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Team "Quest for Fire" runs the iditarod in 2008 with a propane fire burning in their cart[1]
Team "Six Word Story" competes in the 2008 iditarod

The Portland Urban Iditarod is a race in which teams of people ("dogs") pull shopping carts ("sleds") through a course over four miles through downtown Portland, Oregon.[1][2] This race occurs on the first Saturday of March[1]—the same date as the actual Alaskan Iditarod—and has also taken place in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Brooklyn and Ann Arbor.[3][4] Racers wear "absurd"[3] costumes, including Spanish bullfighters and diaper-wearing astronauts,[5] and make stops at pubs and bars along the way.[6] There are no winners or losers in the Portland event,[1] but other cities offer a "Best in Show" prize.[4]

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History

The Portland Urban Iditarod began in March 2001.[6]

2001 race

Saturday, March 3, 2001 6 teams Winning Team Spoogie Check Points Bridgeport Brewery Rogue Public House Marathon Tavern Captain Ankeny's Yamhill Pub

2002 race

Saturday, March 3, 2002 4 teams Check Points Rogue Public House Old Town Pizza Captain Ankeny's Yamhill Pub

2003 race

Canceled

2004 race

Saturday, March 6, 2004 8 teams Check Points Grand Cafe Old Town Pizza Captain Ankeny's Rock Bottom Brewery

2005 race

Saturday, March 5, 2005 25 teams

2006 race

Saturday, March 4, 2006

2007 race

Saturday, March 3, 2007 Winner: Pac Man

2008 race

Saturday, March 1, 2008 200 Teams Winner: Quest for Fire

Portland's Hawthorne Bridge is part of the race route

Nearly 1,000 participants ran the race. One man was hit by a car on the Hawthorne Bridge and suffered a broken leg.[1] Teams were required to have five people—one musher and four dogs.[2]

2009 race

Saturday, March 8 2009 110 Teams Winner: Reno 911 Check Points Grand Cafe Green Dragon RonToms Berbati's Pan Paddy's Bar and Grill

2010 race

Saturday, March 13 2010

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Foyston, John. Cart-pulling racers mush through town. The Oregonian, 2 March 2008. Accessed 9 March 2008.
  2. ^ a b Portland Urban Iditarod - supplies. Accessed 9 March 2008.
  3. ^ a b Tewksbury, Drew, Gone to the Dogs. Los Angeles CityBeat, 5 April 2007. Accessed 9 March 2008.
  4. ^ a b Barrett, Joe, On Brooklyn Streets, Shopping Carts Roll In a Renegade Derby. The Wall Street Journal, 2 February 2006. Accessed 9 March 2008.
  5. ^ Associated Press, Oregon bill aims to rid the shopping cart blight. 19 March 2007. Accessed 9 March 2008.
  6. ^ a b Your guide to the next 72 hours. The Portland Tribune, 4 March 2005. Accessed 9 March 2008.







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