle will include a potluck style barbeque starting at 3 p.m. with the draw to follow.

Tickets can be purchased through emailing dogpoweredsports@gmail.com or stopping into Duffy's Pets.

If there are any tickets remaining, they can be bought on Sunday at the potluck.