After two weekends of, shall we say "less than perfect" weather earlier this year, the third visit to Las Vegas Motor Speedway seems to be the charm for the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series, presented by Geico Powersports. With near-perfect conditions for both drivers and fans alike, it was a great day to be at the races, with blue skies, a light wind, and warm, pleasant temperatures all day. On top of all that, drivers really seemed to be raising their game, and the result was a perfect set of 10 great races in 10 races on the track today- it was truly a day not to be missed. If you couldn't be here, you sure missed out on a very memorable day of racing, with several Lucas Oil Off Road firsts, including five first-time Lucas Oil Off Road winners, so read on to find out what everyone who was here will be talking about.

Modified Kart
  Kicking this weekend's racing action off in a very big way were the speed demons of Modified Kart. Representing the top tier of kids short course off-road racing, these kids always provide a lot of excitement, and today these young drivers gave us one of the most action-packed races of the whole season. Bradley Morris, in the #504 K&N Filters/Kicker kart, and Mitch Guthrie Jr., in the #555 Guthrie Racing/Gatorwraps.com machine, started from the front row, and it was Morris who led the field at the end of lap one, ahead of Sheldon Creed, Guthrie, Zac Hunt, and Bryan Osborn. On the second lap, the top three drivers all got tangled up in turn one, dropping Morris to the back of the pack, and forcing Creed and Guthrie to the sidelines with broken trucks. Hunt inherited the lead in his #534 Creative Fabrication and Design/Speed Energy machine, with Brandon Vermillion now second in the #585 mavTV/San Manuel Band of Mission Indians truck. Osborn had moved up to third, with Jerett Brooks fourth in the #527 Synergy Electric Racing/Comfort Mechanical kart, and Myles Cheek fifth in the #557 CMI/Fast Aid truck. Brooks quickly jumped from fourth to second, swapping places with Osborn, who dropped down to fourth. Hunt then bobbled in turn one, catching out Osborn in the process, and this dropped Hunt to third and Osborn out of the top five. Brooks inherited the lead, which he held through the competition yellow. At this point, Vermillion ran second, with Hunt third, Cheek fourth, and Riley Herbst fifth in the #519 Ball Park/Terrible Herbst machine. Brooks was pulled to the back of the pack by officials under yellow (why this happened is still unclear to this reporter), handing the lead to Vermillion for the restart. On the restart lap, Osborn jumped up to fourth, with points leader Mitchell DeJong moving up to fifth in the #524 Speed Technologies/Fast Aid truck. Cheek then half spun in turn one and fell back, as did Osborn and Morris, who simultaneously rolled onto their sides while running nose to tail between turns three and four. Up front, Vermillion stayed clear of all the chaos behind, and went on to take his first career Lucas Oil Off Road win. Second went to Hunt, third to DeJong, fourth to Herbst, and fifth to Brooks, who clawed his way back through much of the field in the second half of the race.

Junior 2 Kart
  Following a thrilling Modified Kart race, it was time for the second of three kart divisions, and today's Junior 2 Kart race was all about the young ladies. A patchy cover of clouds was arriving just in time to dissipate the heat perfectly as the race got underway, with Paige Porter and Sheldon Creed starting from the front row. Porter's #462 Redline Performance/Advantage Boats truck led Creed's #422 A.M. Ortega/Patrick's High Performance Graphix kart across the stripe at the end of lap one with Chad Graham in third in the #410 Liquid Graphics/Grenade machine, followed by Riley Herbst in the #419 Ball Park/Terrible Herbst truck and Shelby Anderson in the #405 Walker Evans Racing/Anderson's Nu Power machine in fourth and fifth. Herbst quickly moved up to third, then got tangled up with Creed in turn one, dropping both drivers to the rear of the field. This promoted Micaela Cheek and Jeff Hoffman up to fourth and fifth, behind Porter, Graham, and Anderson. In a close battle for the lead, Porter and Graham were pulling clear of the field as the competition yellow came out. At this point, it was Porter and Graham in first and second, with Anderson third, Cheek fourth, and Hoffman fifth in the #447 Venture Four Racing/Cactus Asphalt kart. On the restart lap, Hailie Deegan moved up to fifth in the #438 SoCal SuperTrucks/Fiberwerx truck, making it four girls in the top five. Anderson then rolled in turn two, dropping her out of the running for a top finish, and moving Hoffman up into the top five again. As Porter and Graham continued to battle cleanly and extremely closely up front, they had again pulled clear of the field by the time the white flag came out. Graham gave it everything he had to get by Porter on the final lap, but after so many races when Porter's luck seemed to run out at the last minute, today was finally her day. Porter held tough to take her first career Lucas Oil Off Road win, beating Graham in a photo finish at the stripe. Graham finished a close second, with Cheek third, Deegan fourth, and Isabella Naughton fifth in the #454 Stronghold Motorsports/ReadyLift machine. With Cheek joining Porter on the podium, it was the first time that the girls outnumbered the boys on a Lucas Oil Off Road podium, and with Naughton nabbing fifth in the closing moments of the race, girls took four of the top five places today- well done girls!

Junior 1 Kart
  Closing out today's Kart races were the youngest drivers in the series: the boys and girls of Junior 1 Kart. After two great races to kick off the day, these drivers had to save something special to wow the fans, and they didn't disappoint. Cole Mamer's #235 Cousin's Hay Harvesting/FullTiltTrophyKarts.com machine started solo on the front row after a problem forced would-be front row starter Preston Roben to take a late start, but it was points leader Brock Heger who took the early lead in his #212 Streight Edje Custom Painting/AlumiCraft machine. Mamer slotted into second, with Travis PeCoy third in the #211 downloadactionvideo.com/iTi Performance Motorsports truck, followed by Wolfgang Ries in the #273 ProAm Performance Motorsports/KarTek Off Road entry, and Krista Smith in the #218 kart. PeCoy and Ries tangled coming out of turn one, which dropped PeCoy well down the order, and allowed Heger and Mamer to open up a big gap on the rest of the field. Ries was able to recover from the incident pretty well, and re-joined the action in third, followed by Jack Yeiser in the #244 Hoosier/RC10.com truck, and Corey Geiser in the #245 Geiser Bros Design and Development/Canidae All Natural Pet Foods machine. Ries' troubles weren't over, however, as he rolled between turn three and turn four, and this incident dropped him well back in the pack. As the competition yellow came out, the top five drivers were spread across nearly a half a lap, with the running order being Heger, Mamer, Yeiser, Roben and Dylan Winbury in the #299 Wagon Burners Racing/Simpson entry. On the restart lap, Yeiser moved past Mamer to take over second, and after dropping well down the order on the opening lap, Yeiser had managed to recover so well that only one driver remained in front of him. Yeiser hounded Heger for several laps, and with just the final straightaway remaining, he pulled alongside in a drag race to the checkered flag. As he'd been able to do all race, Yeiser out-pulled his competition, and he edged Heger by a nose at the stripe to take the win, the first of his Lucas Oil Off Road career, and making three for three new winners in all three kart classes today. Heger had to be content with second, while Mamer rounded out the podium. Fourth went to Roben in the #210 DCI Duggins Construction/UPR truck, and taking the final spot in the top five was Winbury.

UTV
  Following a rousing batch of kart races, it was time to move racing onto the full-length track with the UTVs. Ryan Beat started his #851 Black Rhino/HRT Motorsports Yamaha alongside the #801 Magnaflow Performance Exhaust/Tilted Kilt Yamaha of Corry Weller, and after some close battling in the first few turns, it was Weller who led the field across the stripe at the end of lap one. In second it was Beat, followed by Dan Kelly in the #824 Muzzys/Bronco Products Yamaha, Tyler Herzog in the #844 Ivy Trucking and Grading/Xtreme Machine and Fabrication Yamaha, and Code Rahders in the #816 Frostyburger/Makita Yamaha. Robert Vanbeekum was the leading Unlimited UTV, and he was running seventh overall in the #664 R-N-R Steel/Gear One Kawasaki. Rahders moved up to fourth, then dropped well back in the field after hitting some trouble in turn two, moving Doug Mittag up to fifth in the #848 Custom Off Road Design/FinelineTShirts.com Yamaha. Beat then went sideways between turns two and three, dropping him down the order, while Kelly lost a tire and wheel just a few seconds later, forcing him to the sidelines. Up front, Weller was still running clean, clear of the chaos behind, and she led Herzog, Chad George (now the leading Unlimited UTV), Vanbeekum, and Austin Kimbrell at the competition yellow. Vanbeekum had a good restart lap, moving up to third and re-taking the Unlimited UTV lead, just behind Weller and Herzog, and ahead of Kimbrell's #607 Monster Energy/SouthernCaliWraps.com Kawasaki and George's #642 Funco/Monster Energy Kawasaki. In the closing laps, Mittag was able to get back into the top five as he jumped up to fourth. With one lap to go, Weller looked to have a comfortable gap over the rest of the field, but in the closing seconds of the race, Herzog made a great run into the final turn, and pulled alongside the leader to make it a true drag race to the finish. Herzog seemed to have the initial advantage, but Weller managed to survive a real scare and secure her fourth win of the season. Herzog took second in a photo finish, with Mittag third, Vanbeekum fourth and first in Unlimited UTV, and George rounding out the top five, second in Unlimited UTV. Finishing off the Unlimited UTV podium was Kimbrell. The close race for the Unlimited UTV points title has opened ever so slightly after today, with George edging out his lead from six to eight points over Kimbrell.

Limited Buggy
  The final race before opening ceremonies was that of Limited Buggy, and with a narrow 11-point margin between championship leader Justin "Bean" Smith and second place John Fitzgerald, these two drivers would be doing everything possible to score maximum points. After an inversion of the top six qualifiers, Fitzgerald started his #314 BFGoodrich Tires/Lucas Oil buggy alongside pole sitter Geoffrey Cooley on the front row, and it was Fitzgerald who took the early lead. Cooley slotted in second in the #322 Competitive Metals/PB Plumbing AlumiCraft, with Smith third in the #319 Bully Dog/Blanco Basura Fraley, Bruce Fraley fourth in the #312 Freeman's Carpet Service/DFT Fraley, and LJ Kennedy fifth in the #382 RADesigns/McKenzie's Penhall. Smith and Fraley each got by Cooley to take over second and third in the next few laps, with Smith then closing down the gap to the leader Fitzgerald. Curt Geer also moved up, taking over fifth in the #392 Lakeshore Homes & Stables/Gatorwraps.com Lothringer, and with Smith really hounding Fitzgerald for the lead, Fitzgerald must've been glad to see the competition yellow come out. Indeed, for Fitzgerald, the competition yellow was the best thing that could have happened, because on the restart lap, Fraley was able to get by Smith to take over second spot, giving Fitzgerald some much-needed breathing room. Fitzgerald's worries weren't over, though, as soon it was Fraley who was challenging him for the lead, and the top three drivers were now all very close. Behind them, Quentin Tucker had moved up to fourth in the #377 Locher Roadsiding/Mad Graphix buggy, with Cooley dropping down to fifth. Geer then re-entered the top five as he got around Cooley, while up front, Fraley and Smith were starting to out-drive themselves in their bids to catch and pass Fitzgerald. With one lap to go, Fitzgerald had a bit of breathing room, and despite the best efforts of his two pursuers, Fitzgerald hung on to take a much-needed win. In second it was Fraley, with Smith taking third, Tucker fourth, and Geer fifth. For those hoping for a close championship battle, this should bring Fitzgerald within just seven points of championship leader Smith, and with another race tomorrow, these two should again be battling hard.

Pro 4 Unlimited
  Following opening ceremonies, which included a pretty cool "Deegan vs. Deegan" video on the JumboTron, it was time to return to racing action. A four-position inversion of qualifying gave front row starting spots to Kyle LeDuc and Mike Johnson, and it was LeDuc in the #99 Rockstar/Makita Ford who took the lead over Johnson and the #31 K&N Filters/Ironclad Ford on the first lap. In third it was defending points champion Carl Renezeder in the #1 Lucas Oil/Team Associated Ford, with Adrian Cenni fourth in the #11 Atrium Payroll/King Shocks Chevrolet, and Curt LeDuc fifth in the #43 Rockstar/Makita Ford. Renezeder dropped to last with a half spin in turn four, with Cenni muscling down the inside of Johnson in turn eight to take over second soon afterwards. Johnson then slid wide coming into turn one, and he hit the leading edge of the outside k rail, dropping him to last place. With the running order substantially shuffled, it was still Kyle LeDuc up front, followed by Cenni, Curt LeDuc, Rick Huseman in the #36 Oakley/Traxxas Toyota, and Travis Coyne in the #5 ProComp/BFGoodrich Tires Ford. The leading LeDuc and Cenni were battling hard for the lead, and it was Cenni who was able to get the better of LeDuc as he dove inside into turn one to take over the lead. LeDuc then bobbled in turn five, and Huseman, who'd come from the last row at the start following a crash in yesterday's qualifying session, took full advantage as he motored past and into second place. LeDuc wasn't giving in easily, though, as he forced Huseman wide three turns later to re-take second spot. Huseman, however, wasn't going to be a pushover either, and he muscled back by LeDuc on the next lap to grab second yet again.

The competition yellow then came out, and it was Cenni still out in front, with a distinct gap back to Huseman in second, Kyle LeDuc in third, Curt LeDuc in fourth, and Coyne in fifth. Under caution, Kyle LeDuc scrambled to the pits to change a left front tire, which was losing pressure after his last collision with Huseman. LeDuc re-joined the field before the green flag, but was about a half lap behind when the green flag waved again. LeDuc's misfortune allowed John Harrah and his #13 Super Lite Championship/Speed Technologies Chevrolet into fifth spot, but he was quickly caught up by Renezeder on the restart lap. Renezeder moved past both Harrah and Coyne on the restart lap to take over fourth spot, while up front, the pressure of the lead finally got to Cenni, who rolled in turn four. This brought out a full course yellow as crews worked to clear Cenni's smoking truck, though this may have been in vain, as Cenni was eventually able to re-fire his truck and continue in the race at the back of the pack after a quick visit to the hot pits. As the field cruised under yellow, a brief puff of smoke was seen coming from Huseman's right rear, but Huseman elected to stay on track, and he continued to lead as green flag racing resumed. Just behind, Curt LeDuc's rear suspension broke as he landed off the jump out of turn one, thus ending his day. With one lap to go, it was now Huseman, Renezeder, Coyne, Harrah, and Kent Brascho in the top five. Harrah slowed to a crawl on the final lap, which allowed Kyle LeDuc to pick up fifth position after fighting for half the race to try and make up his lost half lap. Further forward, it was Huseman who was victorious yet again, making it nine wins so far this year. Second went to Renezeder, with Coyne taking third, Brascho fourth in the #8 Lucas Oil/King Shocks Chevrolet, and fifth to Kyle LeDuc. Huseman's win bumps him up to a grand total of 631 points this season, out of a possible 676 available, meaning he's missed out on just 45 points all year. He now leads the championship by 77 points, and can wrap up the championship tomorrow unless Renezeder or Kyle LeDuc (currently second and third in points, respectively) can pull within 51 points of Huseman (they are the only two drivers close enough in points to have a chance of doing this).

Pro Buggy Unlimited
  With the clouds giving way to pleasantly warm sunshine, it was the Pro Buggy Unlimited field that was now taking to the track. Another four-place inversion of qualifying left Cody Freeman and his #994 FCS Flooring/Goodyear Tires Racer on the pole, with Mike Porter staring alongside in the #900 Redline Performance/Speed Energy AlumiCraft. Porter took the early lead with a blistering first lap, opening a significant gap on the rest of the field. In second it was Freeman, with pole-winner Bobby PeCoy third in the #973 downloadactionvideo.com/Maxxis Tires AlumiCraft, Jerry Whelchel fourth in the #901 FAT Performance/ProAm Foddrill, and Steven Greinke fifth in the #923 SC Fuels/Dirt Bagz Racer. Points leader Larry Job moved up to fourth in the early going in his #907 Super Clean/Rusty AlumiCraft, with Greinke still holding fifth. Up front, Porter was looking the best he's looked since breaking his back in Surprise early last year, and was showing that he was really back in the hunt as a contender for race wins. As the competition yellow waved, Porter's lead was very impressive, and he led Freeman, PeCoy, Job, and Greinke as the field bunched up behind the Toyota Tacoma pace truck. When action resumed, the order in the top five remained the same, except the whole pack was now much closer to Porter. Cameron Steele then managed to get past Greinke, who seems notoriously hard to pass, taking over fifth spot in his #916 Bully Dog/Blanco Basura AlumiCraft. From there on in, the order in the top five remained the same, with Porter following his daughter Paige's lead to make it two wins for the Porter family today. Second went to Freeman, third to PeCoy, fourth to Job, and fifth to Steele. In the championship chase, Job has added to his lead in the points, growing the gap over Steele from ten points to twelve, and from ten points to 18 over Doug Fortin.

Pro Lite Unlimited
  As Adam Wik lined up his #11 Wik's Racing Engines/King Off Road Racing Shocks Chevrolet next to the #20 MasterCraft Safety/Jimco Ford of Matt Loiodice for the start of the Pro Lite Unlimited race, it was 15-year-old Baydon Yundt who was getting to fulfill part of his Make-A-Wish Foundation wish as he waved the green flag over the field. Fast qualifier Brian Deegan, the driver young Baydon came all the way from Canada to meet as the main part of his wish, jumped into the lead in his #38 Rockstar/Etnies Ford, followed by Loiodice, Jimmy Stephensen in the #33 Discount Tire/HotelBabies.com Nissan, Corey Sisler in the Twisted Beverage Company/BFGoodrich Tires Ford, and Marty Hart in the #15 Maxxis Tires/Kolpin Ford. Hart quickly moved up to fourth, and after Stephensen went wide in turn one, Hart moved by him as well to take over third spot. Sisler and Chris Brandt also got around Stephensen, and the two slotted into fourth and fifth spots. Further forward, Loiodice bobbled in turn eight, which allowed Deegan to pull out a big gap up front, and also let Hart close right in from behind. Championship leader Brandt then moved his #82 Lucas Oil/National Concrete Cutting Toyota up to fourth, making it the top four points contenders in the first four spots on track. Ahead of Brandt, Loiodice and Hart were really pushing each other hard, with both drivers managing to avoid serious contact with one another. Eventually, Hart was able to get by Loiodice, and at the competition yellow, he trailed only the leader Deegan, with Loiodice, Brandt, and Sisler filling spots three through five. On the restart lap, a huge train of contact between Hart, Loiodice, Stephensen, Sisler, and Brandt kept these five drivers (and possibly more) bumping hard from turn one to turn three. The end results were a lot of broken body panels, as well as many drivers who'd shuffled positions, followed closely by a rollover in turn four by Loiodice. Deegan was ahead of this whole mess, and Hart stayed pretty much untouched, so these two came away well clear of the field, followed by Stephensen, Sisler, and John Beyer in the #28 FNtech/Yokohama Tires Toyota. After another rollover in turn four the very next lap, this time by Jacob Person, the officials were forced to throw a full course yellow, and when action resumed the battle was now on between Deegan and Hart for the lead. Out of what seemed like nowhere, Hart dove down the inside of Deegan in turn eight, just ahead of the white flag. Hart grabbed the lead for about half a lap, but Deegan seemed to want it more, as he clawed his way past Hart to re-gain the lead. As the field approached turn six, they were forced to stay in line as they passed track officials who were helping to clear Aaron Daugherty's rollover, and so the race ended under yellow, with Deegan taking the win. Hart finished second, with Stephensen third, Beyer fourth, and a battered Brandt taking fifth. In the championship chase, Hart has closed down the margin to the leader Brandt from 17 points to nine points, with Deegan a further 30 points out and Loiodice 10 more points behind.

Super Lite
  Another of this season's best points battles is going on in Super Lite, and with four drivers within easy striking distance of the championship lead, the Mazda-powered spec trucks would be pushed to their limits here today. Dawson Kirchner started his #16 Speed Technologies/Method Race Wheels truck next to Kyle LeDuc in the #24 So Cal SuperTrucks/Bully Dog machine on the front row, with Kirchner leading LeDuc, Chad George in the #42 Bull Outdoor Products Inc/Beard Seats truck, Jeremy Stenberg, and Jacob Person at the end of lap one. Stenberg, who sits just three points behind championship leader George, passed his main rival to take over third spot, making it a virtual one point difference on track. After that, the top five drivers held their positions through the competition yellow, at which point the order was still Kirchner, LeDuc, Stenberg, George, and Person. After the restart, Person moved up to fourth in his #29 Stand-Up MRI of Arizona/VP Racing Fuels, with RJ Anderson now fifth in the #37 Walker Evans Racing/K&N Filters truck. Shortly afterwards, George slowed with a broken left front suspension, a grave disaster for the championship leader. George was able to continue, albeit very slowly, as he tried to salvage as many points as possible. Person then picked off Stenberg to grab third spot, and as Stenberg battled back to try and re-gain the position, he got into the back of Person, causing the two to go sideways over the jump out of turn one. Stenberg tried to get going but ended up rolling backwards down the side of the jump (on his wheels), while Person wasn't so lucky. Person's truck slid to a stop just over the crest of the jump, and as other drivers came over the jump and scrambled madly to avoid Person's stricken truck, it was inevitable that one would eventually hit him. It was Brandon Ward who became the unintentional plow, as he came flying over the jump and slammed squarely into the right side of Person's truck, crushing the front of Ward's truck and the side of Person's. The race was immediately red flagged, and after both drivers were confirmed to be ok and the wreckage was cleared, a green-white-checkers finish was called for. The running order was Kirchner, LeDuc, Pat Clark in the #25 MoTec/Exotic Engines truck, Anderson, and Brent Fouch in the #21 BionicCigs.com/Forgiven Energy machine as racing resumed, with Stenberg jumping up to fourth on the restart lap. On the final lap, Stenberg and Anderson got together in turn one, dropping Stenberg back yet again. Up ahead, LeDuc was really pressuring young Kirchner, and got by him coming out of turn four. Kirchner didn't seem intimidated by the vastly more experienced LeDuc, however, and despite getting forced wide into turn seven and starting into turn eight with a bad line, Kirchner still managed to pull alongside LeDuc coming out of the final turn, and he won the drag race to end, taking his maiden Lucas Oil Off Road victory. LeDuc took a very close second in his first career SuperLite race (he's filling in for an injured Ricky James), with Clark taking third in just his second weekend of Lucas Oil Off Road competition. After all his struggles during the race, Stenberg still came home fourth, and picked up valuable points in his chase for the championship (he should now lead the points race by 15 points, after coming in to this race just three points behind George). Rounding out the top five was CJ Greaves, who also gained valuable ground in the championship in his #33 Traxxas/Oakley machine; Greaves is now third, 20 points behind Stenberg, but just five points behind George.

Pro 2 Unlimited
  With the sun just sinking behind the grandstands, the Pro 2 Unlimiteds were pulling on track for the final race of the day. Robby Woods, driving the #99 SuperChips/Lucas Slick Mist Chevrolet, and Rodrigo Ampudia, driving the #36 Tecate/Lucas Oil Ford, started from the front row, with Woods taking full advantage of his pole starting position to grab the early lead. At the end of the first lap, Woods was followed by Carl Renezeder in the #17 General Tire/RC10.com Ford, Ampudia, Todd LeDuc in the #8 Rockstar/Makita Ford, and Rob MacCachren in the #21 Rockstar/Circle K Ford. MacCachren then spun and had to wait to pull back into the fray, so as to avoid being smashed by another driver, and this dropped him well back in the field, moving Robert Naughton up to fifth in the #54 ReadyLift/Maxxis Tires Ford. Up front, Woods and Renezeder were in a league of their own, and were quickly pulling clear of the field in a battle for the lead. Renezeder was really hounding Woods, and proof that Renezeder was really having to push came when he bicycled up on two wheels in turn eight, where he'd been having his best cracks at sneaking by Woods for several laps. This incident came just ahead of the competition yellow, at which point it was still Woods, Renezeder, and Ampudia in the top three, with Naughton up to fourth and LeDuc down a spot to fifth. After the restart, Naughton was hit from behind and pushed into the truck ahead, which damaged the front of Naughton's truck and forced him backwards down the order. LeDuc also ducked into the hot pits briefly, but was able to rejoin, albeit quite a ways back. Following Naughton's and LeDuc's misfortunes, it was now Brian Deegan, driving his first race in a Pro 2 Unlimited, lying fourth in the #38 Rockstar/Metal Mulisha Ford, with MacCachren up to fifth after working his way through the carnage. At the head of the field, Renezeder finally got a good enough run into turn eight to get alongside Woods to challenge for the lead as the two headed down the front straight to the white flag. After battling side by side for a couple of turns, Renezeder was finally able to edge ahead of Woods to take the lead, which he held through the race's end. Woods came home second, obviously pleased with what was certainly the best run of his career thus far, despite losing the race on the final lap. Third went to Ampudia, with fourth going to Deegan and fifth to MacCachren.
  MacCachren now leads the championship by 74 points, and has a shot at wrapping up the points title tomorrow, so long as he comes away with a points margin of at least 51 points. Bryce Menzies and Renezeder are the only other two drivers close enough to have a shot at catching MacCachren, with Menzies needing 23 points and Renezeder 24 points just to get within 51 points of MacCachren.
  That's all from Round 13. Be sure to get yourself to Las Vegas Motor Speedway when we resume action tomorrow for Round 14 of the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series. If you can't be here in person, check out the live streaming audio broadcast from our friends at Totally Off Road Radio, which can be found at race-dezert.com, and which is brought to you by General Tire. And of course, keep up to date with all the latest in the world of the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series at lucasoiloffroad.com.

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