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2011 Iditarod » Mushers » Lance Mackey

Lance Mackey

Bib Number: 17
Hometown: Fairbanks, Alaska
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Biography

Alaska born and raised, Lance Mackey, 49, grew up with dogs and Iditarod. He started his current kennel in Kasilof, Alaska, in 1999 and entered his first Iditarod in 2001, finishing 36th. He spent all of 2002 and 2003 recovering from stage four throat cancer, and returned to Iditarod in 2004 where he traveled the entire trail with his younger brother and two puppy teams. In 2005, he entered both the Yukon Quest and the Iditarod, racing both form 2005 – 2009, and winning each four years in a row (and winning both back to back in 2007 and 2008.) Since 2011, he says, “My race record has been dull and not much fun; my last Iditarod was in 2016. It ended in Galena, and I haven’t been the same since. So for me, 2019 was about having fun, enjoying the checkpoints and the people of our state and its sport, about my dogs, fans, sponsors, friends and my family. Lance thanks his fellow mushers for nominating him for the Most Inspirational Musher Award last year. He received a free entry for this year’s Iditarod so “I guess it means they want to see me out there again. Lance is a member of Mush with PRIDE, North Pole Speedway and Alaska Race Way Park. He says his hobbies are Legends car racing, fishing, camping and being dad. He is the father of one adult daughter, Alana, and he and Jenne have two children, Atigun 3½ and Lozen, 1 ½.

Sponsors

Redpaw
Canada Goose
Pacific Tugs
Big "G" Electric
GCI
The Odom Corporation
Advanced Medical Center
Youngevity
Janet &Walt Tremer
Simard Automotive
Daily's Web Design
Darby's Performance Machine
Walsh, Kelliher & Sharp Accountants

NEO's
Adventures in Alaska RV Rentals
dogbooties.com
A Thousand Words
Manmat
Janice Doherty & Family
Jon & Jona Van Zyle
Donna Schumacher
Opal Krout
Sarida Steel-Bradley
Dianne Toebe
Lupine Headlamps

Awards

Fastest Time from Safety to Nome — Sponsored by Nome Kennel Club

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 10:33:00 12
Willow 3/06 14:30:00 16
Yentna Station 3/06 17:48:00 16 3/06 18:06:00 16 0h 18m 3h 18m 13.64 45
Skwentna 3/06 20:46:00 16 3/07 00:39:00 16 3h 53m 2h 40m 12.75 34
Finger Lake 3/07 04:38:00 16 3/07 04:55:00 16 0h 17m 3h 59m 11.30 45
Rainy Pass 3/07 08:08:00 16 3/07 14:07:00 16 5h 59m 3h 13m 9.33 30
Rohn 3/07 17:45:00 16 3/07 18:02:00 15 0h 17m 3h 38m 13.21 48
Nikolai 3/08 08:32:00 15 3/08 13:42:00 12 5h 10m 14h 30m 5.17 75
McGrath 3/08 19:27:00 12 3/08 19:29:00 12 0h 2m 5h 45m 9.39 54
Takotna 3/08 21:58:00 12 3/09 23:30:00 11 25h 32m 2h 29m 7.25 ✔ 18
Ophir 3/10 01:47:00 11 3/10 02:03:00 10 0h 16m 2h 17m 10.95 ✔ 25
Iditarod 3/10 11:47:00 10 3/10 18:51:00 9 7h 4m 9h 44m 9.25 ✔ 90
Shageluk 3/11 02:46:00 9 3/11 02:48:00 9 0h 2m 7h 55m 8.21 ✔ 65
Anvik 3/11 06:13:00 9 3/11 14:13:00 9 8h 0m 3h 25m 7.32 ✔ ✔ 25
Grayling 3/11 16:47:00 9 3/11 16:50:00 9 0h 3m 2h 34m 7.01 ✔ ✔ 18
Eagle Island 3/12 00:57:00 9 3/12 08:53:00 9 7h 56m 8h 7m 7.39 ✔ ✔ 60
Kaltag 3/12 18:50:00 9 3/13 05:07:00 9 9h 17m 9h 57m 7.04 ✔ ✔ 70
Unalakleet 3/13 16:04:00 9 3/13 22:32:00 8 6h 28m 10h 57m 8.22 ✔ ✔ 90
Shaktoolik 3/14 04:24:00 8 3/14 09:40:00 8 5h 16m 5h 52m 7.16 ✔ ✔ 42
Koyuk 3/14 15:56:00 8 3/14 22:20:00 7 6h 24m 6h 16m 7.66 ✔ ✔ 48
Elim 3/15 04:08:00 7 3/15 09:53:00 7 5h 45m 5h 48m 8.28 ✔ ✔ 48
White Mountain 3/15 16:13:00 7 3/16 00:13:00 7 8h 0m 6h 20m 7.26 ✔ ✔ 46
Safety 3/16 06:25:00 7 3/16 06:30:00 7 0h 5m 6h 12m 8.87 ✔ ✔ 55
Nome 3/16 08:55:34 7 2h 25m 9.10 ✔ ✔ 22