15-03-2016 12:22 via alaskapublic.org

Dallas Seavey wins 2016 Iditarod in record time

Dallas Seavey, pictured here in Galena, is the race’s newest four-time champion.(Photo by Zachariah Hughes/KSKA)Dallas Seavey is the Iditarod’s newest four-time champion. He crossed beneath the Burled Arch in Nome at 2:20 a.m. Tuesday with six dogs and hugged his family and championship dogs.His family now owns six titles, including two from his father, Mitch. His grandfather, Dan Seavey, ran the first Iditarod in 1973.
Seavey’s 2016 race set a new speed mark at 8 days, 11 hour
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