
March 16, 2008 — 2008 Iditarod Champion Lance Mackey poses with his 1st place "Joe Redington Sr." trophy and $69,000 check at the Nome awards banquet on Sunday night. Photo courtesy of Jeff Schultz. See more images from the trail »
NOME — DeeDee Jonrowe summed up the mood at this year’s finisher’s banquet before a packed crowd inside this city’s convention center.
“I love my competition. They’re awesome. They’re a lot of fun to be around,” she said. “March is family reunion time.”
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The first of three one-hour captivating programs began airing on Versus yesterday, see the Versus schedule for information about future broadcasts.
As of 8:31 am Alaska Time, three 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!
Smyth’s dog Babe wins golden harness, King gets humanitarian award
03/16/2008 Read this story for a full list of the award recipients.
Runyan makes it to Nome
03/16/2008 It’s been 14 years since Joe Runyan last ran a dog team up Front Street in Nome, but there was the former champion with a strong, 14-dog team trotting smartly in unison right up the chute and under the burled arch.
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03/17/2008 2008 Wells Fargo Finishers Banquet in the History Books
03/14/2008 Rachel Scdoris Scratches in Koyuk
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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 | |
| 69 | Liz Parrish (r) |
| 70 | Molly Yazwinski (r) |
| 71 | Deborah Bicknell (r) |
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