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1 Peter Basinger Ski 1100

2 Jay Petervary Bike 350

3 Tracey Petervary Bike 350

4 Eric Warkentin Bike
350

5 Catherine Shenk Bike 350

6 Sean Grady Bike 350

7 Anne Ver Hoef Foot 350

8 Cory Smith Ski 350

9 Geoff Roes Foot 350

10 Rocky Reifenstuhl Bike withdrawn

11 Bill Dent Bike 350

12 Jeff Oatley Bike 350

13 Roger Leavesley Foot 350

14 Yair Kellner Bike 350

15 Robert May Bike 350

16 Billy Koitzsch Bike 1100

17 Roberto Gazzoli Foot 1100

18 Mario Sterli Foot withdrawn

19 Riccardo Ghirardi Bike 350

20 Rick Freeman Foot 350

21 Bob Struble Foot 350

22 Jill Homer Bike 350

23 Aidan Harding Bike 350

24 Aaron Benetti Bike withdrawn

25 Scott Davis Bike withdrawn

26 Todd Kasteler Foot 350

27 Isabel Vicente Lopez Bike 350

28 Alberto Villaverde Bike 350

29 Howard Cook Foot 350

30 Eleazaro Rossi Foot 350

31 Frank McGuire Bike 350

32 Jacques Boutet Bike 350

33 Phil Hofstetter Bike 350

34 Edward Plumb Ski 350

35 John Ross Bike 350

36 Chris Wrobel Bike 350

37 Alec Petro Bike 350

38 Robert Ostrom Bike 350

39 George Azarias Bike 350

40 James Leavesley Bike 1100

41 Savino Musicco Foot 1100

42 Marco Costa Bike disqualified

43 Steve Evans Foot 350

44 Marco Berni Foot 1100

45 Jörg Painsipp Foot 350

46 Francesco Ghigliotti Foot 350

47 Eric Johnson Foot 350

48 Louise Kobin Bike 350

49 Tim Hewitt Foot 1100

50 Tom Jarding Foot 1100

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There is no prize money in this race, the first male and female in the 350 mile and 1100 mile race will receive a free entry for the following year.
We will have two snowmachines ahead of the lead pack.

1100 mile Racers:
For racers going to Nome the $ 900.00 entry fee will include a food drop ( 10 pounds) in Iditarod ( southern Route /odd years) or in Cripple (northern Route/even years).
Besides that drop all racers going on to Nome will be responsible for their own drop bags, lodging, food and contacts beyond McGrath. We will provide Post Office addresses and phone numbers to local residents who are willing to support our racers.
In past years racers have been staying in village schools for a small fee and sending boxes to villages post offices "General Delivery"+ racer's name +" hold for Alaska Ultra Sport Racer" for drops along the route.

Flights & Evacuations:
Flights from McGrath, Nome or evacuations from the course are at racer's expense.
Flights back to Anchorage from McGrath with Pen Air have been around $200.00 and with Alaska Air from Nome about $350.00.

Supply Drops
(racers provide those and either drop them off in person a week before the race.
Many european racers and out of state racers mail them by post to us)

• Finger Lake - 10 lbs/4.5 kg
• Rohn - 10 lbs/4.5 kg
• Cripple -10 lbs/4.5 kg

Drop bags will be due in Anchorage one week before race start to insure delivery to the checkpoints via ski plane.Drops will be due on February 21, 2009 in Anchorage.