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Sonny Lindner

Bib Number: 52
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. ”


2011 Standings

Checkpoint Time In Dogs In Time Out Dogs Out Rest Time Previous Layover Status Distance
Enroute Time Speed (mph) 8hr 24hr
Anchorage 3/05 11:50:00 12
Willow 3/06 15:40:00 16
Yentna Station 3/06 19:17:00 16 3/06 19:20:00 16 0h 3m 3h 37m 12.44 45
Skwentna 3/07 01:28:00 16 3/07 01:36:00 15 0h 8m 6h 8m 5.54 34
Finger Lake 3/07 06:09:00 15 3/07 09:53:00 15 3h 44m 4h 33m 9.89 45
Rainy Pass 3/07 13:24:00 15 3/07 16:08:00 13 2h 44m 3h 31m 8.53 30
Rohn 3/07 20:08:00 13 3/08 02:16:00 13 6h 8m 4h 0m 12.00 48
Nikolai 3/08 10:29:00 13 3/08 16:24:00 13 5h 55m 8h 13m 9.13 75
McGrath 3/08 22:04:00 13 3/08 22:06:00 13 0h 2m 5h 40m 9.53 54
Takotna 3/09 00:24:00 13 3/10 00:46:00 13 24h 22m 2h 18m 7.83 ✔ 18
Ophir 3/10 03:05:00 13 3/10 03:08:00 13 0h 3m 2h 19m 10.79 ✔ 25
Iditarod 3/10 13:22:00 13 3/10 20:00:00 11 6h 38m 10h 14m 8.79 ✔ 90
Shageluk 3/11 03:49:00 11 3/11 03:53:00 11 0h 4m 7h 49m 8.32 ✔ 65
Anvik 3/11 07:30:00 11 3/11 15:30:00 11 8h 0m 3h 37m 6.91 ✔ ✔ 25
Grayling 3/11 17:53:00 11 3/11 17:54:00 10 0h 1m 2h 23m 7.55 ✔ ✔ 18
Eagle Island 3/12 02:14:00 10 3/12 07:38:00 10 5h 24m 8h 20m 7.20 ✔ ✔ 60
Kaltag 3/12 17:00:00 10 3/12 23:02:00 10 6h 2m 9h 22m 7.47 ✔ ✔ 70
Unalakleet 3/13 11:37:00 10 3/13 15:56:00 8 4h 19m 11h 35m 7.77 ✔ ✔ 90
Shaktoolik 3/13 23:04:00 8 3/14 02:14:00 8 3h 10m 7h 8m 5.89 ✔ ✔ 42
Koyuk 3/14 09:37:00 8 3/14 13:39:00 8 4h 2m 7h 23m 6.50 ✔ ✔ 48
Elim 3/14 20:30:00 8 3/15 02:21:00 7 5h 51m 6h 51m 7.01 ✔ ✔ 48
White Mountain 3/15 09:47:00 7 3/15 17:50:00 7 8h 3m 7h 26m 6.19 ✔ ✔ 46
Safety 3/16 00:47:00 7 3/16 00:50:00 7 0h 3m 6h 57m 7.91 ✔ ✔ 55
Nome 3/16 04:02:59 7 3h 12m 6.88 ✔ ✔ 22