March 7, 2011
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Iditarod Report 2011/1
Less than 24 hours out of Willow (the staggered start lasted from 2 to a little after 4 PM Sunday), teams are still fresh and it is way too early to make any predictions. It’s no surprise that the first three teams into Rainy Pass were, in this order, Lance Mackey’s, Ray Redington, Jr.’s and Hugh Neff’s.
Mackey and Redington are well-known names in Iditarod history. Lance’s father Dick Mackey won a close (one second) finish in 1978, and his brother Rick won 5 years later. Lance was riding dog sleds before he could walk He is going for a record 5th Iditarod win this year and holds the current record of four Yukon Quest championships. He also holds records for having won both the Yukon Quest and Iditarod in the same year, and for winning four Iditarods in a row.
Ray, who has also been mushing dogs all his life, was 24 minutes behind Lance into Rainy Pass this morning. He is the son of Iditarod veteran Raymie Redington, and grandson of Joe Redington, one of the founders of the Iditarod. Hugh Neff, who has only been mushing dogs since 1994, has had a number of respectable finishes in both the Quest and Iditarod. He had a 3 hour lead late in this year’s Yukon Quest when things fell apart for him on Eagle Summit. He was 25 minutes behind Redington into Rainy Pass this morning.
At the 10:00 AM update, all 3 leaders were still resting in Rainy Pass, along with Sebastian Schnuelle, who arrived 26 minutes behind Neff, and Paul Gebhardt, 3 minutes after Sab. Martin Buser, in 6th position, who left Finger Lakes 15 minutes behind Gebhardt, hadn’t yet reached Rainy Pass. Martin’s 2002 speed record of 8 days, 22 hours, 46 minutes and 2 seconds, still stands, and he also holds the record for most consecutive Iditarod finishes: 25 years in row, 27 total finishes.
At the back of the pack, in the Skwentna checkpoint as of 10 AM, are rookie James Bardoner in 60th position, veteran Tom Thurston in 61st, and rookie Kris Hoffman in 62nd. Thurston has dropped one dog, bringing his team down to 15. G.B. Jones, in 54th position on the trail beyond Skwentna, has dropped 2 dogs. Jessica Hendricks in 35th position and John Baker in 33rd, have dropped 2 dogs each. Sonny Lindner in 23rd, has dropped one dog, and Dee Dee Jonrowe in 10th, has dropped one. The other teams are all shown with their full 16 dogs. No scratches or withdrawals yet.
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Will be interesting to see how it all plays out this go ’round.
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