Last Update: 03/18/2008 18:45 AKDT Orange = Last Updated
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John Baker |
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Kotzebue, AK, USA
Bib Number: 67 |
| Final Position: 23 |
| Checkpoint: Nome |
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Time In: Thu, March 13, 2008 01:17:50 Dogs In: 10 |
| Finishing Time: 10 Days 10 Hours 17 Minutes 50 Seconds |
| Average Speed: 4.15 MPH |
John Baker, 45, was born and raised in Kotzebue, Alaska. He ran his first Iditarod in 1996 and has been in every race since. He has 9 top ten Iditarod finishes. Baker is self-employed and enjoys the rural Alaska life with his wife, Iva, son, Alex, 20, a veteran of the Jr. Iditarod, and daughter, Tahayla, 6. A commercial pilot, he says his hobbies are flying and reading. |
| Sponsors: Tech Cominco; UIC Construction; Petro Star; Arctic Slope Regional Corp.; Northern Air Cargo; Arctic Slope Regional Corporation; TeckCominco; Northern Air Cargo; Redcom; REDCOM; Petro Star, Inc.; ASRC Energy Services; ASRC Construction Holding Company; Arctic Slop Regional Corporation; UIC Construction LLC; Teck Cominco; Northern Air Cargo; Arctic Slope Regional Corporation; Northern Air Cargo; Tech Cominco; U.I.C., LLC; |
| Checkpoint | Distance | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest | Time Enroute |
Speed (mph) |
8 Hr |
24 Hr |
Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchorage | 0 | 03/01/2008 12:25:00 |
12 | ||||||||
| Willow | 73 | 03/02/2008 16:10:00 |
16 | ||||||||
| Yentna | 115 | 03/02/2008 20:06:00 |
16 | 03/02/2008 20:09:00 |
16 | 0h 3m | 3h 56m | 10.68 | |||
| Skwentna | 149 | 03/02/2008 23:25:00 |
16 | 16 | 3h 16m | 10.41 | |||||
| Finger Lake | 194 | 03/03/2008 10:07:00 |
16 | 03/03/2008 10:18:00 |
16 | 0h 11m | |||||
| Rainy Pass | 224 | 03/03/2008 19:58:00 |
16 | 03/03/2008 20:05:00 |
16 | 0h 7m | 9h 40m | 3.10 | |||
| Rohn | 272 | 03/04/2008 00:55:00 |
16 | 03/04/2008 06:50:00 |
16 | 5h 55m | 4h 50m | 9.93 | |||
| Nikolai | 347 | 03/04/2008 16:15:00 |
16 | 03/04/2008 22:00:00 |
15 | 5h 45m | 9h 25m | 7.96 | |||
| McGrath | 401 | 03/05/2008 05:25:00 |
15 | 03/06/2008 06:30:00 |
14 | 25h 5m | 7h 25m | 7.28 | |||
| Takotna | 419 | 03/06/2008 08:44:00 |
14 | 03/06/2008 08:50:00 |
14 | 0h 6m | 2h 14m | 8.06 | |||
| Ophir | 444 | 03/06/2008 11:20:00 |
14 | 03/06/2008 11:44:00 |
14 | 0h 24m | 2h 30m | 10.00 | |||
| Cripple | 503 | 03/07/2008 02:32:00 |
14 | 03/07/2008 05:30:00 |
14 | 2h 58m | 14h 48m | 3.99 | |||
| Ruby | 615 | 03/07/2008 15:49:00 |
14 | 03/07/2008 23:49:00 |
12 | 8h 0m | 10h 19m | 10.86 | |||
| Galena | 667 | 03/08/2008 07:06:00 |
12 | 03/08/2008 08:57:00 |
12 | 1h 51m | 7h 17m | 7.14 | |||
| Nulato | 719 | 03/08/2008 17:37:00 |
12 | 03/09/2008 01:58:00 |
12 | 8h 21m | 8h 40m | 6.00 | |||
| Kaltag | 761 | 03/09/2008 08:27:00 |
12 | 03/09/2008 13:30:00 |
12 | 5h 3m | 5h 29m | 7.66 | |||
| Unalakleet | 851 | 03/10/2008 01:56:00 |
12 | 03/10/2008 07:10:00 |
11 | 5h 14m | 12h 26m | 7.24 | |||
| Shaktoolik | 893 | 03/10/2008 14:12:00 |
11 | 03/10/2008 14:20:00 |
10 | 0h 8m | 7h 2m | 5.97 | |||
| Koyuk | 941 | 03/11/2008 04:35:00 |
10 | 03/11/2008 12:29:00 |
10 | 7h 54m | 14h 15m | 3.37 | |||
| Elim | 989 | 03/11/2008 19:37:00 |
10 | 03/11/2008 22:36:00 |
10 | 2h 59m | 7h 8m | 6.73 | |||
| White Mountain | 1035 | 03/12/2008 05:40:00 |
10 | 03/12/2008 13:42:00 |
10 | 8h 2m | 7h 4m | 6.51 | |||
| Safety | 1090 | 03/12/2008 21:35:00 |
10 | 03/12/2008 21:37:00 |
10 | 0h 2m | 7h 53m | 6.98 | |||
| Nome | 1112 | 03/13/2008 01:17:50 |
10 | 3h 40m | 6.00 |
Race Statistics provided by Iditarod Trail Committee, Inc. © 2008