Biography
John Baker, 55, was born and raised in Kotzebue, Alaska. He began mushing in 1995 and was interested in the Iditarod after watching the race in its early years. He ran his first Iditarod in 1996 and has been in every race since. He has 13 top ten Iditarod finishes, and became the first Iditarod champion from Northwest Alaska when he won the 2011 Iditarod, and the first Inupiat champion as well. Baker is a self-employed business owner and enjoys the rural Alaska life. He has a son, Alex, 29, a veteran of the Jr. Iditarod and daughter’s Tahayla, 16 and Amelia, 14. A commercial pilot, he says that his hobby is flying
2002 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Anchorage | 3/02 10:13:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| Eagle River | 3/02 13:28:00 | 12 | 3h 15m | ||||||||
| Wasilla | 3/03 10:13:00 | 16 | 29 | ||||||||
| Knik | 3/03 11:30:00 | 16 | 3/03 11:32:00 | 16 | 0h 2m | 1h 17m | 10.91 | 14 | |||
| Yentna Station | 3/03 19:23:00 | 16 | 3/03 19:30:00 | 16 | 0h 7m | 7h 51m | 6.62 | 52 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/03 22:19:00 | 16 | 3/03 22:33:00 | 16 | 0h 14m | 2h 49m | 12.07 | 34 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/04 07:59:00 | 16 | 3/04 08:07:00 | 15 | 0h 8m | 9h 26m | 4.77 | 45 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/04 11:26:00 | 15 | 3/04 17:15:00 | 15 | 5h 49m | 3h 19m | 9.05 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/04 21:08:00 | 15 | 3/04 21:32:00 | 15 | 0h 24m | 3h 53m | 12.36 | 48 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/05 11:42:00 | 15 | 3/05 16:47:00 | 14 | 5h 5m | 14h 10m | 6.56 | 93 | |||
| McGrath | 3/05 22:00:00 | 14 | 3/05 22:09:00 | 14 | 0h 9m | 5h 13m | 9.20 | 48 | |||
| Takotna | 3/06 00:40:00 | 14 | 3/06 06:35:00 | 13 | 5h 55m | 2h 31m | 9.14 | 23 | |||
| Ophir | 3/06 09:04:00 | 13 | 3/06 09:21:00 | 13 | 0h 17m | 2h 29m | 15.30 | 38 | |||
| Cripple | 3/07 01:06:00 | 13 | 3/08 03:42:00 | 13 | 26h 36m | 15h 45m | 3.81 |  |
60 | ||
| Ruby | 3/08 12:19:00 | 13 | 3/08 17:26:00 | 13 | 5h 7m | 8h 37m | 13.00 | |
112 | ||
| Galena | 3/08 23:18:00 | 13 | 3/08 23:31:00 | 13 | 0h 13m | 5h 52m | 8.86 | |
52 | ||
| Nulato | 3/09 08:01:00 | 13 | 3/09 08:20:00 | 13 | 0h 19m | 8h 30m | 6.12 | |
52 | ||
| Kaltag | 3/09 12:44:00 | 13 | 3/09 20:49:00 | 12 | 8h 5m | 4h 24m | 9.55 | |
|
42 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/10 07:36:00 | 12 | 3/10 12:19:00 | 10 | 4h 43m | 10h 47m | 8.35 | |
|
90 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/10 17:58:00 | 10 | 3/10 22:18:00 | 10 | 4h 20m | 5h 39m | 7.08 | |
|
40 | |
| Koyuk | 3/11 05:43:00 | 10 | 3/11 06:55:00 | 10 | 1h 12m | 7h 25m | 7.82 | |
|
58 | |
| Elim | 3/11 13:07:00 | 10 | 3/11 14:41:00 | 9 | 1h 34m | 6h 12m | 7.74 | |
48 | ||
| White Mountain | 3/11 21:36:00 | 9 | 3/12 05:37:00 | 8 | 8h 1m | 6h 55m | 6.65 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/12 12:22:00 | 8 | 3/12 12:31:00 | 7 | 0h 9m | 6h 45m | 8.15 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/12 15:46:30 | 7 | 3h 15m | 6.77 | |
|
22 | ||||
