Ramy Brooks of Healy will be the first musher to leave Fourth Avenue in Saturday's ceremonial start of the 28th annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Brooks will wear bib No. 2 as he departs on the 1,100-mile wilderness journey to Nome. Bib No. 1 has been reserved for honorary mushers Joe Redington Sr., Edgar Nollner and John E. Schultz. The field includes seven former champions who have combined for 16 of the past 27 championships. Five-time champion Rick Swenson of Two Rivers will be bib No. 41, three-time winner Martin Buser of Big Lake is No. 43, three-time winner Jeff King of Denali Park is No. 36, two-time and defending champion Doug Swingley of Lincoln, Mont., is No. 17, 1983 champ Rick Mackey of Nenana is No. 18, 1976 champ Jerry Riley of Nenana is No. 66 and 1975 champ Emmitt Peters of Ruby is No. 40. The race begins downtown at 10 a.m. at Fourth and D Street. The official start is Sunday at 10 a.m. in Wasilla. No. ... Musher ... Hometown 1. ... Honorary mushers ... ... 2. ... Ramy Brooks ... Healy 3. ... John Baker ... Kotzebue 4. ... Mike Nosco ... Wasilla 5. ... Jerome Longo ... Talkeetna 6. ... Zack Steer ... Anchorage 7. ... Bill McKee (R) ... Fairbanks 8. ... Steve Adkins ... Trapper Creek 9. ... Trisha Kolegar (R) ... Wasilla 10. ... Lynda Plettner ... Wasilla 11. ... David Straub (R) ... Willow 12. ... Jon Little ... Kasilof 13. ... Raymie Redington ... Wasilla 14. ... Juan Alcina ... Willow 15. ... Al Hardman ... Ludington, Mich. 16. ... Paul Gebhardt ... Kasilof 17. ... Doug Swingley ... Lincoln, Mont. 18. ... Rick Mackey ... Nenana 19. ... James Wheeler (R) ... Kasilof 20. ... Tony Willis (R) ... Anchorage 21. ... Caleb Banse (R) ... Moose Pass 22. ... Bill Cotter ... Nenana 23. ... Mike Williams ... Akiak 24. ... David Sawatzky ... Healy 25. ... Cindy Gallea ... Seeley Lake, Mont. 26. ... Bob Hempstead (R) ... Kasilof 27. ... Roy Monk ... England 28. ... Bruce Lee ... Denali Park 29. ... Bill Bass ... Anchorage 30. ... Diana Maroney ... Chugiak 31. ... Dan Govoni (R) ... Wasilla 32. ... Aaron Peck (R) ... Big Lake 33. ... Rob Gregor (R) ... Bozeman, Mont. 34. ... Melanie Gould (R) ... Talkeetna 35. ... Shawn Sidelinger ... Denali Park 36. ... Jeff King ... Denali Park 37. ... DeeDee Jonrowe ... Willow 38. ... Max Hall ... England 39. ... Vern Halter ... Willow 40. ... Emmitt Peters ... Ruby 41. ... Rick Swenson ... Two Rivers 42. ... Ted English ... Willow 43. ... Martin Buser ... Big Lake 44. ... Hans Gatt ... Atlin, B.C. 45. ... Blake Freking (R) ... Heron Lake, Minn. 46. ... Ross Adam ... Grande Prairie, Alberta 47. ... John Bramante (R) ... Kasilof 48. ... Dan Dent (R) ... Baltimore 49. ... John Barron ... Willow 50. ... Mike Murphy (R) ... Newberry, Mich. 51. ... Rich Bosela ... Eagle River 52. ... Joran Freeman (R) ... Nome 53. ... Anna Bondarenko (R) ... Chugiak 54. ... Bryon Imus (R) ... Fairbanks 55. ... Aaron Burmeister ... Nome 56. ... Ed Iten ... Kotzebue 57. ... Linwood Fiedler ... Willow 58. ... Vickie Talbot (R) ... Trapper Creek 59. ... Mitch Seavey ... Seward 60. ... Sonny King ... Spartenburg, S.C. 61. ... Karen Ramstead (R) ... Perryvale, Alberta 62. ... Nelson Shugart Jr. (R) ... Newville, Pa. 63. ... Ramey Smyth ... Big Lake 64. ... Dave Tresino (R) ... Talkeetna 65. ... John Dixon (R) ... Fairbanks 66. ... Jerry Riley ... Nenana 67. ... Kevin Kortuem (R) ... Grande Prairie, Alberta 68. ... Harald Tunheim ... Norway 69. ... Billy Snodgrass ... Dubois, Wyo. 70. ... Jamie Nelson ... Togo, Minn. 71. ... Harry Caldwell ... Knik 72. ... Neen Brown (R) ... Australia 73. ... Fedor Konyukhov (R) ... Russia 74. ... Tim Osmar ... Ninilchik 75. ... David Milne ... Two Rivers 76. ... James Ritchie ... Meeker, Colo. 77. ... Shane Goosen ... Wasilla 78. ... Nils Hahn (R) ... Germany 79. ... Paul Ellering (R) ... Grey Eagle, Minn 80. ... Russell Lane ... Point Hope 81. ... Edward de la Billiere (R) ... England 82. ... Charlie Boulding ... Manley
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