Musher Details

2006 Iditarod » Mushers » Sonny Lindner

Sonny Lindner

Bib Number: 61
Hometown: Two Rivers, Alaska


Biography

Sonny Lindner, 64, was born in Michigan on Christmas Eve. He came to Alaska in 1970 and attended the University of Alaska at Fairbanks where he graduated in 1972. He began mushing in the early 70’s and became interested in the Iditarod in 1976 when he had friends having fun running the race. He was the winner of the first Yukon Quest. He finished fourth in the All Alaska Sweepstakes in 2008. Sonny lists his occupation as “farming, dogs and construction.” He has four adult children, Erika, R.T., Chad and Ava, and two young children, Sarah, 12, and Sam, 10. His partner is Gina. He is also a grandfather. He says, “I enjoy spending the year training and working with sled dogs. I go in the race to see if they have learned well. ”


2006 Standings

Checkpoint Time In Dogs In Time Out Dogs Out Rest Time Previous Layover Status Distance
Enroute Time Speed (mph) 8hr 24hr
Anchorage 3/04 12:12:00 12
BLM 3/04 13:15:00 12 1h 3m
Willow 3/05 15:58:00 16 3/05 15:58:00 16 0h 0m 59
Yentna 3/05 19:42:00 16 3/05 23:00:00 16 3h 18m 3h 44m 12.05 45
Skwentna 3/06 00:42:00 16 3/06 00:47:00 16 0h 5m 1h 42m 20.00 34
Finger Lake 3/06 12:10:00 16 3/06 17:13:00 16 5h 3m 11h 23m 3.95 45
Rainy Pass 3/06 20:43:00 16 3/06 23:32:00 16 2h 49m 3h 30m 8.57 30
Rohn 3/07 03:29:00 16 3/07 09:14:00 16 5h 45m 3h 57m 12.15 48
Nikolai 3/07 18:07:00 16 3/08 01:00:00 16 6h 53m 8h 53m 10.47 93
McGrath 3/08 07:08:00 16 3/09 07:54:00 16 24h 46m 6h 8m 7.83 ✔ 48
Takotna 3/09 09:33:00 16 3/09 09:35:00 16 0h 2m 1h 39m 13.94 ✔ 23
Ophir 3/09 11:36:00 16 3/09 11:47:00 16 0h 11m 2h 1m 18.84 ✔ 38
Cripple 3/10 01:48:00 16 3/10 08:11:00 16 6h 23m 14h 1m 4.28 ✔ 60
Ruby 3/10 17:08:00 16 3/11 01:18:00 16 8h 10m 8h 57m 12.51 ✔ ✔ 112
Galena 3/11 07:41:00 16 3/11 15:34:00 16 7h 53m 6h 23m 8.15 ✔ ✔ 52
Nulato 3/11 20:45:00 16 3/11 23:40:00 16 2h 55m 5h 11m 10.03 ✔ ✔ 52
Kaltag 3/12 04:35:00 16 3/12 11:50:00 16 7h 15m 4h 55m 8.54 ✔ ✔ 42
Unalakleet 3/13 01:00:00 16 3/13 07:56:00 15 6h 56m 13h 10m 6.84 ✔ ✔ 90
Shaktoolik 3/13 12:48:00 15 3/13 18:20:00 15 5h 32m 4h 52m 8.22 ✔ ✔ 40
Koyuk 3/14 00:10:00 15 3/14 04:33:00 14 4h 23m 5h 50m 9.94 ✔ ✔ 58
Elim 3/14 10:43:00 14 3/14 15:18:00 14 4h 35m 6h 10m 7.78 ✔ ✔ 48
White Mountain 3/14 21:19:00 14 3/15 05:19:00 14 8h 0m 6h 1m 7.65 ✔ ✔ 46
Safety 3/15 11:02:00 14 3/15 11:03:00 14 0h 1m 5h 43m 9.62 ✔ ✔ 55
Nome 3/15 13:44:18 14 2h 41m 8.20 ✔ ✔ 22