BEST IN THE DESERT UTV World Championship February 21, 2015

In the Quad Expert class, it was Dean Wheeler and Justin Rodgers who took the win. “It was a fast course but there were some rough sections. There was a lot of dust and Justin ended up getting hit by a dirt bike in the first lap and that put us back to fifth. I took over in the second lap and pushed hard and we got the win. I took a risk and didn’t stop to pit and made it to the finish on fumes,” said Dean Wheeler.

#450 Dean Wheeler & Justin Rodgers claimed the Quad Expert class win

The team of Paul Enge, Dustin Tanguay and Greg Ochoa claimed a second place finish in the Quad Expert class, while husband and wife team, Rick ad Donna Ellsworth rounded out the top three.

#422 Donna Ellsworth was awarded the WarFighter Award for pushing her quad a half mile to finish the race in third place, which shows true grit, so congratulations to Donna & Rick Ellsworth

In the Quad Ironman Expert class, #606 Carlos Valencia claimed the class win and finished 27th overall followed by Billy Niccum and James Denton rounding out the top three.

#606 Carlos Valencia won the Quad Expert Ironman Class

Can-Am's Hunter and Cody Miller made the long trip from Texas for the UTV World Championship, and for fun they raced with Randell Rogers on his Can-Am Renegade in the Quad Amateur class, and they brought home the win.

The Can-Am Team of Randell Rogers, Cody & Hunter Miller, claimed the Quad Amateur class win on the Can-am Renegade

Finally, Trevor Erickson finished six laps of the race on his hybrid Polaris Snowmobile / ATV with a Zbros racing front end.

Trevor Erickson raced a Polaris Snowmobile / ATV Hybrid at the BITD UTV World Championship

The next round of the Best in the Desert series will be the Polaris RZR Mint 400 held on March 13-15th in Las Vegas, NV, but the ATV racers will have till wait for the Silver State 300 in May for their next round of BITD racing.

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