Buser & King arrived into Iditarod just minutes apart around 4:35pm Alaska time Thursday afternoon. Martin made the run from Ophir in just under 10 hours, and Jeff under 11 hours. With fresh teams off of their 24 hour layover it took a considerably shorter amount of time than the first pack that arrived very early this morning. Lance Mackey was first to arrive Thursday morning with a trip time of over 17 hours, and Paul Gebhardt came in at almost 14 hours. Mackey probably wasn’t pleased to see the two 4 time champions arrive this afternoon, he has to sit there and wait until around 2:30am until he can leave.
Zach Steer & Jason Barron should be checking into Iditarod any time now, and if they took a lot longer, it could be because they rested on the trail and are getting ready to blow through.
It should be fun to watch!