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The snowmobile struck King's team, killing one of his dogs. [7] [8] King's "Idita-Rider" -- a person who rides in the front storage compartment for the ceremonial start of the race [9]-- for the 2005 Iditarod was a child sponsored by the Make-a-Wish Foundation. King has also won many other sled dog races.
There were 83 mushers that entered to race. The 51 Alaskans included four-time champion and speed-record holder Martin Buser, three-time winner Jeff King, 2004 winner Mitch Seavey, and the only five-time champion Rick Swenson, including a few Alaska Natives like Ramy Brooks, John Baker, and Ed Iten.
Jeff King left Eagle Island at 12:55 pm and was followed by Martin Buser at 1:00 pm. Lance Mackey and Paul departed Eagle Island two minutes apart at 3:43 pm and 3:45 pm. Ken Anderson departed at 8:35 am Zack Steer took his 8-hour layover and departed at 8:44 pm in sixth position. [34] Kaltag: Jeff King arrived in Kaltag at 9:23 pm in first ...
Mar. 3—Iditarod champion Jeff King wasn't planning to run the race to Nome this year. ... the four-time champion from Denali Park is gearing up to race the 50th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race that ...
Four-time champion Jeff King was the third to finish at 5:22 pm. While King had initially held the lead in the middle stages of the race, [5] he was overtaken by Mackey at the Kaltag checkpoint — King had stopped to rest while Mackey pushed on. [6] [7] If King had won, he would have tied the record set by Rick Swenson for most Iditarod races ...
Nov. 23—The sled dog team that collided with a snowmachine on the Denali Highway last week was part of five-time Iditarod champion Dallas Seavey's renowned kennel. Two dogs died and the ...
By the end of the episode, Jeff King's team makes it to Finger Lake before his first extended stop. Most teams rest in Skwentna, though the large number of teams that have elected to stop creates a loud, restless atmosphere. By the end of the episode, three teams have dropped from the race and the first 48 hours of the race are covered.
The race's namesake is the Iditarod Trail, which was designated as one of the first four US National Historic Trails in 1978. [5] The trail, in turn, is named for the town of Iditarod, which was an Athabaskan village before becoming the center of the Inland Empire's [a] Iditarod Mining District in 1910, and then becoming a ghost town at the end of the local gold rush.