As of Tuesday, March 12th, Dallas Seavey has been pronounced the 2024 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race winner!
Seavey crossed the finish line in Nome at 5:16 p.m. to complete the race with a final time of 9 days, 2 hours, 16 minutes, and 8 seconds!
With 10 dogs in harness, Seavey is the only person in history to win the Iditarod 6 times.
By winning the 52nd Iditarod, Seavey is also to be awarded the largest percentage of the $500,000 purse for the 2024 race, according to a press release.
Throughout the race, Seavey was also awarded the GCI Dorothy G. Page Halfway Award as well as the Northrim Bank Achieve More Award. His winnings from those awards total $2,500 in cash, $3,000 in gold nuggets, and trophies to commemorate each achievement.
“Dallas has proven his ability to overcome adversity on multiple occasions and this historic win is the embodiment of his professionalism, strength, and full exemplary dog care,” said Iditarod CEO, Rob Urbach.
As if winning the world-famous sled dog race wasn’t impressive enough, Seavey wins the race after following his encounter with a moose on the first day.
The 37-year-old was forced to shoot, kill, and gut a moose after it began to attack his team.
However, according to Rule 34 of the race, a musher is required to gut any big game animal that is killed in defense of life or property and report it to officials at the next checkpoint.
After some discussion, Iditarod officials determined that Seavey had not sufficiently gutted the moose, and penalized him with a 2-hour time penalty. When this incident occurred, Seavey was approximately 70 miles ahead of the next closest musher.
Although the Talkeetna musher was able to finish first in this race, surprisingly enough, this is not his fastest race time.
Back in 2014, Dallas was able to break the previous record for the race, by finishing with a time of 8 days, 13 hours, 4 minutes, and 19 seconds. In 2016, Dallas broke his record, finishing in 8 days, 11 hours, 20 minutes and 16 seconds.
As the winner of Iditarod 2024, Seavey adds more mushing accolades to his career. Seavey has run and completed The Iditarod 13 times, and has finished in the Top Ten 11 times.
In 2012, Dallas became the youngest musher to win the Iditarod at age 25, and now, 12 years later at the age of 37 is the winningest musher to compete in the race, securing his sixth win.
