At 2018 Finisher’s Banquet, Tales from a Difficult Iditarod
![A trophy of Joe Redington, Sr. — known as the father of the Iditarod — awaits the 2017 champion at the finisher's banquet in Nome on Sunday afternoon.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/2017-03-19-Iditarod-Banquet-Joe-Redington-Sr-Trophy-iPad-1200x800.jpg)
During the 2018 Nome banquet, each Iditarod finisher collected their winnings and took time to express gratitude. Although he didn’t finish this year’s Iditarod, veteran musher Scott Janssen was given the sportsmanship award for helping to rescue fellow musher Jim Lanier near the notoriously unpredictable stretch of Iditarod Trail known as the “blowhole.”
Fat-Tire Biker Wins 1,000-Mile Race Among Mushers on Front Street
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45-year-old Jay Petervary of Idaho won the human-powered, 1000-mile Iditarod Trail Invitational at 2:45 Wednesday afternoon, right between the finishes of mushers Jessie Holmes and Ramey Smith.
Nome’s Philip Hofstetter in Second Position in Human-Powered Race Across Alaska
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It’s not only dogs: 14 human competitors are racing toward Nome on foot or bicycle in the 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Invitational.