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Lance Mackey is about to do it again. He should be hitting Nome sometime early afternoon AK time. He is an amazing musher. I typically don't follow the race much living here and seeing so much of it these past 20+ years, but this year was going to be special for Lance. It looks like he has done it again. He just CRUSHES other mushers.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Lance Mackey left White Mountain early Tuesday morning after completing a mandatory 8-hour layover, setting his sights on the burled arch in Nome and a remarkable piece of Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race history.
Mackey began the day just 77 miles and a few hours from a record-setting fourth consecutive win. He had a bit more company in White Mountain this year than last when he crushed the field, but still has a comfortable lead of nearly two hours over Hans Gatt.
Barring some sort of unexpected calamity, Mackey should reach Nome sometime early Tuesday afternoon.
Gatt, who won the Yukon Quest earlier this year, built a 26-minute lead over four-time champion Jeff King on the run from Elim. Every musher must take an 8-hour layover. Gatt left around 6:40 a.m., King hit the trail at 7:06 a.m. Mackey checked out at 4:43 a.m.
Five other teams had reached White Mountain as of 7 a.m. -- Ken Anderson, John Baker, Hugh Neff, Ramey Smyth and Sebastian Schnuelle.
KTUU will provide live coverage of the finish from Nome. Channel 2 will interrupt programming and KTUU.com will provide a live Web stream. E-mail, text message and Twitter bulletins will be sent out with an approximate air time when Mackey reaches the final checkpoint of Safety, and again when we go on the air.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Lance Mackey left White Mountain early Tuesday morning after completing a mandatory 8-hour layover, setting his sights on the burled arch in Nome and a remarkable piece of Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race history.
Mackey began the day just 77 miles and a few hours from a record-setting fourth consecutive win. He had a bit more company in White Mountain this year than last when he crushed the field, but still has a comfortable lead of nearly two hours over Hans Gatt.
Barring some sort of unexpected calamity, Mackey should reach Nome sometime early Tuesday afternoon.
Gatt, who won the Yukon Quest earlier this year, built a 26-minute lead over four-time champion Jeff King on the run from Elim. Every musher must take an 8-hour layover. Gatt left around 6:40 a.m., King hit the trail at 7:06 a.m. Mackey checked out at 4:43 a.m.
Five other teams had reached White Mountain as of 7 a.m. -- Ken Anderson, John Baker, Hugh Neff, Ramey Smyth and Sebastian Schnuelle.
KTUU will provide live coverage of the finish from Nome. Channel 2 will interrupt programming and KTUU.com will provide a live Web stream. E-mail, text message and Twitter bulletins will be sent out with an approximate air time when Mackey reaches the final checkpoint of Safety, and again when we go on the air.
