NOME, Alaska, March 11 (UPI) -- Dallas Seavey won his second Iditarod Great Sled Race, overtaking leader Jeff King early Tuesday morning and pulling into Nome, Alaska, in record time.
Seavey, 26, jogged beside his sled as his seven sled dogs ran down Nome's Front Street to the finish line, the Anchorage Daily News reported.
By that point, King had abandoned the race east of the nearby town of Safety, after howling winds blew his sled off the trail. Ally Zirkle, who traded the lead with King and Seavey, stayed in Safety to ride out the storm before continuing. Seavey beat Zirkle by less than three minutes, ending a frenzied night that saw the lead traded between the three, the newspaper said.
Seavey and his team of dogs broke the Iditarod speed record by more than five hours, finishing the 1,000 mile race from Willow to Nome in 8 days, 13 hours, four minutes and 19 seconds.
Seavey won the race in 2012 as history's youngest Iditarod winner. His father Mitch was the eldest musher he won the race, for the second time, last year.
