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March 17, 2008

Image from the Trail

Image from the Trail

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 »

“Family reunion” at finishers’ banquet

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.”

For a complete list of the award recipients at the finishers’ banquet,
read the full story.

Iditarod 3-part Special on Versus

The first of three one-hour captivating programs began airing on Versus yesterday, see the Versus schedule for information about future broadcasts.

The Race Isn’t Over Until the Last Musher is in Nome

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!

Exclusive Race Coverage

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.

View a complete list of articles at Iditarod.com or IditarodBlogs.com.

Official Press Releases

03/17/2008 2008 Wells Fargo Finishers Banquet in the History Books
03/14/2008 Rachel Scdoris Scratches in Koyuk

View a complete list of press releases at Iditarod.com.

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Daily Reports from the Trail: Online Video
Top 5 Finishers
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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Today’s Iditarod Insider

Daily Updates
Humanitarian Award
Rookie Of The Year
Babe Wins Golden Harness
Jonrowe and Halfway Award
Mackey & First to McGrath Award
Herbie Nayokpuk Award
Golden Stethoscope Award
Mackey & First To The Yukon
King First to Unalakleet Award
Gene Smith is 75th to Nome!
Siirtola Finishes 74th!
Herbst is the 73rd Musher in!
Morgan, Bib 72, finishes 72nd!
Curtis Finishes 71st!
Allen is number 70!
Richard Savoyski Finishes 69th
Eric Rogers Finishes 68th
... 17 new clips!

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