Champions of the Past

Past Winners

The 82nd American Dog Derby was held in 1999 and was marked by howling winds and drifting snow the first day. Difficult trail conditions made it slow going for all of the teams. Sunny skies greeted the mushers on the second day, restoring everyone's spirits.

Sam Perrino is from the town of Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories, Canada. Although that was his first time competing in the American Dog Derby, he and his team of Alaskan Huskies managed to win the 10 dog race, just ahead of second place winner Dave Torgerson of Elliston, Montana. Martin Koenig, a veteren musher from Seeley Lake, Montana, was competing in his second American Dog Derby race. His previous year Martin came in second place and in 1999 he was third.

Ray Gordon has become an institution at the American Dog Derby. Every year he competes in either the 10 dog or 6 dog race. In 1999, Ray and his Alaskan Huskies took first place in the 6 dog race. Dee Ogden finished second and Dawn Breedlove came in third.

 

YEAR DRIVER TIME MILES
1917 Tud Kent 26:00:00 70
1918 Bill Trude 2:30 18
1919 Tud Kent 2:19:48 18
1920 no race    
1921 Tud Kent 2:01:48 18
1922 Tud Kent 2:35:00 22
1923 Smoky Gaston 2:09:38 22
1924 Olcott Zarn 2:22:40 22
1925 Tud Kent 2:18:18 22
1926 Howard Sally 1:55:59 22
1927 Earl Kimball 1:57:16 22
1928 Tud Kent 2:13:37 22
1929 Fred Prinz 1:50:19 22
1930 Earl Kimball 2:10:35 22
1931 Roy Stover 1:53:32 22
1932 Don Cordingley 1:58:18 22
1933 Ray Peterson 1:20:21 16
1934 Don Cordingley
(On Wheels)
:51:00 12
1935 Don Cordingley 1:51:41 22
1936 Lloyd VanSickle 2:14:04 22
1937 Lloyd VanSickle 1:09:10 16
1938 Celey Baum :26:31 7
1939 Celey Baum :33:00 9
1940 Everett Hessman :41:00 10
1941 Everett Hessman :40:20 10
1942 Everett Hessman :42:10 10
43-45 no race    
1946 Everett Hessman :47:01 10
1947 Everett Hessman :46:22 10

Recent Race Winners

1993 125 Mile (10 Dog Team) Bill Snodgrass - Dubois, WY
90 Mile (6 Dog Team) Tom Evans - Alma, CO
1994 125 Mile (10 Dog Team) Brian Camilli Dubois, WY
90 Mile (6 Dog Team) Dave Torgerson - Elliston, MT
1995 125 Mile (10 Dog Team) Ray Gordon - Rock Springs, WY
90 Mile (6 Dog Team) Maggie Adams
1996 125 Mile (10 Dog Team) Bill Snodgrass
90 Mile (6 Dog Team) Ray Gordon
1997 125 Mile (10 Dog Team) Maria Hayashita - Jackson, WY
90 Mile (6 Dog Team) Ray Gordon
1998 125 Mile (10 Dog Team) Maria Hayashita
90 Mile (6 Dog Team) Lenny Hoscheid
1999 125 Mile (10 Dog Team) Sam Perino
90 Mile (6 Dog Team) Ray Gordon
Course Change; Ashton to Yellowstone
2000 125 Mile (10 Dog Team) Dave Torgerson - Elliston, MT
90 Mile (6 Dog Team) Ray Gordon
2001 125 Mile (10 Dog Team) Grant Beck
90 Mile (6 Dog Team) Dave Ford
2002 125 Mile (10 Dog Team) Martin Koening
90 Mile (6 Dog Team) Kate St. Onge
2004 100 Mile Martin Koenig
60 Mile Kate St. Onge
Cancelled 2005 due to lack of snow.
2006 100 Mile Grant Beck - Yellowknife, NWT, Canada
60 Mile Clint Hallam - Lyman, WY