Race Day 11 – Iditarod

Lance Mackey (47) has been resting during the 8-hour mandatory stop in White Mountain since 9:05PM CDT. He can have lunch in Nome, if he wants to.

Sebastian Schnuelle (34) and John Baker (44) left Elim a little after 4PM, so they could be in Nome Wednesday night.

The traffic for Thursday is not going to be much heavier.

Jessie Royer (17) must have a leader that enjoys sticking her/his head out the window of airplanes because she has been tearing up the trail while everyone else is burrowing. She roared in Koyuk at near 9½ mph, and left with a two hour stop.

ADN says that the Wednesday weather will be as bad as Iditarod racers face another day of brutal wind.

There have been a bit over a half dozen teams that have leapt up the rankings. They obviously have dogs that don’t mind the wind.

As Josh Rogers at Iditablog points out, even seasoned veterans like Jeff King (41) and Hans Gatt (25) can’t move when the dogs don’t want to go.

Current Standings

1 Lance Mackey (47)
2 Sebastian Schnuelle (34)
3 John Baker (44)
4 Jessie Royer (17)
5 Aaron Burmeister (56)
6 Dallas Seavey (62)
7 Mitch Seavey (21)
8 Ramey Smyth (16)
9 Cim Smyth (37)
10 Jeff King (41)
11 Hans Gatt (25)
12 Ed Iten (4)
13 Ken Anderson (54)
14 Hugh Neff (55)
15 DeeDee Jonrowe (31)
16 Sonny Lindner (42)
17 Paul Gebhardt (15)
18 Aliy Zirkle (24)
19 Martin Buser (33)
20 Ray Redington Jr (10)
21 Gerry Willomitzer (14)
22 Warren Palfrey (7)
23 Gerald Sousa (36)
24 Rick Swenson (8)
25 Sven Haltmann (53)
26 Linwood Fiedler (28)
27 Matt Hayashida (19)
28 Judy Currier (22)
29 Melissa Owens (30)
30 Bruce Linton (40)
31 Aaron Peck (2)
32 Robert Nelson (23)
33 Ed Stielstra (46)
34 Jake Berkowitz (12)
35 Allen Moore (6)
36 Rick Larson (5)
37 Chad Lindner (26)^R
38 Jim Lanier (35)
39 Robert Bundtzen (51)
40 Cindy Gallea (49)
41 Ryan Redington (13)
42 Bill Cotter (65)
43 David Sawatzky (66)
44 Harry T Alexie (67)^R
45 Karin Hendrickson (29)^R
46 Mike Williams (39)
47 Wade Marrs (48)^R
48 Tom Thurston (27)^R
49 Tim Osmar (57)
50 Rachael Scdoris (58)
51 Eric Rogers (60)
52 Jeff Holt (68)
53 Michael Suprenant (11)^R
54 Jen Seavey (61)^R
55 Trent Herbst (20)
56 Heather Siirtola (63)
57 Alan Peck (32)^R
58 Timothy Hunt (64)^R