Jeff King of Denali Park, Alaska waves as he drives his dog team up the finish chute the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Main Street in Nome, Alaska, to win his fourth Iditarod Wednesday, March 15, 2006. King, who previously won the race in 1993, 1996 and 1998, was cheered by hundreds of people who lined the moonlit street for his arrival just after 1 a.m.
Jeff King of Denali Park, Alaska, holds his lead dogs Salem, left, and Bronte at the finish line of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Nome, Alaska, after winning his fourth Iditarod Wednesday, March 15, 2006.
Jeff King of Denali Park, Alaska holds his lead dogs Salem, left, and Bronte at the finish line of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Nome, Alaska after winning his fourth Iditarod Wednesday, March 15, 2006. At 50 years old, he is the oldest musher to ever win the race.
Jeff King of Denali Park, Alaska, smiles at the finish line of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. He pulled into Nome early Wednesday, March 15, 2006, under a full moon, finishing the more than 1,100-mile race in nine days, 11 hours, 11 minutes. Second-place musher Doug Swingley of Lincoln, Mont., arrived about three hours later.
Jeff King of Denali Park, Alaska, cheers after he crossed the finish line of the Iditard Trail Sled Dog Race in Nome after winning his fourth Iditarod Wednesday, March 15, 2006. King -- competing in his 17th Iditarod -- says he won with the best sled dog team he's ever had. He will receive $69,000 and a new pickup valued at almost $45,000 for winning the 34th Iditarod.
Jeff King of Denali Park, Alaska, waves as he crosses the finish line of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Nome, Alaska, after winning his fourth Iditarod Wednesday, March 15, 2006. At 50, King is the oldest musher to win what's billed as the world's longest sled-dog race.
Doug Swingley of Lincoln, Mont., runs his dog team across the finish of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Nome, Alaska, Wednesday March 15, 2006, to finish second in the 1,100 mile sled dog race. Jeff King of Denali Park, Alaska, won the race.
Paul Gebhardt of Kasilof, Alaska, runs his dog team across the finish of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Nome, Alaska Wednesday March 15, 2006 to finish third in the 1,100 mile sled dog race. Jeff King of Denali Park, Alaska, won the race with Doug Swingley, of Lincoln Mont., finishing second.