Iditarod Special Awards 2025. The club awards $500 to the musher who finishes in the top 20 and has the fastest time from. In 1980, the iditarod committee decided to have “wild bill”.

The iditarod announced today that after six years without an increase, the prize purse for the 2025 iditarod trail sled dog race® would be raised by. Four of the top five mushers from last year’s iditarod are returning to the trail.