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.”
2012 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Anchorage | 3/03 12:16:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| Willow | 3/04 16:04:00 | 16 | |||||||||
| Yentna Station | 3/04 19:59:00 | 16 | 3/04 23:30:00 | 16 | 3h 31m | 3h 55m | 10.72 | 42 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/05 02:26:00 | 16 | 3/05 07:44:00 | 16 | 5h 18m | 2h 56m | 10.23 | 30 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/05 12:38:00 | 16 | 3/05 17:46:00 | 16 | 5h 8m | 4h 54m | 8.16 | 40 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/05 21:31:00 | 16 | 3/06 06:58:00 | 16 | 9h 27m | 3h 45m | 8.00 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/06 11:05:00 | 16 | 3/06 15:59:00 | 16 | 4h 54m | 4h 7m | 8.50 | 35 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/07 01:15:00 | 16 | 3/07 12:45:00 | 16 | 11h 30m | 9h 16m | 8.09 | 75 | |||
| McGrath | 3/07 19:03:00 | 16 | 3/08 19:21:00 | 16 | 24h 18m | 6h 18m | 7.62 |  |
48 | ||
| Takotna | 3/08 21:35:00 | 16 | 3/08 21:37:00 | 16 | 0h 2m | 2h 14m | 8.06 | |
18 | ||
| Ophir | 3/09 00:10:00 | 16 | 3/09 06:19:00 | 16 | 6h 9m | 2h 33m | 9.02 | |
23 | ||
| Cripple | 3/09 20:20:00 | 16 | 3/10 09:00:00 | 16 | 12h 40m | 14h 1m | 5.21 | |
73 | ||
| Ruby | 3/10 17:50:00 | 16 | 3/11 08:00:00 | 16 | 13h 10m | 8h 50m | 7.92 | |
|
70 | |
| Galena | 3/11 13:26:00 | 16 | 3/11 21:18:00 | 16 | 7h 52m | 5h 26m | 9.20 | |
|
50 | |
| Nulato | 3/12 02:45:00 | 16 | 3/12 11:25:00 | 15 | 8h 40m | 5h 27m | 6.79 | |
|
37 | |
| Kaltag | 3/12 15:11:00 | 15 | 3/12 21:25:00 | 15 | 6h 14m | 3h 46m | 12.48 | |
|
47 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/13 10:45:00 | 15 | 3/13 19:18:00 | 14 | 8h 33m | 13h 20m | 6.38 | |
|
85 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/14 00:19:00 | 14 | 3/14 08:32:00 | 14 | 8h 13m | 5h 1m | 7.97 | |
|
40 | |
| Koyuk | 3/14 15:55:00 | 14 | 3/15 06:56:00 | 14 | 15h 1m | 7h 23m | 6.77 | |
|
50 | |
| Elim | 3/15 12:08:00 | 14 | 3/15 16:10:00 | 14 | 4h 2m | 5h 12m | 9.23 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/15 21:39:00 | 14 | 3/16 05:41:00 | 14 | 8h 2m | 5h 29m | 8.39 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/16 12:01:00 | 14 | 3/16 12:06:00 | 14 | 0h 5m | 6h 20m | 8.68 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/16 14:57:02 | 14 | 2h 51m | 7.72 | |
|
22 | ||||
