The biography of lance mackey story
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The biography of lance mackey story
Lance Mackey
American dog musher (–)
Not to be confused with Lance Macey.
Lance Mackey (June 2, – September 7, ) was an American dog musher and dog sled racer from Fairbanks, Alaska.
Mackey was a four-time winner of both the 1,mile (1,&#;km) Yukon Quest and the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.[1]
Early life
Lance was born on June 2, , in Anchorage[2] into a family of sled dog mushers.
His father, Dick Mackey, was one of the founders of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, and won the event by a one second margin over Rick Swenson in Lance's half-brother Rick Mackey also won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in All three of them won the race on their sixth attempt while wearing bib number [3]
Mackey raced from the time he was a child; his father recalls building a sled for Lance as soon as he was old enough to hold on and then, watching him enter and win his very first race.[4] However, technically speaking, Mackey's first race was from th