"Rare Double for Iditarod Winner

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: March 14, 2007

Lance Mackey won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race last night, becoming the first musher to win major long-distance North American sled dog races back-to-back. Mackey crossed under the famed burled arch in downtown Nome, Alaska, early yesterday evening, completing the 1,100-mile Iditarod in just over nine days.On Feb. 20, Mackey won his third consecutive Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race, a 1,000 mile race between Fairbanks and Whitehorse, Yukon. Mackey, 36, joins his father, Dick, and brother, Rick, as Iditarod champions."

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