OPEN NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP

Day 1: March 20, 1998


The $40,000 purse (click for details) has been provided by the following sponsors:

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NOTE:  Axel Gasser and Mari Wood have officially scratched from Saturday's race.

1ST DAY

20 MILES

TEMP: 48

TRAIL: Good

BIB

NO.

FINISH

ELAPSED

WIN

NO.

MUSHER

DOGS

ORDER

TIME

ORDER

REMARKS

1

Curtis Erhart

20-2

1

1:08:41.9

1

15

Egil Ellis

20-2

13

1:09:00.6

2

1 dog in sled

22

Buddy Streeper

22-2

17

1:09:28.2

3

23

Michi Konno

18-2

21

1:10:05.4

4

2 dogs in sled

2

Ross Saunderson

16-2

2

1:10:09.4

5

12

Amy Streeper

18-2

12

1:10:21.3

6

1 dog in sled

6

Kathy Frost

16-2

5

1:10:56.2

7

9

Dan Daigle

20-2

7

1:11:41.2

8

1 dog in sled

3

Asbjorn Erdal-Aase

20-2

3

1:11:44.2

9

2 dogs in sled

24

Bill Kornmueller

18-2

22

1:11:52.6

10

1 dog in sled

5

Jim Harvey

18-2

4

1:11:59.2

11

1 dog in sled

11

Art Stoller

18-2

11

1:12:08.8

12

1 dog in sled

10

Helmut Peer

14-2

9

1:13:05.3

13

1 dog in sled

16

Stafan Bittl

16-2

16

1:14:16.4

14

20

Suzanne Cremer

16-2

18

1:14:27.4

15

1 dog in sled

4

Zev Chochinov

18-2

6

1:15:21.2

16

3 dogs in sled

14

Axel Gasser

22-2

15

1:16:56.9

17

4 dogs in sled

7

Heini Winter

16-2

8

1:17:03.7

18

8

Neal Johnson

22-2

10

1:17:13.3

19

2 dogs in sled

19

Gerd Bittl

18-2

20

1:17:46.4

20

13

Patricia Baer

17-2

14

1:18:47.0

21

1 dog in sled

18

Jim Nolke

16-2

19

1:19:38.4

22

21

Ed Wood

16-2

23

1:20:17.2

23

1 dog in sled

17

Mari Wood

14-2

24

1:36:02.7

24

Last updated: 03/20/98

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