NOME, Alaska (AP) — With teams in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race entering the final stretch for Nome, musher John Baker is on pace to break the race record.
Race judge Jake Berkowitz says if Baker can keep the pace, he will shatter Martin Buser’s 2002 record of covering the 1,150-mile race in eight days, 22 hours and 46 minutes.
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