The oldest and the fastest: Mitch Seavey shatters Iditarod records as he reaches Nome

WASILLA — The record has changed hands, but it’s kept in the family.

Mitch Seavey is now the musher fastest to Nome, setting the new mark in the Iditarod Sled Dog Trail Race when he hit the burled arch on Front Street in Nome at 3:40 p.m. Tuesday afternoon. The official time is eight days, three hours and 40 minutes, more than seven hours better than his son Dallas, who set the old mark last year. At 57, Mitch Seavey, of Seward, also became the oldest musher to win the race.

Seavey reached Nome with 11 dogs.

Dallas Seavey finished as the runner-up, reaching Nome at 6:24 p.m. with seven dogs. The Seavey family has dominated the race in recent years, with Mitch and Dallas combining to win the last six Iditarod titles.