Brent Sass has won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across Alaska. The 42-year-old wilderness guide and kennel owner drove his team of 11 dogs across the finish line Tuesday. It was his first victory and seventh Iditarod.
For his part, Seavey was resigned to runner-up status. He flatly told KTUU that he couldn’t win unless something goes wrong for Sass.Seavey was attempting to become the race’s most decorated musher. He and Rick Swenson are tied with the most Iditarod victories at five.The third place musher, Jessie Holmes, was about 50 miles behind Seavey.
This is the 50th running of the race, which started in 1973. This year’s event began with 49 mushers, and five have dropped out along the trail. In 2015 he was disqualified when race officials found he had an iPod Touch with him on the trail, a violation of race rules banning two-way communication devices because the iPod Touch could connect to the Internet. He said he was clueless, and wanted his fans to know he had no intention of cheating.
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