BEST IN THE DESERT Series Henderson 250 December 7, 2013

Coastal Racing’s Mark Holz held the lead to the final lap of the race, but suffered a flat tire, which forced him to pit and make a tire change. Despite his best effort, Holz wasn’t able to reel in Jagged X and was forced to settle for a second place finish, which dropped the team back to a third place finish in the points race.

Coastal / Holz Racing's Mark Holz got off to a great start holding the lead to the final lap before suffering a flat tire, which dropped him back to second place

“We had to stop and get fuel on the last lap and that put them right behind us going out, and driver error, made a mistake, and got a flat. I would like to thank Polaris, Walker Evans Racing, BF Goodrich Tires, and Holz Racing,” said Mark Holz on the podium in the second spot.

Can-am’s Jason and Derek Murray held the points lead heading into the Henderson 250, but they didn’t have the right clutch setup for the season finale, which didn’t allow them to run at the same speed as the top two finishers, but they still held on to claim a top three finish. "We pushed the car to its limit and gave it all we had, but unfortunately, the clutching didn’t give us the top end that we needed,” said Dereck Murray.

Can-Am / Murray Brothers finished in the third spot & just missed taking the Best in the Desert UTV Pro Championship by one position

If the Murray Brothers could have finished ahead of Holz, they would have secured the BITD UTV Pro championship for Can-Am, but they just fell short in their first year of racing the new Can-Am Maverick with second place finish for the year. "The Maverick has been amazing. It's flawless, drives awesome, and it's reliable, but we just didn’t have the top speed today, " said Derek Murray.

One of the few female racers in the BITD Series, Christina Perkins and her teammate Kent Perkins finished the race in fourth place just over four minutes behind the Murray Brothers. This was Perkins first year of racing the BITD series fulltime, and they can’t wait till next year.

Rounding out the top five in the UTV Pro class was Cognito Racing’s Justin Lambert.

In the SR1 UTV Class, it was John Deere / Vigor Motorsports’ Matt Krimple taking the Henderson 250 win, which was his second straight win in the modified John Deere 825. Krimple finish nearly five minutes ahead of second place finisher, Desert Toyz’s Jeff Kary. SR1 Pro class points leader, Desert Toyz’s Brad Griego rounded out the top three on the day.

Magnum Offroad / John Deere's Matt Krimple claimed his second straight Best in the Desert Win at the Henderson 250

In the UTV Sport class, Joanne Gonzales claimed an impressive win over Brad Geczi by taking the win with a commanding 10 minutes and 42 seconds lead.

With the 2013 Best in the Desert racing season in the history books, the start of the 2014 season is just over a month away with the seson kickoff on January 11th with the Parker 250 in Parker, Arizona.

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