What records did Lance Mackey set with his 4th win of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race?”
Lance Mackey wins Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race AP * Buzz up!16 votes * Send o Email o IM * Share o Facebook o Twitter o Delicious o Digg o Fark o Newsvine o Reddit o StumbleUpon o Technorati o Yahoo! Bookmarks * Print Jeff King AP – Jeff King gets a lick on the face from his dog Shannon after claiming third place in the 2010 Iditarod … * Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Slideshow:Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race By RACHEL D’ORO, Associated Press Writer Rachel D’oro, Associated Press Writer – Tue Mar 16, 7:56 pm ET NOME, Alaska – Lance Mackey has won the 1,100-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race one more time. Mackey crossed the finish line in Nome on Tuesday afternoon to become the only musher in the 38-year history of the Iditarod to win four consecutive races. Mackey was cheered by fans bundled up against subzero temperatures to welcome the 39-year-old throat cancer survivor as his team coasted up the main street of this old Gold Rush town. For winning, Mackey gets a new Dodge truck and $50,40
Mackey crossed the finish line in Nome on Tuesday afternoon to become the only musher in the 38-year history of the Iditarod to win four consecutive races. Mackey was cheered by fans bundled up against subzero temperatures to welcome the 39-year-old throat cancer survivor as his team coasted up the main street of this old Gold Rush town. For winning, Mackey gets a new Dodge truck and $50,400. This year’s Iditarod kicked off March 6 with a ceremonial start in Anchorage. That was followed by the competitive start the following day in Willow when 71 teams took to the Iditarod trail and headed to Nome. “These are my heroes right here,” Mackey said seconds after crossing the finish line as he was giving his dogs a pat on their heads and a kiss. He then planted a kiss on his new truck. Mackey said his relationship with his team is more rewarding than winning another truck. “They might not be the fastest team in this race but I think they have the biggest hearts,” he said. This year’s purse w
Hundreds of fans bundled up against temperatures near zero to cheer on the plain-spoken cancer survivor, the first musher in the event’s 38-year history to win four straight races. He finished the race in eight days, 23 hours and 59 minutes — the second-fastest finish in race history. For winning, Mackey gets a new Dodge truck and $50,400. The Iditarod kicked off March 6 with a ceremonial start in Anchorage. That was followed by the competitive start the following day in Willow when 71 teams took to the Iditarod trail and headed to Nome. Much of the race again this year was a duel between Mackey — whose father Dick and brother Rick are past winners — and another mushing royal, four-time champion Jeff King of Denali Park. King has said this will be his last Iditarod.
