From Alabama to the finish line, Jessie Holmes makes history with 2nd Iditarod sled dog race win in a row

NOME, Alaska (WIAT) — A couple of weeks ago, there had only been five people to have won the Iditarod sled dog race twice in a row.

Now, Jessie Holmes is the sixth.

At 9:32 p.m. AKST Tuesday, the Phenix City-native won the famed Alaskan race, just as the sun was going down along the Bering Strait in Nome. The race, which has been a point of pride in Alaska since 1973, runs over 1,000 miles from Anchorage, Alaska to Nome…

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