John Baker holds the fastest time at 8 days, 19 hours, 46 minuets, and 39 seconds in 2011.
dick wilmarth
Dick Wilmarth won the very first Iditarod in 1973.
800 years
The fastest time recorded for the race.
20 days 15 hours 2 minuetsts and 7 seconds.
Currently, John Baker holds the record at 8 days, 9 hours, 46 minutes, and 39 seconds in 2011.
8 days, 22 hours, 46 minutes, and 2 seconds by Martin Buser in 2002
The musher takes the dog to the next checkpoint and leaves it there to be taken care of until it can be flown back to Anchorage where the musher will pick it up when they are done with the race. This is termed "dropping a dog". These dogs are taken excellent care of during this time by volunteer vets.
yes. example: every musher in the iditarod race can spend 24 hours only once at a checkpoint. so it would be a good idea when they are tired to stop at a checkpoint for 24 hours since they only get to do it once. they all have limited time at checkpoint. if u r confused, go 2 the iditarod website.
Having the fastest time was incidental to winning the race.
The actual speed of the sled dogs in the Iditarod varies from mile to mile, check point, to check point, race to race. However, the record for the fastest time any sled team has finished the Iditarod was set in 2002 by Martin Buser. He and his team completed the entire trip from Anchorage to Nome, 1,161 miles, in 8 days 22 hours 46 minutes and 2 seconds.
It is impossible to predict the exact day or time that the first musher will cross the finish line in Nome. However, we expect it to be between 9 and 12 days, making it on second Tuesday or Wednesday. Doug Swingley, 1995 Champion, completed the course in 9 days, 2 hours, 42 minutes and 19 seconds to become the first musher from outside of the state of Alaska to ever win the Iditarod.* http://www.iditarod.com/learn/history.html That depends on how fast the musher is going, the place of the musher, where they take the mandatory rest hours, ect...