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Starter Program

Welcome to the 2012 Starter Program!

Want to be at the center of the action and get to know your favourite musher?  Then make a bid! Net proceeds of the Starter Program increase the total value of the purse.

The bidding begins August 6th, 2011 – the first day of Sign-Ups for the 2012 Yukon Quest 1,000 Mile International Sled Dog Race.

The “Official Starter” package consists of:

  1. One ticket to the Start Banquet to join your musher’s table.
  2. Access Pass to the staging area pre-race to watch (help) your musher prepare.
  3. Ride to the start line with your musher (either on the runners or a volunteer snowmachine).
  4. Autographed 2012 Yukon Quest poster signed by your musher.
  5. A picture of you holding the sled with your musher at the start chute.
  6. Your name read by the announcer at the start line. 

Bids start at $200 with a minimum increment of $25.
The auction closes on January 30, 2012 at 12 noon AK Time..

To place a bid, please send an email to Maria at questops@mosquitonet.com with your name, phone number and bid amount clearly specifying for which musher.

Your bid will be posted as soon as possible during normal working hours. 

  Mushers Bids Bidder
  BERINGTON, Kristy $200   Alok Srivastava
  BERKOWITZ, Jake    
  BRADLEY, Maren    
  DALTON, Dave $200 Nancy Flannery 
  DROBNY, Paige  $200 Ruth Rutter 
  DURHAM, Kyla $200  Bill Spicer 
  ELLIS, Mike $200 Susan McDonald  
  ETTYNE, Nikolay    
  FRESSINEAU, Marcelle  $200 Terry Fedak 
  GUENTHER, Gus    
  HERBST, Trent    
  HONDA, Yuka    
  LEIFSETH ULSOM, Joar $200 Mary Sabler
  LINDNER, Sonny  $200 Paul Mumm 
  MACKEY, Lance $300  Cherie Stihler
  MOORE, Allen $200 Sue Weiss 
  NEFF, Hugh $300 Scott Stihler 
  PEDERSEN, Misha    
  REICH, Kurt $300 Tim Reich
  SASS, Brent $300 Joe Cox
  TELPIN, Michael $200 Joan Spicer 
  WEITZEL, Jason P. $200   Susan McDonald
  WEST, Abbie $200 Jusczak Family 
  WILMSHURST, Brian