Iditarod 2015 – Day 1
At 1PM CDT [10AM AKDT] The Red Lantern of this year’s Yukon Quest, Rob Cooke, left the start line in Fairbanks. It was 1°F with light snow when the Siberians headed towards Nenana on the Tanana River. The rest of the field is leaving in 2 minute intervals.
A bit of sad news. Stuart, a young black husky mix that was with the Lachlan Clarke team has died after being hit by a car in Anchorage Saturday night. Stuart slipped his lead while being fed after the parade and ran off. The driver who hit Stuart didn’t stop. Stuart wasn’t one of the 16 dogs on the starting team, and the team has decided to compete.
This post will be updated during the day.
At 3:34PM CDT the last team left Fairbanks. It was Zoya DeNure with her team of ‘rescues, rejects, and runts’.
Beyond Nenana
1 Martin Buser (4)
2 Thomas Waerner (8)R
3 DeeDee Jonrowe (29)
4 Aliy Zirkle (32)
5 Matt Failor (15)
6 Seth Barnes (23)R
7 Rob Cooke (2)Q
8 Rohn Buser (31)
9 Ray Redington Jr (34)
10 Nathan Schroeder (26)
11 Allen Moore (57)
12 Yvonne Dabakk (33)
13 Monica Zappa (53)
14 Rick Casillo (52)
15 Jason Campeau (70)Q
16 Aaron Burmeister (63)
17 Travis Beals (56)
18 Dallas Seavey (46)
19 Becca Moore (47)R
20 Mats Pettersson (55)
21 Chuck Schaeffer (67)R
22 Cindy Gallea (64)
23 Brent Sass (71)
24 Ken Anderson (36)
25 Isabelle Travadon (43)R
26 Jan Steves (45)
27 Scott Smith (69)
28 Katherine Keith (74)
29 Zoya DeNure (79)
30 John Baker (78)
The Mushers in bold are former winners of the Iditarod, while italics indicates Yukon Quest winners. The numbers in parentheses are their Bib numbers. The small “R” indicates a total rookie, while the small “Q” indicates an Iditarod rookie who has completed a Yukon Quest.
These are the official standings. That means they are official, not that they are correct. Things jump around a lot as people decide to update the standings. This problem is especially bad in the back of the pack, as no one bothers to update those standings when the lead is changing.
This post will be updated during the day, and the map changed on all posts to reflect the current situation.
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