In 2011 the purse was $50,400 +a Dodge Ram 1500.
The first ten mushers to finish the 2011 Iditarod get these prize money payouts:
That prize money scale continues down until the Iditarod musher who finishes in 30th place takes home a purse of $1,500.
$54,000
22,700
It means in a race like The Iditarod they scratch or drop out.
Norman Vaughan
5
Isaac Okleasik was the musher who won the Iditarod in 1967. That was the first official race.
a musher can only have 16 or up numbers of dogs
dogs, sled, food
Norman V. he was 100 yrs
A famous man
Doug Swingley from Montana.
okay.so to get in Iditarod race you need to go there and get some practice.They will put you in 3-4 races for practice.then you are a rookie.They you have to participate in the race. and after you win some races you are not rookie.you are a Iditarod musher.
Eight booties per dog.
Dick Wilmarth won the very first Iditarod in 1973.