Iditarod Champions
1980 May, Joe 14d 07h 11m 51s
1981 Swenson, Rick 12d 08h 45m 02s
1982 Swenson, Rick 16d 04h 40m 10s
1983 Mackey, Rick 12d 14h 10m 44s
1984 Osmar, Dean 12d 15h 07m 33s
1985 Riddles, Libby 18d 00h 20m 17s
1986 Butcher, Susan 11d
15h 06m 00s
1987 Butcher, Susan 11d 02h 05m 13s
1988 Butcher,
Susan 11d 11h 41m 40s
1989 Runyan, Joe 11d 05h 24m 34s
1990 Butcher, Susan 11d 01h 53m 23s
1991 Swenson, Rick 12d 16h 34m 39s
1992 Buser, Martin 10d 19h 17m 15s
1993 King, Jeff 10d 15h 38m 15s
1994 Buser, Martin 10d 13h 02m 39s
1995 Swingley, Doug 09d 02h 42m 19s
1996 King, Jeff 09d 05h 43m 13s
1997 Buser, Martin 09d 08h 30m 45s
1998 King, Jeff 09d 05h 52m 26s
1999 Swingley, Doug 09d 14h 31m 07s
2000 Swingley, Doug 09d 00h 58m 06s
2001 Swingley, Doug 09d 19h 55m 50s
2002 Buser, Martin 08d 22h 46m 02s
2003 Sørlie, Robert 09d 15h 47m 36s
2004 Seavey, Mitch 09d 12h 20m 22s
2005 Sørlie, Robert 09d 18h 39m 31s
2006 King, Jeff 09d 11h 11m 36s
2007 Mackey, Lance 09d 05h 08m 41s
2008 Mackey, Lance 09d 11h 46m 48s
2009 Mackey, Lance 09d
21h 38m 46s
2010 Mackey, Lance 08d 23h 59m 09s
2011 Baker, John 08d 18h 46m 39s
2012 Seavey, Dallas 09d 04h 29m 26s
2013 Seavey, Mitch 09d 07h 39m 56s
2014 Seavey, Dallas 08d 13h 04m 19s
2015 Seavey, Dallas 08d 18h 13m 06s
2016 Seavey, Dallas 08d 11h 20m 16s
2017 Seavey, Mitch 08d 03h 40m 13s
2018 Ulsom, Joar 09d 12h 00m 00s
2019 Peter Kaiser 09d 12h 39m 6s
2020 Thomas Waerner 09d 10h 37m 47s
2021 Dallas Seavey 07d 14h 08m 59s
2022 Brent Sass 08d 14h 38m 43s
2023 Ryan Redington 08d 21h 13m 58s
A Musher’s Prayer
Help us, Lord, to live our lives
In such a manner that when we harness up
For that last inevitable dog
sled ride,
To the hills high up, where the snow is hard,
And the wolves still howl
That you, our last Judge, will tell us
That our entry
fees are paid.
Author Unknown
Dog Mushers Legacy
IDITAROD
To Ancient peoples a far away place
Now it’s Alaska’s greatest race
Joe and Dorothy’s race you see
This
is their legacy
Many mushers will gather to see
The fresh faces of people from so many places
Hundreds of dogs they will gather
Willing
to run in any Alaska weather
In tether and harness they’ll run
And the dogs think this is all such great fun
Thru the mountains and along
mighty rivers
Just the thought makes most mankind shiver
Oh what a race! With check points and race breaks
Volunteers—Dogs—And mushers
all trying to keep pace
The sheer magnitude you see
Makes this great race for them and for thee
Mushers wondering is this really fun
And
Lord will this race ever be done
Good God will I ever get to Nome
Oh Lord I just want to go home
Some of the most famous names we’ve
known
Have crossed under the burled arch in Nome
And in the night the names no longer matter
After hours and days of the dogs’ feet constant
Patter
Patter Patter
Camped in the night far far from our sight
All these mushers experience something
Only they can
understand
And you and I will never know these thoughts how grand
The only thing that matters is the tether and the harness
The sled
and the trail up ahead
The games all the same now
And the goal is the silver and gold
And the race isn’t really over until every story
is told
Only a musher knows the thrill
And the woes and weariness of it all
And you can bet they’ll be training again in the fall
To run
again you see is a Dog Mushers Legacy
William K. Miller
