Some things you might not know…
- The most entrants in any Iron Dog® race: 122 in 1999.
- The first pro-Class Women’s team to Finish: 2001 Missy McClurg & Jackie Page.
- The first Pro-Class Women’s Team to participate: 1997 Lisa Luther & Laura Carr, who scratched southbound out of Nome.
- Most Pro-Class Teams: 37 in 2000. Least Pro-Class Teams: 7 in 1989.
- The exact number of teams in the first Iron Dog race held in 1984 was 15.
- In 1984 the first Iron Dog® race started in McGrath and finished in Nome due to poor conditions. Participants had to fly their snowmobiles to McGrath.
- Biggest Race Purse: $125,000 in 1999.
