After a long season, all classes in the Lucas Oil Off-Road Racing Series came down to the wire at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park in Arizona.

In the hard-fought and speedy Pro 4 class, all hands had their sights on unseating Kyle Leduc. A few mechanical issues this year however, reduced the typical stranglehold the five-time champ has on the rest of the field. Whippersnapper drivers RJ Anderson and Doug Mittag were only too glad to bring their guns to the fight.

Mathematically, Leduc was not out of the running by the time the LOORRS show rolled into its final weekend. However, he would need to have a stellar race day combined with a disastrous showing by his two main protagonists. He got the first half of that equation but not the latter.

Using the power of a well-prepped machine, great planning, and a bit of attrition, Anderson – who started his race near the rear of the field – worked his way up to third, securing the championship.

In Pro 2 competition, Rob MacCachren has been taking the field to school all year, taking a spot on the podium on the off occasions he did not win the race. Consistency pays dividends, with MacCachren holding the points lead going into the weekend and remained atop the pile when the dust settled.

The always entertaining Pro Buggy class saw Darren Hardesty and Eliot Watson go at it with alarming consistency since the green flag dropped back at the season’s start. Only a baker’s dozen separated the pair heading into Wild Horse Pass. Watson qualified higher than Hardesty for this weekend’s event but was still nine points adrift when the checkered flag waved. Hardesty claims his third championship in a row.

Turbo Production UTVs had a brace of drivers with a shot at taking the crown. Corry Weller and Paul O’Brien, both in Can-Am machines, duked it out in a race featuring a full course caution and other drama. Through it all, Weller brought her UTV over the line in first place, securing the championship.