Lance Mackey stayed ahead of Jeff King and won the Iditarod at 2:46 a.m. this morning. KUAC’s Libby Casey reports from Nome in the attached audio update.
Meanwhile, it’s still a race for third between Ramey Smyth, Ken Anderson, Martin Buser and Hans Gatt, all coming off their 8-hour layovers in White Mountain within a half hour of one another.
Plus, there was another dog death last night. Ed Iten’s dog “Cargo” died between Elim and White Mountain.
Running for the rest of the top 10 are Mitch Seavey, Paul Gebhardt and Kjetil Backen. Then it’s Zack Steer, Sebastian Schnulle and Rick Swenson, who took an extra half hour’s rest in White Mountain.
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