Apparently at the Fundraiser, there was a contest to guess the winning Time. Following are the Guesses. Martin Buser arrived across the line this morning at 6:30am with a time of 9 Days 15 Hours 33 Minutes 58 Seconds.
If Pete Arrives tomorrow in similar time, It will be 10 Days 15 Hours etc…
Here are the guesses:
| Name | Days | Hours | Min | Seconds |
| Wednesday March 17 is Day 10 | ||||
| Jeff Harris | 10 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| Ann Glasheen | 10 | 2 | 10 | 56 |
| John White | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| Darren Lieb | 10 | 6 | 33 | 33 |
| Mike Hoffman | 10 | 8 | 23 | 23 |
| Kevin Morgan | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Tracy Faulkner | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Tomas Israelsson | 10 | 14 | 15 | 20 |
| Lauren Berdow | 10 | 15 | 45 | 2 |
| Tomas Israelsson | 10 | 16 | 15 | 20 |
| John White | 10 | 18 | 30 | 44 |
| Thursday March 18 is Day 11 | ||||
| Sherry Smith | 11 | 6 | 46 | 5 |
| Sean Denning Barnes | 11 | 8 | 12 | 1 |
| Lauren Berdow | 11 | 8 | 35 | 1 |
| Fern Faulkner | 11 | 8 | 27 | 15 |
| Richard Taylor | 11 | 10 | 23 | 10 |
| Amanda Barker | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Chris Bach | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| illegible name | 11 | 18 | 32 | 46 |
| Jasmine Polk | 11 | 23 | 5 | 43 |
| Friday March 19 is Day 12 | ||||
| Sherry Smith | 12 | 3 | 6 | 27 |
| Lisa Whalen | 12 | 3 | 24 | 59 |
| Darrell Garrison | 12 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Shane Iverson | 12 | 7 | 20 | |
| Dena Drake | 12 | 7 | 32 | 15 |
| Chris Pike | 12 | 8 | 25 | |
| Anita Geerdts | 12 | 9 | 10 | 20 |
| Roxanne Sattler | 12 | 9 | 23 | 31 |
| Jasmine Polk | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Jasmine Polk | 12 | 13 | 20 | 25 |
| Jim Potter | 12 | 15 | 45 | 20 |
| Andrew Simmons | 12 | 16 | 22 | 31 |
| Francesca | 12 | 18 | 3 | 53 |
| Saturday March 20 is Day 13 | ||||
| Bach’s donna chris dude | 13 | 2 | 15 | 59 |
| Jasmine Polk | 13 | 2 | 31 | 43 |
| Jill Hoffman | 13 | 6 | 10 | 33 |
| Shane Iverson | 13 | 8 | 20 | |
| Angel Harris | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Mitch Cullou | 13 | 10 | 12 | 43 |
Go Baby Go!!
Team Kaiser seems to have unleashed the fury!
If you have the tracker, it is all playing out right now.
Pete has passed Lesatz (62) and is coming up on Sousa(48). Who knows how accurate it is, but it all shows current updates and Lat/Long matches up. Pete and the Team are clearly the faster team in the stats. Time to go solo young Man!
Why the race for 30? Iditarod pays 30 places. If Pete can get ahead of Lesatz, he’ll get one of the $1049 checks that are paid to the Top 30 mushers. GO PETE GO!!!
In other news Mike Williams Jr. is doing an amazing job in his Rookie performance. He is on his 8 hour layover in White Mountain. He is 4 hours behind the first Rookie, Laduce. The 2010 Iditarod Rookie class is big and very qualified with 3 Rookies solid in the top 30 and hopefully Pete and his Team will fill out the 4th spot.
The Kaiser Krew is on hand to help the Williams clan welcome Mike Jr. into Nome.
From ADN.com
While Lance Mackey’s record fourth consecutive victory commanded most of the attention, several other Iditarod stories were playing out along the 1,000-mile trail to Nome.
ROCKIN’ ROOKIES
Before the race, many race fans considered this year’s rookie class one of the strongest. By Tuesday night, Dan Kaduce of Chatanika was headed for rookie-of-the-year honors, holding 23rd place on Tuesday. Kaduce, the husband of middle-distance racer Jodi Bailey, has four top-10 finishes in the Yukon Quest. Two or three others could make the top-30 paying positions: Mike Williams Jr. of Akiak was running 25th; Michelle Phillips of Tagish in the Yukon, who has five top-eight Quest finishes on her resume, was 29th; 22-year-old Peter Kaiser of Bethel, sixth in last year’s Kuskokwim 300, was running 30st and William “Middy” Johnson, the Unalakleet mayor, was 33rd. Not since 2004, when Hugh Neff of Tok led the rookie class, have more than three first-timers found their way into the top-30.
They are neck and neck on the trail to White Mountain! Pete and the Team were out of Elim this morning at 04:08am with 11 dogs. He left a minute behind Thomas Lesatz.
Presently they are about halfway or 21 miles to White Mountain and an 8 hour layover. Weather is absolutely perfect for mushing, actually maybe a bit warm, but no wind and nice and cool.
The Kaiser Klan is headed to Nome today and Several other Notable supporters (Rick and Kathy Hanson) are also in or going to be in Nome shortly, so upon the finish, there is sure to be a grand Finish Line cheering section. (Wish I were there, but we’ll bring what we can to the web as it happens!!)
To give you an idea of Nome arrival time:
Martin Buser left Elim yesterday morning at about the same time that Pete and the Team left this morning. He arrived in Nome at 06:33am this morning. If Pete makes similar progress, I would expect him into Nome between 5am and 9am tomorrow. (After yesterday’s Mackey surprise, I am going wide with prediction times!!!!)
Current Weather-
OTHER_HFM GOLOVIN, AK, Nome, Alaska (PWS)
Updated: 17 min 15 sec ago
Clear -0 °F
Windchill: -19 °F
Humidity: 50%
Dew Point: -15 °F
Wind: 14 mph from the WNW
Wind Gust: 0.0 mph
Pressure: 30.34 in (Rising)
Visibility: 10.0 miles
Check out the Kaiser Super Dogs in Mushing Magazine!
No Official Time, but GPS Tracker shows him there. 8 hours and the last stretch begins. What an adventure this has been!!
