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Race Start

Iditarod mapThe Starting Grid:

Aaron Peck (2)
Nancy Yoshida (3)R
Ed Iten (4)
Rick Larson (5)
Allen Moore (6)
Warren Palfrey (7)
Rick Swenson (8)
Blake Matray (9)R
Ray Redington Jr (10)
Michael Suprenant (11)R
Jake Berkowitz (12)
Ryan Redington (13)
Gerry Willomitzer (14)
Paul Gebhardt (15)
Ramey Smyth (16)
Jessie Royer (17)
Bjornar Andersen (18)
Matt Hayashida (19)
Trent Herbst (20)
Mitch Seavey (21)
Judy Currier (22)
Robert Nelson (23)
Aliy Zirkle (24)

Hans Gatt (25)
Chad Lindner (26)R
Tom Thurston (27)R
Linwood Fiedler (28)
Karin Hendrickson (29)R
Melissa Owens (30)
DeeDee Jonrowe (31)
Alan Peck (32)R
Martin Buser (33)
Sebastian Schnuelle (34)
Jim Lanier (35)
Gerald Sousa (36)
Cim Smyth (37)
Bob Hickel (38)
Mike Williams (39)
Bruce Linton (40)
Jeff King (41)
Sonny Lindner (42)
Lou Packer (43)R
John Baker (44)
Laura Daugereau (45)
Ed Stielstra (46)
Lance Mackey (47)
Wade Marrs (48)R
Cindy Gallea (49)
Rob Loveman (50)R
Robert Bundtzen (51)
Kim Darst (52)R
Sven Haltmann (53)
Ken Anderson (54)
Hugh Neff (55)
Aaron Burmeister (56)
Tim Osmar (57)
Rachael Scdoris (58)
Kurt Reich (59)
Eric Rogers (60)
Jen Seavey (61)R
Dallas Seavey (62)
Heather Siirtola (63)
Timothy Hunt (64)R
Bill Cotter (65)
David Sawatzky (66)
Harry T Alexie (67)R
Jeff Holt (68)

The mushers in bold have won the Iditarod, and with an R are Rookies.

Bib number 67 is Staff Sergeant Harry T. Alexie, Native Alaskan, who is sponsored by the Alaskan National Guard. The Guard hired Lance Mackey to show SSgt. Alexie, a sprint racer, the fundamentals of long distance racing.