<br /> <p>Norwegian musher Joar Leifseth Ulsom won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race</a> in the early hours of Wednesday, March 14, finishing in nine days and 12 hours. He crossed the finish line with his eight-dog team at about 3am.</p><p>Nicolas Petit placed second, and Mitch Seavey, a three-time race champion, placed third. Dallas Seavey, last year’s winner and a four-time race champion, is racing in Norway’s Finnmarkslopet. Ulsom is the first musher without the last name Seavey to win the race since 2011, a news report said</a>.</p><p>Petit had been leading the race until he veered off course during a snowstorm. The wrong turn cost him the lead as Ulsom passed him. Petit arrived in Nome about two hours after Ulsom.</p><p>This video shows Ray Redington Jr’s team after it crossed the finish line for a fourth-place finish. It’s the highest Redington has finished in the Iditarod, according to his biography</a>. Credit: irishsculptress via Storyful</p><br />
