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Red Lantern 2013 — Why Now?
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Red Lantern 2013

by Bryan

Red Lantern

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at the start, but only 543 dogs and 54 teams finished. 140 dogs and 11 teams left the race when they scratched or were withdrawn, meaning 346 dogs were dropped during the race for various reasons.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.]

The awards [Note: details of the awards may have changed this year, these are last year’s amounts]:

  • Race Winner – Mitch Seavey – New pick up truck and $50,400.00
  • Rookie of the Year Award – the top place rookie – Joar Leifseth Ulsom – $2,000 and trophy
  • Leonhard Seppala Humanitarian Award – outstanding dog care throughout the Race while remaining competitive – Jake Berkowitz – a glass etched trophy and a free entry fee for Iditarod XLII
  • Lolly Medley Golden Harness Award – outstanding lead dog, chosen by the mushers – Tanner, Mitch Seavey Lead Dog – Embroidered gold harness
  • Sportsmanship Award – chosen by fellow mushers – Cim Smyth – trophy and a $500 gift certificate
  • Mushers Choice Award – chosen by his or her peers who was the most inspirational – Mike Williams, Sr. – an Iditarod Limited Edition Gold Coin, valued at about $3,300
  • Most Improved Musher Award – the musher who has bettered his/her most recent finish by the most number of places – Nicolas Petit – an engraved trophy plus $2,000
  • Fastest Time from Safety to Nome Award – fastest time for a top 20 team – Ramey Smyth – $500
  • Herbie Nayokpuk Memorial Award – the person who most closely mimics “Herbie, The Shismaref Cannon Ball” in his/her attitude on the trail – Mikhail Telpin – free freight allotment on Northern Air Cargo and a walrus ivory scrimshawed trophy, plus $1,049 in “pocket change” inside of a NAC jacket
  • Red Lantern – last musher to finish – Christine Roalofs – a trophy made from a red lantern
  • Spirit of Alaska Award – the first musher into McGrath – Aaron Burmeister – an original “Spirit Mask” and a $500 credit on PenAir
  • Dorothy G. Page Halfway Award – the first musher into Iditarod – Lance Mackey – a trophy and $3,000 in gold nuggets
  • First Musher to the Yukon Award – Martin Buser – a five-course meal and $3,500 in cash
  • Gold Coast Award – the first musher to the “Gold Coast” community of Unalakleet – Mitch Seavey – a trophy and $2,500 worth of gold nuggets
  • Golden Clipboard Award – the most outstanding checkpoint – Ophir
  • Golden Stethoscope Award – the veterinarian who was the most helpful on the trail – Dr. Sterling Thomas & Dr. Dirsko VonPfeil
  • Northern Air Cargo 4 Wheeler Award – A new 4 Wheeler given to a musher who has finished the race, and whose key, which is chosen randomly by the mushers, starts the 4 wheeler as they approach the stage – Anna Berington

Official Finish Order:

1 Mitch Seavey (36)
2 Aliy Zirkle (27)
3 Jeff King (18)
4 Dallas Seavey (19)
5 Ray Redington Jr (52)
6 Nicolas Petit (16)
7 Joar Leifseth Ulson (32)R
8 Jake Berkowitz (44)
9 Sonny Lindner (67)
10 DeeDee Jonrowe (28)
11 Aaron Burmeister (24)
12 Ken Anderson (6)
13 Peter Kaiser (10)
14 Josh Cadzow (55)Q
15 Cim Smyth (51)
16 Paul Gebhardt (11)
17 Martin Buser (2)
18 Jessie Royer (30)
19 Lance Mackey (5)
20 Ramey Smyth (38)
21 John Baker (13)
22 Brent Sass (62)
23 Michael Williams Jr (46)
24 Michelle Phillips (7)
25 Jessica Hendricks (54)
26 Kelley Griffin (9)
27 Curt Perano (45)
28 Matt Failor (61)
29 Linwood Fiedler (42)
30 Mike Ellis (50)
31 Kelly Maixner (25)
32 Wade Marrs (57)
33 Allen Moore (48)
34 Paige Drobny (14)Q
35 Jim Lanier (59)
36 Richie Diehl (65)R
37 Travis Beals (22)R
38 Justin Savidis (34)
39 Matt Giblin (64)
40 Karin Hendrickson (29)
41 Aaron Peck (58)
42 Kristy Berington (20)
43 Anna Berington (31)
44 Jodi Bailey (4)
45 Mike Williams Sr (35)
46 Gerald Sousa (49)
47 Louie Ambrose (53)R
48 Angie Taggart (40)
49 Luan Ramos Marques (47)R
50 Mikhail Telpin (63)Q
51 Cindy Gallea (17)
52 James Volek (66)R
53 Bob Chlupach (43)
54 Christine Roalofs (37)R Φ