once every year
It was Joe Reddington's goal to save the sled dog, as it was disappearing with the advent of snowmobiles.
the iditarod is named after the ghost town iditarod in the northern route.
At a time when dog mushing was fading, a man that lived in Knik, Alaska had the idea of a dog mushing race from Knik to Nome. His name was Joe Redington Sr. often called the father of the Iditarod. He started the Iditarod Sled Dog Race in 1973.
The "halfway point" checkpoint for the iditarod race is Ophir to Iditarod
It is Alaskian because the Iditarod is in Alaska!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Iditarod
the iditarod originated from the serum run.
People enter the Iditarod to win the money. They also enter the race to be in the outdoors and to say that they raced the Iditarod. People enter the Iditarod to win the money. They also enter the race to be in the outdoors and to say that they raced the Iditarod.
the iditarod can be very dangerous at times.
The first day of the Iditarod is March 2nd, 2013
Nope. Lance Mackey was the winner.