...Safety to Nome late Wednesday night were Jessica Royer of Fairbanks and Ryan Redington, Jr. of Two Rivers. The Safety Roadhouse is 22 miles from Nome. Seavey won $69,000 and a new Dodge pickup truck.

...Mackey said. "I almost got hit on the way into Nome during Iditarod and then was almost hit half an hour later." Safety Roadhouse, about 22 miles east of Nome, operates as a bar during the race and attracts spectators on snowmobiles. Mackey...

...and Nome was busy over the weekend because of the All Alaska Sweepstakes race. Many people snowmobiled out to the Safety Roadhouse, about 20 miles from Nome, to see the racers come through, then sped back to town to catch the finish of the race...