Biography
Art Church, Jr., 55, was born and raised in Washington. He moved to Alaska in 1975, he says, “for a change and stayed because I liked it.” He has been self-employed for the last thirty plus years. He began mushing in 1979 and in addition to running the Iditarod, he has served as a race judge on the trail. He lists his hobby as “my wife.”
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 10:37:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| Willow | 3/02 14:32:00 | 16 | |||||||||
| Yentna | 3/02 18:46:00 | 16 | 3/02 21:01:00 | 15 | 2h 15m | 4h 14m | 9.92 | 42 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/03 00:41:00 | 15 | 3/03 08:25:00 | 15 | 7h 44m | 3h 40m | 9.27 | 34 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/03 13:27:00 | 15 | 3/03 18:32:00 | 14 | 5h 5m | 5h 2m | 8.94 | 45 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/03 22:43:00 | 14 | 3/04 07:28:00 | 13 | 8h 45m | 4h 11m | 7.17 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/04 14:57:00 | 13 | 3/05 07:13:00 | 13 | 16h 16m | 7h 29m | 6.41 | 48 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/05 16:30:00 | 13 | 3/06 04:29:00 | 12 | 11h 59m | 9h 17m | 8.08 | 75 | |||
| McGrath | 3/06 09:48:00 | 12 | 3/07 12:32:00 | 12 | 26h 44m | 5h 19m | 10.16 |  |
54 | ||
| Takotna | 3/07 14:39:00 | 12 | 3/07 18:59:00 | 12 | 4h 20m | 2h 7m | 8.50 | |
18 | ||
| Ophir | 3/07 21:28:00 | 12 | 3/08 08:00:00 | 12 | 10h 32m | 2h 29m | 10.07 | |
25 | ||
| Cripple | 3/08 23:55:00 | 12 | 3/09 08:28:00 | 12 | 7h 33m | 15h 55m | 3.71 | |
59 | ||
| Ruby | 3/09 17:22:00 | 12 | 8h 54m | 12.58 | |
Scratched | 112 | ||||
