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2008 IDITAROD TRAIL SLED DOG RACE PURSE

by staff

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For Further Information Contact:

Chas St.George, Director Public Relations 907.232.0503

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA - (March 13, 2008)

The following is a listing of the 2008 Official Finishers Purse;

1st	Lance Mackey	$69,000
2nd	Jeff King	$65,100
3rd	Ramey Smyth	$61,400
4th	Ken Anderson	$57,800
5th	Martin Buser	$54,400
6th	Hans Gatt	$51,100
7th	Mitch Seavey	$48,000
8th	Paul Gebhardt	$45,000
9th	Kjetil Backen	$42,000
10th	Sebastian Schnuelle	$39,200
11th	Zack Steer	$36,600
12th	Cim Smyth	$34,000
13th	Rick Swenson	$31,500
14th	Jessie Royer	$29,100
15th	Dee Dee Jonrowe	$26,900
16th	Gerry Willomitzer	$24,700
17th	Ed Iten	$22,600
18th	Ray Redington, Jr.	$20,600
19th	Aaron Burmeister	$18,600
20th	Jim Lanier	$16,800
21st	Aliy Zirkle	$15,000
22nd	Silvia Willis	$13,300
23rd	John Baker	$11,600
24th	Sigrid Ekran	$10,000
25th	Hugh Neff	$8,500
26th	Warren Palfrey	$7,100
27th	William Kleedehn	$5,700
28th	Matt Hayashida	$4,300
29th	Ed Stielstra	$3,000
30th	Melissa Owens	$1,800
Total Top Thirty		$874,700
Remaining Finishers @ $1,049 each (est)		$43,009
Total Purse		$917,709