Biography
Hugh Neff was born in Tennessee, grew up in Evanston, Illinois and attended Loyola Academy and the University of Illinois. He moved to Alaska and began mushing in 1995. “I’m honored to be running Jim Lanier’s Northern Whites Dog Kennel. Our goal is to honor the legacy of Hobo Jim as well as all of the original Iditarod mushers and what they stood for.”
2008 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Anchorage | 3/01 10:33:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| Willow | 3/02 14:28:00 | 16 | |||||||||
| Yentna | 3/02 18:04:00 | 16 | 3/02 18:06:00 | 16 | 0h 2m | 3h 36m | 11.67 | 42 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/02 21:08:00 | 16 | 16 | 3h 2m | 11.21 | 34 | |||||
| Finger Lake | 3/03 07:20:00 | 16 | 3/03 07:24:00 | 16 | 0h 4m | 45 | |||||
| Rainy Pass | 3/03 15:40:00 | 16 | 3/03 15:46:00 | 15 | 0h 6m | 8h 16m | 3.63 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/03 20:25:00 | 15 | 3/03 20:38:00 | 15 | 0h 13m | 4h 39m | 10.32 | 48 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/04 12:05:00 | 15 | 3/04 17:33:00 | 14 | 5h 28m | 15h 27m | 4.85 | 75 | |||
| McGrath | 3/05 00:41:00 | 14 | 3/05 04:49:00 | 14 | 4h 8m | 7h 8m | 7.57 | 54 | |||
| Takotna | 3/05 07:34:00 | 14 | 3/05 07:38:00 | 14 | 0h 4m | 2h 45m | 6.55 | 18 | |||
| Ophir | 3/05 10:40:00 | 14 | 3/05 16:18:00 | 13 | 5h 38m | 3h 2m | 8.24 | 25 | |||
| Cripple | 3/06 08:43:00 | 13 | 3/07 11:25:00 | 12 | 26h 42m | 16h 25m | 3.59 |  |
59 | ||
| Ruby | 3/07 22:19:00 | 12 | 3/08 06:19:00 | 11 | 8h 0m | 10h 54m | 10.28 | |
|
112 | |
| Galena | 3/08 13:08:00 | 11 | 3/08 18:13:00 | 11 | 5h 5m | 6h 49m | 7.63 | |
|
52 | |
| Nulato | 3/09 01:37:00 | 11 | 3/09 06:40:00 | 10 | 4h 3m | 7h 24m | 7.03 | |
|
52 | |
| Kaltag | 3/09 11:45:00 | 10 | 3/09 17:00:00 | 9 | 5h 15m | 5h 5m | 8.26 | |
|
42 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/10 09:40:00 | 9 | 3/10 10:50:00 | 9 | 1h 10m | 16h 40m | 5.40 | |
|
90 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/10 18:19:00 | 9 | 3/10 23:16:00 | 9 | 4h 57m | 7h 29m | 5.61 | |
|
42 | |
| Koyuk | 3/11 07:27:00 | 9 | 3/11 12:16:00 | 9 | 4h 49m | 8h 11m | 5.87 | |
|
48 | |
| Elim | 3/11 20:26:00 | 9 | 3/12 00:33:00 | 9 | 4h 7m | 8h 10m | 5.88 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/12 07:26:00 | 9 | 3/12 15:26:00 | 9 | 8h 0m | 6h 53m | 6.68 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/12 23:45:00 | 9 | 3/12 23:48:00 | 8 | 0h 3m | 8h 19m | 6.61 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/13 03:12:20 | 8 | 3h 24m | 6.47 | |
|
22 | ||||
