...other mushing gear, the store had a uniquely Alaska feel. "They've always bent over backwards to help us," said Dean Osmar of Clam Gulch, 1984 Iditarod winner and father of Iditarod musher Tim Osmar. Rae's thrived for a long time but things...
...year's Quest 250, a race from Whitehorse to Pelly Crossing, Yukon Territory. Osmar, the son of 1984 Iditarod champion Dean Osmar, and Monson are two of four former winners in this year's Yukon Quest. They join 1997 champion Rick Mackey of Nenana...
...Skagway to Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. Two-time Quest winner John Schandelmeier of Paxson and 1984 Iditarod champ Dean Osmar of Homer highlight a field of 14 mushers entered in the stage race. James Stanford of Haines is the only musher from...
...from Alaska and the Yukon, including Brian MacDougall and Darren Kinvig, two friends of Stanford's from Whitehorse. Dean Osmar, an Iditarod champion, and Schandelmeier, a winner of the Quest, had both brought their dogs too. ``We've got...
...consciousness. Wife of past Iditarod champ killed in crash SOLDOTNA - The wife of 1984 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion Dean Osmar has died in a car crash on the Kenai Peninsula. Alaska State Troopers said 46-year-old Sarah Armstrong was driving...
...51 1981 Rick Swenson 12:08:45:02 1982 Rick Swenson 16:04:40:10 1983 Rick Mackey 12:14:10:44 1984 Dean Osmar 12:15:07:33 1985 Libby Riddles 18:00:20:17 1986 Susan Butcher 11:15:06:00 1987 Susan Butcher 11:02...
...51 1981 Rick Swenson 12:08:45:02 1982 Rick Swenson 16:04:40:10 1983 Rick Mackey 12:14:10:44 1984 Dean Osmar 12:15:07:33 1985 Libby Riddles 18:00:20:17 1986 Susan Butcher 11:15:06:00 1987 Susan Butcher 11:02...
...photo finish in 1978 and his brother, Rick, was the 1983 champion. On the Kenai Peninsula, 1984 Iditarod champion Dean Osmar, the father of Iditarod musher and Yukon Quest champion Tim Osmar, will work with equal enthusiasm to prepare rookie...
...dropped to a low of 14 in 2000. More than half of last year's field included Alaskans, such as former Iditarod champion Dean Osmar and two-time Yukon Quest winner John Schandelmeier. Last year, about 10 mushers signed up by Dec. 31. This year...
...with 20 mushers during its inaugural run in 1998 and dropped to a low of 14 last year. More than half of last year's field included Alaskans, such as former Iditarod champion Dean Osmar and two-time Yukon Quest winner John Schandelmeier.
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