Rick Casillo
Residence: Sterling
Age: 30
First Iditarod: 2004
Paul Gebhardt
Residence: Kasilof
Age: 47
First Iditarod: 1996
Number of past Iditarods: 7
Best finish: 2nd in 2000
Lifetime Iditarod prize money: $146,917
Bill Hanes
Residence: Kasilof
Age: 30
First Iditarod: 2004
Jason Mackey
Residence: Kasilof
Age: 32
First Iditarod: 2004
Lance Mackey
Residence: Kasilof
Age: 33
First Iditarod: 2001
Number of past Iditarods: 2
Best finish: 36th in 2001
Lifetime Iditarod prize money: $1,049.
Judy Merritt
Residence: Moose Pass
Age: 43
First Iditarod: 2002
Best finish: Scratched at Rohn Checkpoint in 2002
Tim Osmar
Residence: Ninilchik
Age: 38
First Iditarod: 1985
Number of past Iditarods: 18
Best finish: 3rd in 1992
Lifetime Iditarod prize money: $272,207
Carmen Perzechino
Residence: Sterling
Age: 41
First Iditarod: 2004
Mitch Seavey
Residence: Seward
Age: 44
First Iditarod: 1982
Number of past Iditarods: 10
Best Finish: 4th in 1998.
Lifetime Iditarod prize money: $129,121