Iditarod offering shuttle service

WASILLA — Fans hoping to hit the Iditarod restart in Willow can catch a shuttle on race day. The ITC will have shuttle buses leaving Anchorage, Wasilla, Houston and Talkeetna in the morning and early afternoon Sunday.

There will be buses at a pair of locations in Wasilla. Buses will leave Wasilla High School at 11 a.m., 11:30 a.m., noon, 12:15 p.m., 12:30 pm., 12:45 p.m. and 1. There will also be buses at the Menard Center, which leave at 11 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and noon. Buses are expected to return to each location at 4, 5 and 6 p.m.

The cost is $2 per person, roundtrip. Children 12 and under are free.

Valley fans can also catch buses in Houston and Talkeetna. Buses leave Houston High at 11 a.m. 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., and will return at 4, 5 and 6 p.m. Those in the Talkeetna area ban board a shuttle at the Talkeetna Sunshine Restaurant at 11 a.m. and noon, and the buses will return to the same location at 4 and 6 p.m.

The cost is $2 per person, roundtrip. Children 12 and under are free.

There will also be shuttle buses available in Anchorage, at the Lakefront Anchorage off Spenard Road. Buses for volunteers and spectators leave at 9:30 a.m., and at 11 a.m. for fans. Buses are expected to return at 4, 5 and 6 p.m. to the same location.

The cost is $10 per volunteer, roundtrip, and $20 for spectators.

In a press release regarding the shuttle buses, the ITC issued a reminder to those interested in driving to the event that parking is limited, and there is a $10 charge per vehicle for parking.

Anna Berington will be the first Valley musher to leave the starting chute in Willow. The Wasilla musher will leave fourth in the race, which starts Sunday at 2 p.m.

2018 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race start order:

2. Cody Strathe, Fairbanks; 3. Mats Petterson, Sweden; 4. Anna Berington, Wasilla; 5. Shaynee Traska, Gladwin, Michigan 6. Magnus Faltenborn, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory; 7. Ryan Redington, Wasilla; 8. Linwood Fiedler, Willow; 9. Rick Casillo, Willow; 10. Rob Cooke, Whitehorse, Yukon; 11. Wade Marrs, Willow; 12. Andy Pohl, Knik; 13. Mitch Seavey, Seward; 14. Larry Daugherty, Eagle River; 15. Matt Hall, Two Rivers; 16. Meredith Mapes, Palmer; 17. Ray Redington Jr, Wasilla; 18. Michelle Phillips, Tagish, Yukon; 19. Misha Wiljes, Willow; 20. Kristy Berington, Knik; 21. Ramey Smyth, Willow; 22. Lev Shvarts, Willow; 23. Scott Jansen, Anchorage; 24. Anja Radano, Talkeetna; 25. Thomas Schonberger, Chugiak; 26. Allen Moore, Two Rivers; 27. Mike Williams Jr, Akiak; 28. Martin Buser, Big Lake; 29. Richie Diehl, Aniak; 30. Peter Kaiser, Bethel; 31. Aliy Zirkle, Two Rivers; 32. Jim Lanier, Chugiak; 33. Joar Leifseth Ulsom, Norway; 34. Robert Redington, Willow 35. Marcelle Fressineau, Whitehorse, Yukon; 36. Jessie Royer, Fairbanks; 37. Brett Bruggeman, Great Falls, Montana; 38. Charlie Bejna, Addison, Illinois; 39. DeeDee Jonrowe, Willow; 40. Jeff King, Denali; 41. Jessie Holmes, Nenana; 42. Tim Muto, Willow; 43. Tom Knolmayer, Wasilla; 44. Tara Cicatello, Buffalo, New York; 45. Jeff Deeter, Fairbanks; 46. Nicolas Petit, Girdwood; 47. Zoya DeNure, Delta Junction; 48. Monica Zappa, Kasilof; 49. Noah Pereira, Brockport, New York; 50. Aaron Peck, Grand Praire, Alberta; 51. Katherine Keith, Kotzebue; 52. Kelly Maxiner, Big Lake; 53. Alan Eischens, Wasilla; 54. Ketil Reitan, Kakotovik; 55. Matt Failor, Willow; 56. Andrew Nolan, Wasilla 57. Dave Delcourt, Wasilla; 58. Emily Maxwell, Iowa City, Iowa; 59. Steve Watkins, Topeka, Kansas; 60. Travis Beals, Seward; 61. Lars Monsen, Norway; 62. Scott White, Snohomish, Washington; 63. Michi Nonno, Willow; 64. Aaron Burmesiter, Nome; 66. Jason Stewart, Wasilla; 67. Peter Fleck, Soft Spring Island, Canada; 68. Hugh Neff, Tok.