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Dave Branholm

Bib Number: 60
Hometown: Wasilla, Alaska


Biography

Dave Branholm, 58, was born and raised in North Carolina. When he was 17, he headed to Alaska. He grew up with the Redington’s and started mushing in 1976. His first Iditarod was in 1993. He has been training with Ray Redington all year and will be running Scott Janssen’s team in this Iditarod. Dave recently retired from St. Mary’s Native Corporation, where he ran a company for them. He has two adult children, Heather and Dave and four grandkids.


2017 Standings

Checkpoint Time In Dogs In Time Out Dogs Out Rest Time Previous Layover Status Distance
Enroute Time Speed (mph) 8hr 24hr
Fairbanks 3/06 12:56:00 16
Nenana 3/06 18:34:00 16 3/06 23:18:00 16 4h 44m 5h 38m 10.65 60
Manley 3/07 09:24:00 16 3/07 17:10:00 16 7h 46m 10h 6m 8.91 90
Tanana 3/08 01:02:00 16 3/08 10:53:00 15 9h 51m 7h 52m 8.39 ✔ 66
Ruby 3/09 09:35:00 15 3/10 10:21:00 14 24h 46m 22h 42m 5.24 ✔ ✔ 119
Galena 3/10 15:41:00 14 3/10 18:11:00 14 2h 30m 5h 20m 9.38 ✔ ✔ 50
Huslia 3/11 07:46:00 14 3/11 15:10:00 14 7h 24m 13h 35m 6.04 ✔ ✔ 82
Koyukuk 3/12 07:00:00 14 3/12 13:59:00 13 6h 59m 14h 50m 5.80 ✔ ✔ 86
Nulato 3/12 16:16:00 13 3/12 21:49:00 13 5h 33m 2h 17m 9.64 ✔ ✔ 22
Kaltag 3/13 02:14:00 13 4h 25m 10.64 ✔ ✔ Scratched 47