Biography
Nicolas was born in France, raised in New Mexico and moved to Girdwood, Alaska. He began racing while helping Jim Lanier train for Iditarod in 2011 and in 2012 when Jim had to sit out the race with hip replacement surgery he let Nick run his first Iditarod. That’s how Jim Lanier changed Nicolas Petit’s life, the rest is history.
Awards
First Musher to the Yukon — Sponsored by Lakefront Anchorage
Gold Coast — Sponsored by Ryan Air
Spirit of Iditarod — Sponsored by Alaska Air Transit
2019 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Willow | 3/03 14:36:00 | 14 | |||||||||
| Yentna | 3/03 18:35:00 | 14 | 3/03 18:38:00 | 14 | 0h 3m | 3h 59m | 10.54 | 42 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/03 21:49:00 | 14 | 3/03 21:52:00 | 14 | 0h 3m | 3h 11m | 9.42 | 30 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/04 06:09:00 | 14 | 3/04 06:10:00 | 14 | 0h 1m | 8h 17m | 4.83 | 40 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/04 09:06:00 | 14 | 3/04 09:14:00 | 14 | 0h 8m | 2h 56m | 10.23 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/04 17:52:00 | 14 | 3/04 18:12:00 | 14 | 0h 20m | 8h 38m | 4.05 | 35 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/05 09:04:00 | 14 | 3/05 09:08:00 | 14 | 0h 4m | 14h 52m | 5.04 | 75 | |||
| McGrath | 3/05 15:17:00 | 14 | 3/05 19:33:00 | 14 | 4h 16m | 6h 9m | 7.80 | 48 | |||
| Takotna | 3/05 22:04:00 | 14 | 3/05 22:05:00 | 14 | 0h 1m | 2h 31m | 7.15 | 18 | |||
| Ophir | 3/06 01:08:00 | 14 | 3/07 02:17:00 | 14 | 25h 9m | 3h 3m | 7.54 |  |
23 | ||
| Iditarod | 3/07 12:13:00 | 14 | 3/07 12:22:00 | 14 | 0h 9m | 9h 56m | 8.05 | |
80 | ||
| Shageluk | 3/08 00:50:00 | 14 | 3/08 00:53:00 | 14 | 0h 3m | 12h 28m | 4.41 | |
55 | ||
| Anvik | 3/08 04:23:00 | 14 | 3/08 08:58:00 | 12 | 4h 35m | 3h 30m | 7.14 | |
25 | ||
| Grayling | 3/08 11:48:00 | 12 | 3/08 19:50:00 | 11 | 8h 2m | 2h 50m | 6.35 | |
|
18 | |
| Eagle Island | 3/09 02:45:00 | 11 | 3/09 02:53:00 | 11 | 0h 8m | 6h 55m | 8.96 | |
|
62 | |
| Kaltag | 3/09 16:51:00 | 11 | 3/09 21:49:00 | 10 | 4h 58m | 13h 58m | 4.30 | |
|
60 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/10 09:46:00 | 10 | 3/10 14:48:00 | 10 | 5h 2m | 10h 57m | 7.76 | |
|
85 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/10 19:57:00 | 10 | 5h 9m | 7.77 | |
|
Scratched | 40 | |||
