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2018 Iditarod mushers

#2 Cody Strathe

Home: Fairbanks

First start: 2016 - Starts: 2 - Finishes: 2 - Best finish: 30 - Winnings: $2,973

#3 Mats Pettersson

Home: Kiruna, Sweden

First start: 2014 - Starts: 4 - Finishes: 4 - Best finish: 25 - Winnings: $21,536

#4 Anna Berington

Home: Knik

First start: 2012 - Starts: 6 - Finishes: 6 - Best finish: 28 - Winnings: $8,945

#5 Shaynee Traska - Rookie

Home: Gladwin, Michigan

#6 Magnus Kaltenborn

Home: Whitehorse, Yukon Territory

First start: 2011 - Starts: 1 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 33 - Winnings: $1,049

#7 Ryan Redington

Home: Wasilla

First start: 2001 - Starts: 10 - Finishes: 5 - Best finish: 14 - Winnings: $42,235

#8 Linwood Fiedler

Home: Willow

First start: 1989 - Starts: 23 - Finishes: 19 - Best finish: 2 - Top10: 4 - Winnings: $221,513

#9 Rick Casillo

Home: Big Lake

First start: 2004 - Starts: 8 - Finishes: 7 - Best finish: 26 - Winnings: $14,721

#10 Rob Cooke

Home: Whitehorse, Yukon Territory

First start: 2015 - Starts: 2 - Finishes: 2 - Best finish: 50 - Winnings: $2,098

#11 Wade Marrs

Home: Willow

First start: 2009 - Starts: 7 - Finishes: 6 - Best finish: 4 - Top10: 3 - Winnings: $143,613

#12 Andy Pohl - Rookie

Home: Knik

#13 Mitch Seavey

Home: Seward

First start: 1982 - Starts: 24 - Finishes: 23 - Best finish: 1 (2004,2013,2017,) - Top10: 15 - Winnings: $773,979

#14 Larry Daugherty

Home: Eagle River

First start: 2016 - Starts: 2 - Finishes: 2 - Best finish: 44 - Winnings: $2,098

#15 Matt Hall - Rookie

Home: Two Rivers

#16 Meredith Mapes - Rookie

Home: Palmer

#17 Ray Redington Jr.

Home: Wasilla

First start: 2002 - Starts: 16 - Finishes: 16 - Best finish: 5 - Top10: 5 - Winnings: $319,039

#18 Michelle Phillips

Home: Tagish, Yukon Territory

First start: 2010 - Starts: 8 - Finishes: 8 - Best finish: 13 - Winnings: $91,273

#19 Misha Wiljes

Home: Willow

First start: 2017 - Starts: 1 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 54 - Winnings: $1,049

#20 Kristy Berington

Home: Knik

First start: 2010 - Starts: 8 - Finishes: 8 - Best finish: 29 - Winnings: $11,845

#21 Ramey Smyth

Home: Willow

First start: 1994 - Starts: 21 - Finishes: 20 - Best finish: 2 - Top10: 9 - Winnings: $505,803

#22 Lev Shvarts

Home: Willow

First start: 2014 - Starts: 2 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 54 - Winnings: $1,049

#23 Scott Janssen

Home: Anchorage

First start: 2011 - Starts: 6 - Finishes: 2 - Best finish: 38 - Winnings: $2,098

#24 Anja Radano - Rookie

Home: Talkeetna

#25 Tom Schonberger - Rookie

Home: Chugiak

#26 Allen Moore

Home: Two Rivers

First start: 2007 - Starts: 10 - Finishes: 9 - Best finish: 24 - Winnings: $16,843

#27 Michael Williams Jr.

Home: Akiak

First start: 2010 - Starts: 6 - Finishes: 6 - Best finish: 8 - Top10: 1 - Winnings: $28,049

#28 Martin Buser

Home: Big Lake

First start: 1980 - Starts: 34 - Finishes: 34 - Best finish: 1 (1992,1994,1997,2002) - Top10: 19 - Winnings: $815,717

#29 Richie Diehl

Home: Aniak

First start: 2013 - Starts: 5 - Finishes: 5 - Best finish: 12 - Winnings: $66,800

#30 Peter Kaiser

Home: Bethel

First start: 2010 - Starts: 8 - Finishes: 8 - Best finish: 5 - Top10: 4 - Winnings: $211,439

#31 Aliy Zirkle

Home: Two Rivers

First start: 2001 - Starts: 17 - Finishes: 17 - Best finish: 2 - Top10: 6 - Winnings: $410,687

#32 Jim Lanier

Home: Chugiak

First start: 1979 - Starts: 19 - Finishes: 16 - Best finish: 18 - Winnings: $57,847

#33 Joar Leifseth Ulsom

Home: Mo i Rana, Norway

First start: 2013 - Starts: 5 - Finishes: 5 - Best finish: 4 - Top10: 5 - Winnings: $202,534

#34 Robert Redington

Home: Willow

First start: 2016 - Starts: 2 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 22 - Winnings: $10,403

#35 Marcelle Fressineau

Home: Whitehorse, Yukon Territory

First start: 2014 - Starts: 2 - Finishes: 2 - Best finish: 49 - Red Lantern: 2014, - Winnings: $2,098

#36 Jessie Royer

Home: Fairbanks

First start: 2001 - Starts: 15 - Finishes: 15 - Best finish: 4 - Top10: 6 - Winnings: $377,237

#37 Brett Bruggeman - Rookie

Home: Great Falls, Montana

#38 Charley Bejna

Home: Addison, Illinois

First start: 2013 - Starts: 5 - Finishes: 3 - Best finish: 34 - Winnings: $3,147

#39 DeeDee Jonrowe

Home: Willow

First start: 1980 - Starts: 35 - Finishes: 32 - Best finish: 2 - Top10: 16 - Winnings: $544,495

#40 Jeff King

Home: Denali

First start: 1981 - Starts: 27 - Finishes: 25 - Best finish: 1 (1993,1996,1998,2006,) - Top10: 20 - Winnings: $948,747

#41 Jessie Holmes - Rookie

Home: Nenana

#42 Tim Muto - Rookie

Home: Willow

#43 Tom Knolmayer

Home: Wasilla

First start: 2005 - Starts: 2 - Finishes: 2 - Best finish: 47 - Winnings: $2,415

#44 Tara Cicatello - Rookie

Home: Buffalo, New York

#45 Jeff Deeter

Home: Fairbanks

First start: 2008 - Starts: 1 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 59 - Winnings: $1,049

#46 Nicolas Petit

Home: Girdwood

First start: 2011 - Starts: 7 - Finishes: 6 - Best finish: 3 - Top10: 4 - Winnings: $161,762

#47 Zoya DeNure

Home: Delta Junction

First start: 2008 - Starts: 7 - Finishes: 2 - Best finish: 53 - Winnings: $2,098

#48 Monica Zappa

Home: Kasilof

First start: 2014 - Starts: 4 - Finishes: 3 - Best finish: 47 - Winnings: $3,147

#49 Noah Pereira

Home: Brockport, New York

First start: 2016 - Starts: 1 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 55 - Winnings: $1,049

#50 Aaron Peck

Home: Grande Prairie, Alberta

First start: 2000 - Starts: 4 - Finishes: 3 - Best finish: 41 - Winnings: $3,464

#51 Katherine Keith

Home: Kotzebue

First start: 2014 - Starts: 4 - Finishes: 3 - Best finish: 19 - Winnings: $16,419

#52 Kelly Maixner

Home: Big Lake

First start: 2011 - Starts: 6 - Finishes: 5 - Best finish: 13 - Winnings: $39,223

#53 Alan Eischens

Home: Wasilla

First start: 2015 - Starts: 3 - Finishes: 3 - Best finish: 53 - Winnings: $3,147

#54 Ketil Reitan

Home: Kaktovik

First start: 1991 - Starts: 6 - Finishes: 6 - Best finish: 10 - Top10: 1 - Winnings: $27,004

#55 Matthew Failor

Home: Willow

First start: 2012 - Starts: 6 - Finishes: 6 - Best finish: 15 - Winnings: $27,296

#56 Andrew Nolan - Rookie

Home: Wasilla

#57 Dave Delcourt

Home: Wasilla

First start: 2017 - Starts: 1 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 50 - Winnings: $1,049

#58 Emily Maxwell - Rookie

Home: Iowa City, Iowa

#59 Steve Watkins

Home: Topeka, Kansas

First start: 2015 - Starts: 1 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 58 - Winnings: $1,049

#60 Travis Beals

Home: Seward

First start: 2013 - Starts: 4 - Finishes: 4 - Best finish: 11 - Winnings: $45,673

#61 Lars Monsen

Home: Skiptvet, Norway

First start: 2016 - Starts: 2 - Finishes: 2 - Best finish: 26 - Winnings: $8,771

#62 Scott White

Home: Snohomish, Washington

First start: 2007 - Starts: 2 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 54 - Winnings: $1,049

#63 Michi Konno - Rookie

Home: Willow

#64 Aaron Burmeister

Home: Nome/Nenana

First start: 1994 - Starts: 16 - Finishes: 16 - Best finish: 3 - Top10: 4 - Winnings: $291,519

#65 Bradley Farquhar - Rookie

Home: Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia

#66 Jason Stewart - Rookie

Home: Wasilla

#67 Peter Fleck - Rookie

Home: Soft Spring Island, British Columbia

#68 Hugh Neff

Home: Tok

First start: 2004 - Starts: 13 - Finishes: 12 - Best finish: 5 - Top10: 2 - Winnings: $166,370

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