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Sled Dog Racing First: IPSSSDR provides $500 fuel vouchers to mushers
International Sled Dog Race Provides Fuel for Mushers
IPSSSDR is first race to offer fuel voucher to all participating teams
 
Jackson, Wyoming - October 8, 2008 - Despite their
"fueled by dog-power" tagline, even sled dog racers are being pinched by high gas prices as they transport their teams to events. In recognition of the fuel costs that mushers incur in getting dogs to its race starting line, the International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race (IPSSSDR) will provide every registered team that arrives in Jackson, Wyo., for the 2009 race start with a gas voucher for $500 to help cover costs.
"Many mushers drive over 2,300 miles one way to compete," says IPSSSDR Race Director Frank Teasley.
"We don't want the price of gas to stop these top teams from
participating."
Other changes to the 2009 IPSSSDR include over $80,000 in cash prizes for mushers registered in the PEDIGREE Musher Support program. For the 2009 race, mushers will have four ways to win money: overall purse; day money (overall and day money total over $80,000); PEDIGREE Musher Support program ($80,000); and the gas stipend ($500 per musher). The addition of the $80,000 in PEDIGREE Musher Support funds effectively doubles the cash winnings available to participating teams this year.
The 2009 IPSSSDR is slated for January 30 to February 7, 2009, beginning in Jackson, Wyo., and ending in Park City, Utah. 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; contact the race via e-mail at
wystagestop@blissnet.com, telephone at 307.734.1163, or visit
www.pedigree.com.
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