Gaetan Pierrard eased his eight dogs across the Whitehorse finish line Friday morning to win the Red Lantern Award as the final finisher in the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race.
There was no drama about who would take the 19th and last finishing spot. Pierrard, a 39-year-old rookie from Mendenhall, Yukon, finished at 8:57 a.m. Friday.
The next-to-last racer, Rob Cook, made it to Whitehorse by 1:34 p.m.Thursday. Cook won the Red Lantern last year.
Of the 23 mushers who started the race Feb. 6 in Fairbanks, three scratched and one was withdrawn.
Hugh Neff of Tok won on Monday afternoon, winning $23,425 of the $115,000 purse.
Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race
Finishers
1) Hugh Neff, 2:31 p.m. Monday; 2) Brent Sass, 3:52 p.m.; 3) Allen Moore, 5:05 p.m.; 4) Matt Hall, 7:27 p.m.; 5) Ed Hopkins,3:07 a.m. Tuesday; 6) Torsten Kohnert, 1:14 p.m.; 7) Tom Frode Johansen, 4:09 p.m.; 8) Seth Barnes, 2:53 a.m. Wednesday; 9) Yuka Honda, 4:49 a.m.; 10) Mike Ellis, 5:39 a.m.; 11) Dave Dalton, 6:09 a.m.; 12) Luc Tweddell, 5:06 p.m.; 13) Laura Neese, 8:10 p.m.; 14) Paige Drobny, 3:36 a.m.Thursday; 15) Cody Strathe, 3:37 a.m.; 16) Andrew Pace, 3:38 a.m.; 17) Tore Albrigtsen, 8:08 a.m.; 18) Rob Cooke, 1:34 p.m.; 19) Gaetan Pierrard, 8:57 a.m. Friday.