BEST IN THE DESERT UTV World Championship February 21, 2015

The number 910 UTV of Richie Laatz from North Las Vegas had a great race and charged his way into the number two spot. Laatz held a fast pace and despite the rough and dusty conditions, closed the gap on the leader Jacob Shaw and finished just ten seconds behind in second place with a time of 1:29:13.435.

#910 Richie Laatz finished in the second spot

Maxxis/H&M Motorsport’s Beau Baron, had his fair share of issues out on the course, but managed to end his day in third place on the Pro Production 1000 podium. “It was really dusty out there and we weren’t really prepared for it. The second row start was tough and it was really difficult to see. Despite that, the RZR worked great. Our Sparks engine ran great and our Maxxis tires performed excellent. I just wish we would have been a little more prepared for the conditions, so I could have done better for my sponsors,” said Baron.

HOLZ Racing's Beau Baron charged his way through the dust on the second row to claim a top three finish

LoneStar Racing’s Branden Simms, who was the winner of the UTV long course desert race earlier in the day decided he wanted a bit more of the action and took part in the short course race as well. Simms drove consistently and charged his way to a fourth place finish with a time of 1:30:31.991.

LSR Racing's Branden Simms had an amazing weekend of racing after winning the Desert race, he went on to claim an impressive 4th place finish in the Short Course SxS race

Triple S Polaris’ Ray Bulloch, out of Cedar City, UT drove his Polaris RZR XP 1000 to a top five finish despite the dust and rough conditions. “We started on the last row and I had never done a dead engine start before in a SxS. It was definitely different. The dust was probably the worst I have ever seen. Ryan Piplic and I got into each other about a mile in and went over the berm. He endo’d and I managed to save it, so from that point on I tried to listen for engines and try to watch for whoever was up front because there was a lot of carnage everywhere. After the first lap, things cleared out a bit but there was still a lot of dust. Overall it was still a fun race and I have to thank Triple S Polaris, Lucas Oil and Bulloch Dirt Works for all their help this season,” said Bulloch.

Triple S Polaris' Ray Bulloch scored a top five finish