THE LEGEND RETURNS.

in the Desert champion Vito Ranuio, Branden Sims, Kaden Wells, AJ Jones, Seth Quintero and others. Chase looked unbeatable; running fast and clean through the desert. Then we saw him stopped, and taking off his helmet on the live feed; never a good sign. Dale Ebberts turned the car over to his son Ezra and Daughter Madison for lap two and they brought the car home for the win. Second to cross the line was Doug Mittag in his Bilstein Polaris ProR, but Branden Sims, also in a ProR, had a great run to beat him on corrected time and finish second overall. “There’s nothing like winning the UTV Overall at the “King of the Hammers” desert race,” said Sims. “This year’s KOH desert course was one of the most demanding race courses that I had ever raced upon. Kudos to the KOH team for putting together a course that was able to test man and their machine.”

Branden Sims took second overall in the Unlimited race and first UTV Open.

Ezra Ebberts’ B2 took the overall, but the B3 UTVs would take second through fifth places overall. In fifth overall was UTV Pro Mod winner Vito Ranuio. B2 racer Nick May edged out Peter Hajas for 6th overall, UTV Open winner Kaden Wells was eighth overall followed by Bruce Binnquist and then Rob Arciero to round out the top ten. The debate over who is faster the class 1000 buggies or the UTVs will continue because both were so competitive in the Desert Challenge. The UTVs have the edge in the tight stuff; the Class 1000 buggies do better on the top speed sections. Q1