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The largest number of mushers to finish a race is 77.
63 mushers began the race, however 9 have scratched.
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The number of participants in the Iditarod sled dog race varies each year, but typically there are around 50-60 mushers who compete in the race, along with hundreds of sled dogs.
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They run their dogs alot and slowly increase the distance.
Kris Hoffman actually has 16 dogs total for the Iditarod race of 2011. All mushers start with 16 dogs
They sleep at the checkpoint stops. If they want they can make an igloo or something that they might rather sleep in then the checkpoint where a lot of other teams are.
They are mushers.