Dallas Seavey wins Alaska's Iditarod sled dog race a fourth time

NOME, Alaska, March 15 (UPI) -- Dallas Seavey won Alaska's 2016 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Tuesday for the fourth time in five years and at a record-setting pace.

With the temperature hovering at zero degrees Fahrenheit, Seavey, 29, and his six sled dogs crossed the finish line on Front Street in Nome early Tuesday morning, completing the 1000-mile route from Anchorage to Nome in eight days, 11 hours, 20 minutes and 16 seconds. The winning time was one hour and 44 minutes less than Seavey's 2015 record.

Seavey's father, Mitch, a two-time Iditarod winner, arrived 45 minutes later to take second place. The one-two finish by son and father mirrored the 2015 finish, when Dallas Seavey beat his dad by over four hours.

"Just another day of mushing, man. It's what we do," Dallas Seavey said.

Seavy will receive $75,000 and a new truck for winning. His lead dogs, Tide and three-time winner Reef, received garlands of yellow roses for their necks at the finish line.

The race was marred by the death of a sled dog in the town of Willow, when a man allegedly drove his snowmobile Saturday into two teams. Three dogs were injured. Arnold Demoski, 26, of Nulato was arrested on charges of assault, reckless endangerment, reckless driving and criminal mischief. He told Alaska State Troopers he had been drinking and that the alleged incident was not intentional.