The Beginning of the end! Yukon Quest 2005

Well folks, The first 5 teams have finally made it to the finish line in warm, sunny Fairbanks. What a way to end the race, clear blue skies, 8 minutes ahead of your opponent.....8 Minutes?!?!?! That's right! Lance Mackey finished the race @ 13:12 (1:13 Local Time) only 8 minutes ahead of William Kleedehn. Not a bad finish for one who began the race in 8th place. As of the time of this post the Yukon Quest- Race Update reported that a total 5 mushers into Fairbanks. With 7 more mushers on the trail, the race should be over within the next few days. It has been a wonderful race with a wonderful group of volunteers who helped make this race happen. With out the help of the volunteers, there would not be the option of keeping a site such as Yukonquest.com up to date with realtime checkpoint information. Please keep this in mine when you dish out the kudos to the Yukon Quest officials and racers, to share some of the thanks to the behind the scene workers such as the radio operators, pilots, and other volunteers.

Thanks for your support to allow these mushers to run the toughest race in the north.

Race times used from the Yukon Quest website.