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Beck
Wins Stage Four of the International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race;
Streeper Leads Overall
Pinedale,
Wyoming—January 28, 2004—Grant Beck from Yellowknife, Northwest
Territories, had the fastest time in Stage Four of the International
Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race with a time of 2:20:50. Jacques Philip
from Nenana, Alaska, was second in 2:21:01; Blaine “Buddy” Streeper from
Fort Nelson, British Columbia, came in third with a time 2:21:25.
Streeper
maintains the overall lead with a cumulative time of
14:05:50. Melanie
Shirilla from Lincoln, Montana, remains in second place with a cumulative
time of 14:35:38. Sam Perrino moves into third with a cumulative time of
14:38:20.
At
9:00 a.m., teams set
out on the 30-mile course in four inches of fresh snow from the Green
River Lakes parking lot outside Pinedale. Following the race, mushers
drove to Lander for a pizza social.
Stage Five begins at
9:00
a.m., Thursday, January 29, at Bruce’s Bridge outside Lander.
With its unique “Stage
Stop” racing format, the race stops in a different
Wyoming community each
night including Kemmerer/Diamondville, Evanston, Mountain View/Lyman,
Alpine, Pinedale and Lander. The race finishes at Teton Village in
Jackson Hole on Friday, January 30 at 11:00 a.m. followed by the Jr. Stage
Stop at 1:00 p.m.
Pedigree® Food
for Dogs is the title sponsor of the IPSSSDR. During the 2004 IPSSSDR,
Pedigree will host a daily web cast on its web site, www.pedigree.com,
that features video footage of the race. To support local pet adoption
efforts, Pedigree makes a donation to animal shelters nationwide for each
visitor to the site during the race.
The International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race was
founded in 1996 by Frank Teasley to make sled dog racing more accessible
to the public. For more information, visit the race Website at
www.wyomingstagestop.org hosted by Jackson Hole Net, or contact the race
via e-mail at
wystagestop@blissnet.com or telephone at
(307) 734-1163. For complete times from today’s race, visit the following
links: Daily:http://www.wyomingstagestop.org/daily.htm
Stage Four
Pinedale
|
Position Musher Finished |
Bib # |
Musher |
Elapsed Time |
#
Dogs Started |
Average MPH |
|
1 |
6 |
Grant Beck |
2:20:50 |
12 |
12.8 |
|
2 |
10 |
Jacques Philip |
2:21:01 |
10 |
12.8 |
|
3 |
11 |
Blaine
“Buddy” Streeper |
2:21:25 |
10 |
12.7 |
|
4 |
16 |
Bill Pinkham |
2:25:11 |
10 |
12.4 |
|
5 |
2 |
Sam Perrino |
2:26:40 |
10 |
12.3 |
|
6 |
15 |
Melanie Shirilla |
2:28:06 |
10 |
12.1 |
|
7 |
14 |
Doug Swingley |
2:31:28 |
10 |
11.9 |
|
8 |
8 |
Wendy Davis |
2:32:37 |
10 |
11.8 |
|
9 |
3 |
Michael Salvisberg |
2:34:13 |
11 |
11.7 |
|
10 |
12 |
Dan
Carter |
2:38:25 |
10 |
11.4 |
|
11 |
9 |
Robert McAlpine |
2:47:08 |
10 |
10.8 |
|
12 |
19 |
Irvin Perry |
2:47:32 |
10 |
10.7 |
|
13 |
5 |
John Wood |
2:53:46 |
10 |
10.3 |
|
14 |
7 |
Warren Palfrey |
2:56:08 |
8 |
10.2 |
|
15 |
18 |
Nigel Hill |
2:56:47 |
10 |
10.2 |
|
16 |
1 |
Robyn Smith |
3:00:55 |
8 |
9.9 |
|
17 |
13 |
Katie Davis |
3:02:34 |
8 |
9.9 |
|
18 |
17 |
Steve Madsen |
3:07:55 |
10 |
9.6 |
|
19 |
4 |
Stacey Hazen |
3:09:15 |
8 |
9.5 |
