3-time champion Dallas Seavey beats father in Iditarod

Dallas Seavey won his third Iditarod Wednesday and defeated his father who was in the field.

Alaska native Dallas Seavey claimed his third Iditarod win on Wednesday, defeating his father, Mitch who finished in second place four hours behind Dallas. This is the fourth straight year that the Iditarod was won by a member of the Seavey family.

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Dallas Seavey, with his lead dogs of Reef and Hero, crossed the finish line in the Bering Sea coastal town of Nome at 4:13 a.m., with a finishing time of eight days, 8 hours, 13 minutes and 6 seconds nearly five hours longer than the record he set when he won the 2014 race.

Dallas’ father, Mitch placed second in the race and his a two-time champion himself. Dallas first won the Iditarod in 2012 as a 25-year-old, the youngest person ever to win the annual event. A year later, Mitch Seavey won for the second time (2004) and became the oldest person ever to win the race at age 53. Dallas won the next two races, giving the Seavey’s the last four victories.

According to the Associated Press, it was a new trail due to the lack of snow in Alaska that utilized the many frozen rivers of Alaska.

“We saw a lot of 40-, 50-below zero, snow,” said Seavey. “This was a very tough race. It was not the easy run that a lot of people had anticipated for the Yukon River. I think going into this race, we all knew the winner would be who could maximize this new trail and take advantage of that.”

For winning the Iditarod, Dallas Seavey was awarded $70,000 and a new pickup truck.

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