
March 15, 2008 — The "widows lamp" hangs on the burl arch as Kelley Griffin crosses the finish line. The widows lamp stays lit until the last musher is into Nome. Not to be confused with the "Red Lantern" award which is given as a trophy to the last place musher. Photo courtesy of Jeff Schultz. See more images from the trail »
Blake Freking made history Friday as his dog team trotted under the burled arch in 51st place. With a time of 11 days, 21 hours and 40 seconds, Freking becomes the driver of the fastest-ever team of pure-bred Siberian huskies to run this race. Read the full story.
As of 8:57 am Alaska Time, twenty mushers are still on the trail. Keep track of the most current stats for all the mushers in the Iditarod Tracker. Insider subscribers have access to video clips of each musher as they cross the finish line in Nome as well as archived footage from the entire race. Subscribe today!
Yazwinski is doing fine
03/14/2008 Molly Yazwinski had a long break back in Kaltag after having to drop some key dogs and regroup.
Scdoris scratches, Runyan runs on
03/14/2008 Rachael Scdoris, the legally blind musher from Bend, Ore., had to call it a race this year, opting to scratch from the race after trying to leave Koyuk today behind her visual interpreter, Joe Runyan.
Happiest musher to reach Nome: Haltmann
03/14/2008 Most mushers are grinning ear to ear when they pull up to the burled arch, regardless of their position in the race. But Sven Haltmann was downright pumped when his sharp, energetic team trotted neatly up the finish chute in 36th place Thursday night.
Jason Mackey joins the celebration
03/14/2008 Jason Mackey, younger brother of two-time Iditarod champion and four-time Yukon Quest champ, Lance Mackey, was on his runners in the Bering Sea as Lance was on his way to a second victory.
Correction: Ellie Claus was the youngest female to run Iditarod
03/14/2008 Melissa Owens is older by five days than Ellie Claus.
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| Top 5 Finishers | |
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| 1 | Lance Mackey |
| 2 | Jeff King |
| 3 | Ramey Smyth |
| 4 | Ken Anderson |
| 5 | Martin Buser |
| Still on the Trail | |
| 61 | Laura Daugereau (r) |
| 62 | Jake Berkowitz (r) |
| 63 | Rich Corcoran (r) |
| 64 | Joe Runyan |
| 65 | Dries Jacobs (r) |
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