2013 Event Anchorage, Alaska begins the 1,000 mile, 2013 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race; winners receive a new truck and $50,400 in prize money 2012 Event Twenty-five year old Alaskan, Dallas Seavey becomes the youngest winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race 1986 Event Susan Butcher wins 1,158 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race 1985 Event Libby Riddles is 1st woman to win Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race 1982 Event Unmanned rocket sled reaches 9,851 kph at White Sands, New Mexico 1981 Event Rocket-powered ice sled attains 399 kph, Lake George, New York 1959 Event USAF rocket-powered rail sled attains Mach 4.1 (4970 kph), New Mexico 1958 Event Eli Beeding experiences 83 g deceleration on a rocket sled, New Mexico 1954 Birthday Susan H Butcher, dog sled driver, Idatarod 1954 Event Lieutenant Colonel John Strapp travels 632 MPH in a rocket sled 1954 Event 1st rocket-driven sled on rails was tested in Alamogordo, New Mexico 1932 Event 1st Olympic dog sled race, Lake Placid, New York (demonstration sport)
