2014 Best In The Desert Season Finale
After a season-long battle between Coastal Racing’s Scott Kiger and Brandon Schueler of Jagged-X Racing, Brandon Schueler finished with enough points at the Henderson 250 to wrap up the Championship Title for the 2014 Best in the Desert season.
Separated by only a handfull of points all year, the championship battle came down to the last race of the season. Scott Kiger did all he could; he won the event but he was unable to shake Schueler from his tail. Schueler finished 2nd in front of Craig Scanlon, who came in 3rd, and Christina Perkins who finished 4th.
“We had to have a great day,” says Kiger, “We had to win and we needed a little luck. We caught Schueler in the pits giving us 20 seconds on him with corrected time.” (The cars start at timed intervals. If you start 30 seconds behind the car in front and catch them, you have 30 seconds advantage on that car) “We passed them for the physical lead and then did everything we could to keep them back there. I had Mark Holtz in the car with me; he builds some amazing stuff, the car ran strong all day. We were hoping to get some help from Scanlon but he could not catch them and make the pass for second.”
The course was flat and fast. Due to recent rains, the dust was minimal. It was the perfect scenario for a high speed shoot out. With five Best in the Desert championships to his name, Brandon Schueler knew what it was going to take to bring home Number 6. “We started in 7th place; almost the middle of the pack,” said Brandon, “With no dust, we were able to make it to the front in very little time. By the end of the first lap we were in the lead with Scott Kiger on our tail. We both pitted at the same time but we beat him out. He soon caught and passed us. My co-driver Blake Van de Loo and I knew all we had to do was hold our position to the finish and we would clinch our 6th Pro UTV title.”
Results Henderson 250
1. Scott Kiger #1934
2. Brandon Schueler #1919
3. Craig Scanlon #1931
4. Christina Perkins #1946
5. Jonathan McVay #1952
6. Justin Lambert #1918
7. Ryan Poelman #1916
8. Dan Fisher #1910
9. Rodger D Lee #1957
10. Bret Ferrell #1922
11. Cory Sappington #1904
12. Lacrecia Beurrier #1924
13. Jason Murray #1917
14. Ryan J Bergamini #1933
15. Lanse Chournos #1929
By Mike Ingalsbee
Photos by Mike Ingalsbee