Iditarod Purse

[carolynh]

i've been trying to find out what the actual purse is for the #2-30 finishers in the Iditarod. Has anyone else seen it or can tell me where it is? thanks!

Carolyn H.

[Di*]

Here you go Carolyn...

The purse paid out to finishers in the 2008 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race:
Place Name Amount
1st Lance Mackey $69,000 Plus a new Dodge Ram Truck
2nd Jeff King $65,100
3rd Ramey Smyth $61,400
4th Ken Anderson $57,800
5th Martin Buser $54,400
6th Hans Gatt $51,100
7th Mitch Seavey $48,000
8th Paul Gebhardt $45,000
9th Kjetil Backen $42,000
10th Sebastian S $39,200

11th Zack Steer $36,600
12th Cim Smyth $34,000
13th Rick Swenson $31,500
14th Jessie Royer $29,100
15th Dee Dee Jonrowe $26,900
16th Gerry Willomitzer $24,700
17th Ed Iten $22,600
18th Ray Redington Jr. $20,600
19th Aaron Burmeister $18,600
20th Jim Lanier $16,800

21st Aliy Zirkle $15,000
22nd Silvia Willis $13,300
23rd John Baker $11,600
24th Sigrid Ekran $10,000
25th Hugh Neff $8,500
26th Warren Palfrey $7,100
27th William Kleedehn $5,700
28th Matt Hayashida $4,300
29th Ed Stielstra $3,000
30th Melissa Owens $1,800

Remaining finishers, $1,049 each (estimated)

Total purse: $917,709

Source: Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Committee

[Di*]

For those interested here is a link to the additional awards that were given out at the banquet...

http://www.iditarod.com/press/release/p ... e_614.html

[carolynh]

Thanks so much! Nice amounts. I like how there isn't that much difference from one position to the next. In some sporting events, the winner gets almost everything, and the others get almost nothing in comparison.

Carolyn H.

[Di*]

Of course if you figure in the value of the pickup there is quite a diff between 1 & 2 But I know what you mean Carolyn!