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Sonny Lindner

Bib Number: 44
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. ”


2010 Standings

Checkpoint Time In Dogs In Time Out Dogs Out Rest Time Previous Layover Status Distance
Enroute Time Speed (mph) 8hr 24hr
Anchorage 3/06 11:34:00 12
Willow 3/07 15:24:00 16
Yentna Station 3/07 19:03:00 16 3/07 19:23:00 16 0h 20m 3h 39m 12.33 45
Skwentna 3/07 22:10:00 16 3/08 01:56:00 16 3h 46m 2h 47m 12.22 34
Finger Lake 3/08 07:14:00 16 3/08 10:30:00 16 3h 16m 5h 18m 8.49 45
Rainy Pass 3/08 14:22:00 16 3/08 18:05:00 16 3h 43m 3h 52m 7.76 30
Rohn 3/08 22:12:00 16 3/09 03:54:00 16 5h 42m 4h 7m 11.66 48
Nikolai 3/09 12:30:00 16 3/09 18:16:00 16 5h 46m 8h 36m 8.72 75
McGrath 3/09 23:38:00 16 3/09 23:39:00 16 0h 1m 5h 22m 10.06 54
Takotna 3/10 02:06:00 16 3/11 03:02:00 15 24h 56m 2h 27m 7.35 ✔ 18
Ophir 3/11 05:20:00 15 3/11 05:23:00 15 0h 3m 2h 18m 10.87 ✔ 25
Cripple 3/11 14:50:00 15 3/11 21:00:00 15 6h 10m 9h 27m 6.24 ✔ 59
Ruby 3/12 07:28:00 15 3/12 15:28:00 14 8h 0m 10h 28m 10.70 ✔ ✔ 112
Galena 3/12 21:32:00 14 3/13 02:05:00 14 4h 33m 6h 4m 8.57 ✔ ✔ 52
Nulato 3/13 08:41:00 14 3/13 13:10:00 13 4h 29m 6h 36m 7.88 ✔ ✔ 52
Kaltag 3/13 17:57:00 13 3/13 23:30:00 13 5h 33m 4h 47m 8.78 ✔ ✔ 42
Unalakleet 3/14 15:02:00 13 3/14 22:16:00 12 7h 14m 14h 32m 6.19 ✔ ✔ 90
Shaktoolik 3/15 04:49:00 12 3/15 10:04:00 11 5h 15m 6h 33m 6.41 ✔ ✔ 42
Koyuk 3/15 18:05:00 11 3/16 00:17:00 10 6h 12m 8h 1m 5.99 ✔ ✔ 48
Elim 3/16 07:10:00 10 3/16 09:40:00 10 2h 30m 6h 53m 6.97 ✔ ✔ 48
White Mountain 3/16 15:41:00 10 3/16 23:41:00 9 8h 0m 6h 1m 7.65 ✔ ✔ 46
Safety 3/17 07:04:00 9 3/17 07:05:00 9 0h 1m 7h 23m 7.45 ✔ ✔ 55
Nome 3/17 10:00:00 9 2h 55m 7.54 ✔ ✔ 22