Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, March 12, 1992 TAG: 9203120125
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C5 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: From Associated Press reports
DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
With sirens blaring and spectators cheering, Martin Buser stopped his sled beneath a wooden arch on Front Street that marks the end of the "Last Great Race on Earth" in this Gold Rush town of 4,000 on the Bering Sea coast.
His 13 dogs' tails were wagging and just one was lying down during a series of interviews and honors in Nome, Alaska.
Buser (pronounced BOO-zer) clocked in at 4:17 a.m., some 10 hours ahead of his nearest rivals. His elapsed time of 10 days, 19 hours and 17 minutes slashed about six hours off the 1990 record set by four-time winner Susan Butcher.
His closest competitors were Butcher of Manley and Tim Osmar of Clam Gulch. DeeDee Jonrowe and Rick Swenson, last year's winner and the only five-time victor, were about 1 1/2 hours behind them.
by CNB