With his team of nine champion huskies, Dallas Seavey reached Nome, Alaska, on Wednesday morning after eight days, 18 hours, and 13 minutes to win this year鈥檚 Iditarod. He finished the 1,000-mile dogsled race at 4:13 a.m. The prize for first place is $70,000 and a new pickup truck.
A crowd, some still celebrating St. Patrick鈥檚 Day, gathered on Front Street to welcome Seavey, 28, as he sealed his third Iditarod title, . Among the gathered were four generations of Seaveys. Dallas鈥 grandfather, Dan Seavey, helped found the race in the 1970s.
鈥淎s long as you take care of the dog team and make good decisions, good things will happen,鈥 Seavey told the聽ADN. 鈥淲e loved every second of it.鈥
It was clear that Seavey would win. His closest competitor鈥攈is father, two-time Iditarod champion Mitch Seavey鈥攈ad been four hours behind at the last checkpoint, 80 miles from Nome.