Ramey Smyth beat a 4-time Iditarod Champion, the runner up in this year’s Yukon Quest, and a 3 time Yukon Quest Champion to become the 3rd place finisher in this year’s Iditarod.
He arrived at 9:52am, audio to be posted soon…. Ken Anderson just beat Martin Buser by about a minute……more info as it emerges.
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Once, twice - two times a Champion
Jeff King Second into Nome
Jeff King was the second musher to arrive into Nome this morning, crossing under the burled arch at 4:05am. King had been purposefully nipping at the heels of Lance Mackey for over half the race allowing Mackey to break trail as the two mushers worked their way to Nome. Jeff did pull ahead [...]
(above: Mackey takes a few moments with each of his dogs on the sea ice moments before entering Front Street, Mackey speaks to his father on a cell phone under the burled arch after winning the 2008 Iditarod)
In one of the closest Iditarods in recent history, Lance Mackey and Jeff King led the race [...]