Nome, Alaska, Mar. 15, 2006, 2:00 a.m. – After the 12-dog team trotted smartly under the burled arch, Jeff King set his snowhook, hopped atop the seat on his taildragger sled and raised both fists, setting off a roar from a crowd huddled around the finish line.With that, at 1:11 a.m. Wednesday, King became only the fifth person able to claim he has won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race four times. At 50, he's also the oldest. "So far," King said.
Throughout the race and in the moments afterwards, fans wanted to know all about his age. One asked how many races he had left in him. "I don't know, but I think it's more than a couple," he said, generating applause from a large crowd that packed Nome's mini-convention center at 2 a.m. on a weeknight just to listen to him talk after the race.
For more info on the 2006 Iditarod you can login to either: http://www.cabelasiditarod.com or http://www.iditarod.com
To watch tv coverage of the race tune in to OLN this Saturday at 7pm central time for the 1st episode, Saturday the 25th at 6pm for the 2nd episode and Saturday April 1st at 9pm for the 3rd and final episode.
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Fred & I met the young lady, Jessica Royer, that came in 11th place... We met her when we were up in Alaska the last time, so that's who I did all my rooting for.. Plus she is from Montana.... I really enjoy watching it on the internet....
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