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2019 Iditarod » Mushers » Lance Mackey

Lance Mackey

Bib Number: 44
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

Canada Goose, ONT
The High Expedition/T.H.E. Pet CBD
Dr. Carson’s Pet Supplements
Lupine Headlights, PA
Dr. Bob Sept/Bering Sea Animal Clinic

Integrative Pain Center of Alaska/Dr. Nancy Cross
SeaFur Sewing/Robert Miller
Joanne Woolever
Club Paris

Awards

Mushers' Choice Award

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 15:24:00 14
Yentna 3/03 19:38:00 14 3/03 22:02:00 14 2h 24m 4h 14m 9.92 42
Skwentna 3/04 01:16:00 14 3/04 04:38:00 14 3h 22m 3h 14m 9.28 30
Finger Lake 3/04 09:33:00 14 3/04 15:10:00 14 5h 37m 4h 55m 8.14 40
Rainy Pass 3/04 18:38:00 14 3/04 21:46:00 14 3h 8m 3h 28m 8.65 30
Rohn 3/05 01:59:00 14 3/05 07:14:00 14 5h 15m 4h 13m 8.30 35
Nikolai 3/05 19:50:00 14 3/06 03:55:00 13 8h 5m 12h 36m 5.95 75
McGrath 3/06 11:15:00 13 3/07 11:33:00 13 24h 18m 7h 20m 6.55 ✔ 48
Takotna 3/07 13:56:00 13 3/07 14:31:00 13 0h 35m 2h 23m 7.55 ✔ 18
Ophir 3/07 17:16:00 13 3/07 20:33:00 13 3h 17m 2h 45m 8.36 ✔ 23
Iditarod 3/08 08:19:00 13 3/08 16:57:00 13 8h 38m 11h 46m 6.80 ✔ 80
Shageluk 3/09 00:13:00 13 3/09 00:29:00 12 0h 16m 7h 16m 7.57 ✔ 55
Anvik 3/09 03:55:00 12 3/09 04:09:00 12 0h 14m 3h 26m 7.28 ✔ 25
Grayling 3/09 06:44:00 12 3/09 14:50:00 12 8h 6m 2h 35m 6.97 ✔ ✔ 18
Eagle Island 3/09 21:48:00 12 3/10 04:58:00 12 6h 10m 6h 58m 8.90 ✔ ✔ 62
Kaltag 3/10 14:34:00 12 3/10 23:06:00 12 8h 32m 9h 36m 6.25 ✔ ✔ 60
Unalakleet 3/11 15:59:00 12 3/12 03:10:00 12 11h 11m 16h 53m 5.03 ✔ ✔ 85
Shaktoolik 3/12 08:57:00 12 3/12 15:08:00 12 6h 11m 5h 47m 6.92 ✔ ✔ 40
Koyuk 3/12 23:48:00 12 3/13 20:22:00 12 20h 34m 8h 40m 5.77 ✔ ✔ 50
Elim 3/14 02:39:00 12 3/14 09:34:00 12 6h 55m 6h 17m 7.64 ✔ ✔ 48
White Mountain 3/14 16:28:00 12 3/15 00:32:00 12 8h 4m 6h 54m 6.67 ✔ ✔ 46
Safety 3/15 07:32:00 12 3/15 10:30:00 11 2h 58m 7h 0m 7.86 ✔ ✔ 55
Nome 3/15 13:41:40 11 3h 11m 6.91 ✔ ✔ 22