The Earnhardt blood runs strong regardless of discipline or terrain. Wyatt Miller, grandson of the great Dale Earnhardt and nephew of Dale Jr., has already won in dirt track racing and pavement late models but can now also add short course to his growing trophy case.

After coming close so many times during his first season in short course last year, Miller kicked off the 2025 Championship Off-Road season by winning both Pro SPEC races at the Show-Me Off-Road Shootout. Miller, who noted he “knew we had a fast truck”, survived Race 1 the day before then capped off the weekend sweep on Sunday.

The waning moments of Saturday’s Pro SPEC event was chaotic as Avery Hemmer flipped while Nick Visser and leader Chis Van Den Elzen got together. Miller slipped by the latter incident before the race was halted to remove Hemmer’s truck, setting up a one-lap run to the finish. Despite Van Den Elzen’s efforts, he could not catch Miller whose strategy was to “just hold my line and don’t do anything stupid.” Ron Kosciesza, who got spun off course early in the race, rebounded to join them on the podium.

Hemmer, the Mod Kart champion who’s now running full-time in Pro SPEC after acquiring 2023 class winner Chad Rayford’s truck, was a girl on a mission in Sunday’s race. However, Miller kept pace before passing her in the second half.

“I didn’t expect to win,” Miller quipped after the Race 1 triumph. “We started sixth and it was hard to come from sixth to first, but we had a great car—or truck, I guess. It was fun.”

The Show-Me Off-Road Shootout was the first time Champ raced at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland. Away from its usual confines in Wisconsin and Minnesota, Miller’s sweep wasn’t the only break from the usual trends.

The legendary CJ Greaves was a nonfactor in Pro 4’s Race 1, which instead became a duel between Cole Mamer and RJ Anderson. Mamer ultimately scored the win ahead of Anderson, while Greaves quietly finished third. Both drivers would be knocked out of contention in Race 2 by a spin (Mamer) and flat (Anderson), leaving Greaves to battle with Paul Wolff to the final lap.

Besides Pro 4’s Race 2, Greaves also swept in Pro SxS and won Sunday in Pro Stock SxS.

Reigning Pro SPEC champion Dylan Parsons returned to buggy racing in 1600 Single Buggy, winning on Sunday with Tyler Wians’ #399 numberplate. He followed it up with a fourth in Pro SPEC’s Race 2 later in the day.

Wheatland saw the debut of the Pro Am Turbo SxS class, a production class designed to be an “intermediate step” between Pro Am SxS and Pro SxS. Rick Schroeder and Blake Enloe were its inaugural victors, the latter leading every lap on Sunday.

Pro Stock SxS driver Jesse Greaves suffered a massive rollover in qualifying that broke his arm, bruised both of his ribs, and caused a concussion.

Winners

Pro

Class	Saturday	Sunday
Pro 2	Ryan Beat	Keegan Kincaid
Pro 4	Cole Mamer	CJ Greaves
Pro Buggy	Chaden Minder	Michael Meister
Pro Lite	John Holtger	John Holtger
Pro SPEC	Wyatt Miller	Wyatt Miller
Pro Stock SxS	Owen VanEperen	CJ Greaves
Pro SxS	CJ Greaves	CJ Greaves

Sportsman

Class	Saturday	Sunday
170 SxS*	Drew Gerber	Mikes Pakenham
200 SxS*	Grayson Forseth	Axel Dreher
570 SxS	Peyton Weisbrod	Kody Krantz
1600 Light Buggy	Connor Schulz	Connor Schulz
1600 Single Buggy	Michael Seefeldt	Dylan Parsons #
Mod Kart	Dakota Akins	Wesley Vande Voort
Pro Am SxS	Jared Jadin	Lucas Houle
Pro Am Turbo SxS	Rick Schroeder	Blake Enloe
Short Course Kart	Gabe Holtger	Rylee Zahara
Sportsman SxS	Code St. Peter	Ben Berger
Stock Truck	Brian Peot	Dustin Rogaczewski
Super Stock Truck	Scott Boulanger	Nick Byng
Youth SxS	Bryce Powes	Logan Fritzinger

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