A Salute to ExxonMobil's "Iditarod Wall of Fame"

Since 1983, the Iditarod Trail Committee has recognized its Sponsors by giving them a Special Edition framed photograph taken by Iditarod Official Photographer Jeff Schultz. This framed photo is referred to as the Sponsor Appreciation Award. The first one depicted Joe Redington, Sr., the "Father of the Iditarod," mushing a team of dogs with Mt. McKinley (Denali) in the background, with Joe's signature on the photograph. Each successive year the chosen photo depicted the current Champion, and all were personalized by the musher's signature.

While The Iditarod is extremely proud of the fact that most of our sponsors have been with us an average of 15 years, only seven sponsors can lay claim to owning all 26 of these Sponsor Appreciation Awards. And only one sponsor, ExxonMobil, has them all displayed on a single wall at their Anchorage Headquarters (Craig Haymes, Alaska Production Manager, in front of the "Iditarod Wall of Fame" above). This display is a fitting tribute to ExxonMobil's 30-year sponsorship of "The Last Great Race on Earth." Iditarod is honored to have been chosen as the focal point of ExxonMobil's community involvement in Alaska.

Summer Raffle Winners / Winter Raffle Begins

Congratulations to Roxanne Evan of Aniak, Alaska and Clifford Gangestad of Chugiak, Alaska (pictured below) for being the Summer Raffle Grand Prize winners of the two 2008 Dodge Ram "HEMI" 4x4 pickups that were given away on Labor Day, September 1st.

To find out more about all of the 2008 Summer Raffle winners, click here. Thanks to all 2,000 ticket purchasers for taking part in "The Last Great Race
on Earth."

Don't forget, the Winter Raffle kicks off October 1st with FOUR all-new for 2009 Dodge Ram trucks, along with 16 other great prizes. For more information, call (800) 545-6874, stop by the 5th Avenue Mall in Anchorage, or visit the Iditarod Trail Committee Headquarters in Wasilla Alaska.