Dallas Seavey at the age of 25 is about to become the youngest winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. That is pretty cool, but even more so is the fact that he is a third-generation Iditarod musher and both his father and grandfather are also in the race. HIs grandfather Dan came in third in the very first race in 1973 and his father Mitch won the race in 2004. They say the best and worst day in a youngster's life is when he beats his father at something. This will be Dallas' day. Mitch, his father, is in seventh place going into Nome in this race. What also sets this race apart is after almost three decades of dominance by a one musher or another, there is only one former winner besides his father in the top 18 and each of them has only won the race once. Among those 18, five are sons of current or former Iditarod racers.
Race results are here.
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