Pro Stock SXS
Saturday: CJ started in the middle of the front row of the 16 car field. Following the rush to turn one, CJ landed in 3rd but a right front flat sent him to the hot pits before the competition caution. In the second half of the race he continued to fight back. He made his way up into the top 5 by the end of the race.
Pro SXS
Saturday: A20 car field lined up for the landrush start with CJ 4th on the line. CJ got the holeshot but went a little wide in the gravel pit turn handing the lead to Carlson. CJ settled back in to the 3rd position with fellow Polaris RZR racer, Bootle in 2nd. The top 3 were nose to tail throughout the first half of the race.
CJ was in 2nd following the restart. Carlson developed a mechanical problem allowing CJ to take the lead. CJ. stretched his lead with every lap and went on to take the win.
Sunday: CJ landed in 2nd after the holeshot in Sunday’s Pro SXS action. He was clearly the fastest car on the track and charged ahead to challenge the front runner Jeb Bootle. But Bootle made an aggressive block which pushed CJ’s machine off the side of the Polaris Jump. CJ recovered and continued his pursuit. He made another attempt to pass Bootle in Calamity Corner and once again Bootle pushed CJ into the wall, breaking the front end on CJ’s Polaris, ending his race.
Pro 4
Saturday: CJ was on the pole for the 10 truck field of 4-wheel drive trucks. Johnny was in 6th. Jimmy Henderson got the holeshot followed by Mickey Thomas, CJ, and Johnny Greaves, which remained the same up to the competition caution. Someone got into Johnny causing him to spinout in Calamity Corner. Meanwhile, Thomas made a mistake allowing CJ to move into 2nd. With less than 2 minutes to go, Johnny was in 7th. Thomas lost control again and collected Johnny in Cowboy Corner. Cj was able to hold on to 2nd to take the runner-up spot on the podium. Johnny recovered and made it up to 4th before the end of the race.
Sunday: CJ won in the morning race and Johnny came in third in the Pro4 Race on Sunday morning for the World Championship. CJ got the holeshot and led from green flag to checkered, pulling away from the field with every lap. Jimmy Henderson was running second and Johnny in third. Jimmy ended up breaking putting John in 2nd with RJ Anderson in 3rd. RJ eventually got around Johnny, but in the next lap, RJ broke collecting Johnny in the process. Carlson passed them both, Johnny continued the race ending up third on the podium.
Red Bull Cup Race
15 pro2 and 10 pro4’s lined up for the final cup race. The Pro 2’s jumped out to a 45 second head start.
CJ got the holeshot out of the Pro4’s but on lap two, pushing hard, he slid wide in the finish line corner and Jimmy was able to capitalize on it.
They both fought through the field but CJ was never able to catch Jimmy through the traffic. Jimmy won and CJ second. John also in the race was making his way through the traffic of Pro2’s but didn’t have enough time to catch the leaders, he ended 3rd out of the Pro4s and 5th overall.
Both Johnny and CJ were running strong! CJ battled his way to a 2nd place finish! John finished 4th behind first pro2.