Excitement a plenty on the (new and
improved) Iditarod trail!
Yesterday was an emotional day, as fan
favorite and 2015 Yukon Quest champion Brent Sass was withdrawn due to a
violation of the electronic device rule. While he had given his cell phone to
his father, the music player he took along was an Ipod Touch, which has Wifi
capabilities, and is therefore not allowed. Brent reacted with grace, the
internet blew up, and we can assume some sort of modification of said rule in
the future.
Later, a heart-breaking video of four-time
Iditarod champion Lance Mackey appeared. Lance has circulation problems from
past cancer treatments, and he is having a hard time. His brother, Jason, has
given up any dream of winning, and is accompanying his brother on the trail, to
assist with dog duties. Whether or not Lance can finish this race, and if he’ll
run another, is to be determined.
Aside from the drama, we have ourselves a
race, with the usual suspects out in front!
But ALL the teams have taken their 24 (with
the adjustment for the starting time differential), we won’t really know who is
in the lead until after that.
Aaron Burmeister has gone through Galena,
into the lead, although he needs to take his mandatory 8-hour rest, in addition
to his 24.
Jeff King, Aliy Zirkle, Martin Buser and
Jesse Royer are all in Galena, still needing to take their 24s.
Dallas Seavey is nearly to Galena as well,
followed by Huge Neff.
Zoya DeNure is the first musher to scratch.
At 12:30 ET, here are the updated
standings, based upon the Official Standings and my own analysis of the GPS
trackers, so some mileage may vary.
On the Trail to Huslia
1.
Aaron Burmeister (63)
In Galena
2.
Jeff King (59)
3.
Aliy Zirkle (32)
4.
Martin Buser (4)
5.
Jessie Royer (3)
On the Trail to Galena
6.
Dallas Seavey (46)
7.
Hugh Neff (24)
8.
Thomas Waerner (8) {R}
9.
Wade Marrs (65)
10. Ken
Anderson (36)
11. Michelle
Phillips (6)
12. Nathan
Schroeder (26)
13. Joar
Leifseth Ulsom (16)
14. Peter
Kaiser (54)
15. Paul
Gebhardt (28)
16. Jason
Campeau (70) {R}
17. Nicolas
Petit (12)
18. Mats
Pettersson (55)
19. DeeDee
Jonrowe (29)
20. Justin
Savidis (19)
21. Richie
Diehl (42)
In Ruby
22. Mitch
Seavey (18)
23. Kelly
Maixner (9)
24. John
Baker (78)
25. Curt
Perano (21)
26. Paige
Drobny (58)
27. Kristy
Berington (11)
28. Charley
Bejna (38)
29. Anna
Berington (39)
30. Katherine
Keith (74)
31. Jodi
Bailey (22)
32. Travis
Beals (56)
33. Bryan
Bearss (48)
34. Matt
Failor (15)
35. Scott
Smith (69)
36. Ray
Redington Jr (34)
37. Christian
Turner (73)
38. Linwood
Fiedler (27)
39. Mike
Santos (61)
40. Allen
Moore (57)
41. Benjamin
Harper (37) {R}
42. Chuck
Schaeffer (67) {R}
On the Trail to Ruby
43. Jim
Lanier (13)
44. Marcelle
Fressineau (25)
45. Seth
Barnes (23) {R}
46. Brian
Wilmshurst (50) {R}
47. Heidi
Sutter (76) {R}
48. Monica
Zappa (53)
49. Timothy
Hunt (68)
50. Rohn
Buser (31)
51. Lev
Shvarts (40) {R}
52. Mark
Selland (17) {R}
53. Laura
Allaway (49) {R}
54. Yvonne
Dabakk (33)
55. Rob
Cooke (2) {R}
56. Yuka
Honda (60) {R}
57. Steve
Watkins (66) {R}
58. Isabelle
Travadon (43) {R}
59. Cindy
Gallea (64)
60. Lachlan
Clarke (5)
61. Lance
Mackey (30)
62. Jason
Mackey (72)
63. Becca
Moore (47) {R}
64. Lisbet
Norris (41)
65. Christine
Roalofs (62)
66. Philip
Walters (51) {R}
67. Rick
Casillo (52)
68. Alan
Stevens (77) {R}
69. Trent
Herbst (75)
70. Jan
Steves (45)
71. Gwenn
Bogart (14) {R}
72. Cindy
Abbott (10) {R}
In Tanana
73. Scott
Janssen (20)
74. Alan
Eischens (7) {R}
75. Gerald
Sousa (44)
76. Ellen
Halverson (35)
Scratched
Zoya DeNure (79)
Withdrawn
Brent Sass (71)
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