Finishing Time: 1 Days 17 Hours 28 Minutes 12 Seconds
Average Speed: 6.270 MPH
Hometown: Sand Coulee, MT, USA
Rick's kennel is named "Rick's Racing Rovers". He started his mushing career handling with the Atkins Kennels. During his running of the 2004 Iditarod, his house was consumed by fire. He came to the U.P. 200 in 2005 and won the race. Rick is 39 and married to Sandy. He is a heavy equipment operator. Mushing for seven years, he says it "gives him something to do in the winter". He says his team of Alaskans are very lazy and from the Atkins/Swingley lines. His goals for the future include staying in the sport and an Iditarod finish within ten days of beginning.
Musher Printout
Checkpoint
Distance
Time In
Dogs In
Time Out
Dogs Out
Comment
Status
Checkpoint Rest
Accumulated Rest
Rest Balance
Marquette - Start
0
02/18/2005 19:58:00
12
02/18/2005 19:58:00
12
00:00:00
16:06:00
Wetmore - Out
63
02/19/2005 01:44:49
12
02/19/2005 06:06:11
12
04:21:22
04:21:22
11:44:38
Grand Marais
130
02/19/2005 12:31:01
12
02/19/2005 19:29:44
12
06:58:43
11:20:05
04:45:55
Wetmore - In
197
02/20/2005 01:34:16
12
02/20/2005 06:20:11
12
04:45:55
16:06:00
00:00:00
Marquette - Finish
260
02/20/2005 12:38:12
11
Important Note: The position displayed is the order the team(s) entered or exited the checkpoint(s) and may not be an indication of their true position. Each team’s rest time plays an integral role. There is a 16-hour rest time requirement, plus the minutes added by the starting position of each musher to even the playing field (they leave the starting chute in two minute increments). The only exception to this note is on the final checkpoint where the order in which the teams cross the finish line is the order of finish (assuming they have met the required rest time).
