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With Third Iditarod Win in a Row Mackey Is Unstoppable C SPECIAL IDITAROD COVER • MARCH 18, 2009 With third Iditarod win in a row Mackey is unstoppable Photos by Tyler Rhodes A HERO’S WELCOME (left)—Arms raised in triumph, Lance Mackey pulls his team of 15 dogs into Nome’s finsih chute Wednesday, cementing his third straight Iditarod win. LEADERS (above)—Mackey gives a hug and a smile with leaders Larry (right) and 3-year-old Maple just after claiming Iditarod win No. 3. Three-peat cements Mackey dynasty By Tyler Rhodes ner. And I went to where I thought I was going to If there was any doubt over Lance Mackey’s camp again, and I stopped and put the hook in. dominance in the mushing world, it was re- And, man, they just started screaming and barking. soundingly squashed shortly before noon And that was it. That was the deciding factor right Wednesday under Nome’s Burled Arch. there. I’m going all the way. And they’ve been With his competition running several hours be- pretty much on that schedule ever since.” hind him—as they has for the past few days— That schedule has vaulted Mackey to history Mackey triumphantly marched books of the Iditarod. Only up Front Street, arms raised to Doug Swingley and Susan the cloudless sky. With the sun Butcher have also won at his back and temperatures in three races in a row. the single digits, he stepped off IditarodIditarod Mackey’s finish at 11:38 the sled to a roaring crowd. on Wednesday gave him a For the third year in a row, total time of nine days, 21 the Fairbanks musher has hours and 38 minutes. It is claimed his sport’s most cov- the latest Iditarod finish in eted win with a team that 20092009 years. There was good rea- never even thought of slow- son for the delay. Howling, ing. “I’m so proud of this miserable winds tortured team. They’re the real heroes, teams along the Norton the real stars,” Mackey said as he stepped off his Sound coast. Mackey was able to tough it out and sled in the finish chute. make it to Shaktoolik early in the day Monday. Those stars numbered 15 strong on their “I thought, oh, man, if I can just get out to march into Nome; Mackey only dropped one there, this weather might separate us here,” he dog on his 1,000-mile run from Willow to said. It certainly did. Nome. As he moved about the finish chute, While Mackey and—much later—two other Mackey said a few of his dogs were still bark- teams were able to get through to Koyuk, sev- BIG CHECK—Mackey holds up the ceremonial $69,000 check for winning the 37th Iditarod. ing, ready for more. It’s a sound he heard the eral other mushers were not so lucky. Many entire second half of the race. teams holed up at a shelter cabin outside of is coming off a win in the Yukon Quest, was gets old. You could do it 100 times and you still Mackey said at Don’s Cabin, a resting spot be- Shaktoolik late Monday before turning back to able to outpace Baker to run to Nome for the get choked up and teary-eyed every single tween Ophir and Iditard, he was talking to Aaron the checkpoint. runner-up honors. The second-place finish is time,” he said. “I can honestly say I get the Burmeister when his dogs decided it was time to Mushers Sebastian Schnuelle and John Schnuelle’s best in the Iditarod. As of press phase, ‘There’s no place like Nome,’ now.” go. “They pulled my hook, barking, screaming id- Baker were able to fight there way across well time, it appeared Baker had sewn up third. As for a return trip as the first to the Burled iots, just like [when] leaving the starting line,” he behind Mackey, putting them nicely ahead of As Mackey basked in the sun and accolades Arch next year, Mackey demurred. “I’m proud said. “I had a bale of straw with me and all the the competition, but still too far behind Mackey Wednesday, he said there was nothing routine to get through this one, I’m not thinking about food. I planned on camping just around the cor- to make a real bid for the win. Schnuelle, who about his new yearly tradition. “It just never next year quite yet,” he said. Visit the Nugget on line at www.nomenugget.net e-mail [email protected] Photo by Peggy Fagerstrom ICED UP—Mushers chasing Lance Mackey try and keep their teams motivated in fierce winds on the ice outside of Shaktoolik Monday afternoon. Several teams ended up turning back. C VOLUME CVIII NO. 11 MARCH 19, 2009 Mackey a rock as winds shake up race finish By Tyler Rhodes nowhere in sight. A mountain of food KOYUK—As he gobbled down a and gear bags were piled behind few platefuls of meat and gravy ac- Mackey’s dogs, and the next musher companied by several English or mushers to come in and claim muffins Monday afternoon inside the theirs wouldn’t arrive for hours. Koyuk Recreation Center, Lance He knew that even if he did leave Mackey professed not to know what the checkpoint with another team day it was. right on his tail, his dogs had been And while outpacing the he made the rest of the field claim a few for days. times, it was And he pretty clear he knew that he wasn’t asking IditarodIditarod was ready to to be told the get to Nome. date. With just When asked a little more what time he than 150 miles should be ex- left to run, it pected on Front seemed that all 20092009 Street, his an- that really mat- swer was, “As tered to soon as possi- Photos by Al Grillo/Associated Press Mackey at the ble.” moment, he already knew. Impressive as his run had been to WARM WELCOME—Lance Mackey gives a smile as he pulls into White Mountain around 6 p.m. Tuesday He knew his dogs were comfort- Koyuk, Mackey admittedly didn’t night. Here he starts an eight hour layover before being able to head for the Burled Arch in Nome. With no con- ably laid out on their beds of straw, have all the answers. He’s too smart tenders even close, Mackey was poised to have the trail to himself for the final 77 miles. all completely still and resting in the to predict or promise a Front Street quiet outside the checkpoint build- finish time. “Somebody said here That’s not my goal. It don’t pay any he finished in 8 days, 22 hours and down the Norton Sound coastline ing. Other than a few boys scurrying earlier that if I continue to do what better. It’s just a bragging right if you 46 minutes. starting Sunday night, combining about the nearby spruce trees, 15 of I’m doing, I’m on an eight-day, 20 break the record. But really, I haven’t It’s a good thing Mackey wasn’t with cold and blowing snow to make the original team of 16 had the place hour run or something,” he said. “I even thought about that.” focused on any speed records. He travel slow and life miserable for any to themselves. don’t know how the hell people fig- The current record is held by Mar- would have been disappointed. He knew his competitors were ure this stuff out. I mean, maybe. tin Buser and his run in 2002 when Howling winds whipped up and continued on page 20 2009 Nome-Golovin Snowmachine Race Coverage and results on pages 10 & 11 FULL THROTTLE—George Kost of Nome gives his Polaris 800 Dragon SP a bit of gas as he flies out of Nome at the start of the 2009 Nome- Golovin Snowmachine Race. Kost, who was racing in the Open Class, Photo by Tyler Rhodes Photo by Tyler ended up dropping from the race. Nome’s Tre West won the overall race. Visit the Nugget on line at www.nomenugget.net e-mail [email protected] 2 THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 2009 OPINION THE NOME NUGGET Letters Dear Editor, Obama continues to sign off on these television? Do you pay attention to cratic system. Under existing law, a Dear Editor, The old adage “If it’s too good to Pork Barrel filled bills. So he says what’s going on down in the Lower private ballot election is guaranteed Isn’t it a travesty? The big money be true it probably isn’t,” then every- one thing but does another. 48 states? and administered by the National mongers are wheeling, dealing and thing that President Obama is saying Our own Junior Senator Begich is Taxpayer’s protest is growing in Labor Relations Board. This proven swindling billions with impunity to probably isn’t true. fully supporting the President and many cities and it’s not only the De- method prevents workers from being skimpy bureaucratic regulations, ul- You folks that aren’t paying atten- the devastation to the taxpayers. mocrats that are catching the flak. vulnerable to misinformation, intim- timately causing the collapse of the tion to what’s going on in Washing- Mr. Begich didn’t go to Washing- Republicans who put earmarks idation and coercion by union advo- world economy, while the lowly sub- ton deserve what will become of this ton to better Alaskans.
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