63 mushers began the race, however 9 have scratched.
the iditarod is named after the ghost town iditarod in the northern route.
The "halfway point" checkpoint for the iditarod race is Ophir to Iditarod
It is Alaskian because the Iditarod is in Alaska!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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. 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.
In 1973 Actually the first race to Nome was held that year,the first actuall race was in 1967 and i ran across this Q trying to find where it started and ended,all I know is that it was shorter than the present day race.
it was from the ghost town iditarod in the northern route.
ok the purse for 1995 in the iditarod is $25000.00