Red Lantern 2013
Christine Roalofs made it into Nome at 4:36PM CDT yesterday, and took the Red Lantern for the Iditarod XLI.
The second place and second-to-last place finishers were the same as last year: Aliy Zircle and Bob Chlupach.
There were 1029 dogs and 65 teams at the start, but only 543 dogs and 54 teams finished. 140 dogs and 11 teams left the race when they scratched or were withdrawn, meaning 346 dogs were dropped during the race for various reasons. Dorado, a dog on Jodi Bailey’s team died as the result of an accident after being dropped at Unalakleet.
Only two of the 11 teams that failed to finish were rookies. There were 3 scratches at Unalakleet, tied to the trail conditions. Five teams scratched during the first half of the race, including two at Iditarod. [Ed Stielstra is not counted in these numbers because he scratched before racing started at Willow.]
March 18, 2013 Comments Off on Red Lantern 2013
