Iditarod 2011 – Day 4

Jessica Hendricks (36) becomes the fourth team to scratch. I mentioned yesterday that she was down to 8 puppies, and they obviously weren’t happy.

Bob Storey (15), the 65-year-old retired Army officer from New Zealand spent almost an entire day getting from Finger Lake to Rainy Pass. There is probably a story behind that involving the “steps”, because he was making good time in his rookie run prior to that. [Update: Bob decided to scratch at Rainy Pass.]

Nicolas Petit (14) is again the leading rookie. Cain Carter (48) has dropped back after a big surge yesterday.

This year’s Yukon Quest 300 winner, Gerry Willomitzer (33), has scratched at McGrath. He was down to 12 dogs, and didn’t think they were having fun.

Note: 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.

At Ophir

1 Robert Nelson (51)
2 Trent Herbst (4)
3 Cim Smyth (59)
4 Kelley Griffin (20)

At Takotna

5 Martin Buser (11)
6 Lance Mackey (17)
7 Sebastian Schnuelle (31)
8 Hugh Neff (35)
9 Ray Redington, Jr (3)
10 Mitch Seavey (28)
11 Robert Bundtzen (10)
12 Hans Gatt (23)
13 Dallas Seavey (21)
14 Michael Williams, Jr. (41)
15 John Baker (53)
16 Sonny Lindner (52)
17 DeeDee Jonrowe (2)
18 Ramey Smyth (30)
19 Bruce Linton (13)
20 Aliy Zirkle (18)
21 Sven Haltmann (45)
22 Jessie Royer (58)
23 Rick Swenson (49)
24 Peter Kaiser (54)
25 Michelle Phillips (39)
26 Ken Anderson (43)
27 Nicolas Petit (14)^R
28 Allen Moore (5)
29 Karin Hendrickson (37)
30 Kristy Berington (7)
31 Matt Hayashida (61)
32 Newton Marshall (6)
33 Mike Santos (27)^R
34 Paul Johnson (46)
35 Justin Savidis (63)
36 Lachlan Clarke (42)
37 Jodi Bailey (16)^R
38 Magnus Kaltenborn (22)^R
39 Ed Stielstra (56)

At McGrath

40 Judy Currier (29)
41 Kelly Maixner (55)^R
42 Cain Carter (48)^R
43 Gerald Sousa (62)
44 Wattie McDonald (38)

Beyond Nikolai

45 Kirk Barnum (47)
46 Matt Giblin (60)

At Nikolai

47 Billy Snodgrass (24)
48 Angie Taggart (19)^R
49 G.B. Jones (40)
50 Ellen Halverson (26)
51 Heather Siirtola (50)

Beyond Rohn

52 Tom Thurston (25)
53 Kris Hoffman (8)^R
54 Brennan Norden (44)^R
55 Scott Janssen (32)^R
56 James Bardoner (57)^R

The Mushers in bold are former winners of the Iditarod, the numbers in parentheses are their Bib numbers, and the small “R” indicates a rookie.

Note: This post will be updated during the day, and the map changed on all posts to reflect the current situation.

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