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LANCE MACKEY MAKES IT A DOUBLE DOUBLE!
by staff
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For Further Information Contact:
Chas St.George, Director Public Relations 907.232.0503
NOME, ALASKA - (March 13, 2007)
Last year Lance Mackey proved the impossible is possible again. The Fairbanks Alaska musher is now in a league of his own. At 2:46 am Mackey (Bib #6) arrived on Front Street after a battle against Mother Nature and a huge field of ultra competitive athletes to claim the crown of Iditarod Champion for the second year in a row. He arrived in Nome with 11 dogs on his team taking 9 days, eleven hours, forty six minutes, forty eight seconds.
Mackey now has the distinction of being the only musher on the face of the planet to win back to back one thousand mile races (The Yukon Quest and The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race) two years in a row. Mackey set the pace in the 2008 Iditarod after taking his 24 hours in Takotna. From that point forward he kept his team together and in front of four time Iditarod Champion Jeff King.
Thousands of fans lined Front Street in Nome to get a glimpse of the 37 year old musher make Iditarod history in a big way for the second year in a row. Mackey was greeted by his family and friends. Alaska Governor Sarah Palin stayed up late and called to congratulate Mackey. He returned the favor and congratulated the Governor on her soon to be "addition to the Palin Family."
Presenting Sponsor Wells Fargo Representative Loren Prosser presented Mackey a check for $69,000. In addition, Mackey received the keys to a brand new Dodge Ram Pick Up Truck from Presenting Sponsor Anchorage Chrysler Dodge.
