It’s a bit scary to know that CJ Greaves is barely 30 years old yet already has more wins than anyone else in short course history. 201 of them, to be exact.

Greaves entered the Off-Road Rumble in the UP with 199 career short course victories after his dominance at Dirt City. Competing in Pro 4, Pro SxS, and Pro Stock SxS meant he had six chances to do so, but that also meant his rivals were especially keen on keeping him from hitting that mark.

The opposition did their jobs early on as Greaves went 0-for-3 in the Sunday morning races: Owen VanEperen dominated in Pro Stock SxS, Jeb Bootle held off VanEperen in Pro SxS, and Jimmy Henderson won Pro 4 after Greaves rolled. However, that seemed to make Greaves even hungrier for win #200.

Pro Stock SxS Race 2 was a back and forth between Greaves and VanEperen. Greaves held the lead at the competition caution before pulling away when Collin Truett and Bootle startled battling with VanEperen for second. Truett eventually ran wide and surrendered the spot back to VanEperen, who resumed his pursuit of the leader.

VanEperen eventually reached Greaves’ rear bumper as the final lap began, and got side by side exiting the ensuing hairpin until Greaves cleared him again. An attempted pass on the inside two turns later failed, though VanEperen continued to stay on his back.

“CJ was running a really good pace and I had to do everything I had to do to stick with him,” VanEperen explained. “I felt like we’re a little bit faster, I just couldn’t find a way around him. I was trying everything: insides, outsides, sending jumps further if I could, or anything that I could possibly think of to get around him. Just nothing was working today. He was running amazing lines. Great race, protecting and covering where he knew that I wanted to be. It was a super fun battle with him going back and forth.”

Despite VanEperen’s efforts, Greaves fended him off in the final turn to score the fabled 200th career win. Another victory in Pro 4 later on Sunday bumped his total up to 201.

“I think Nolan (Castellion, Championship Off-Road announcer-slash-historian) and the guys were keeping better track of it than I was. I was just out here kind of doing my job week in and week out and that’s what I plan to continue to do,” Greaves remarked about his milestone.

“It’s pretty awesome to be the first one to do it and still be in the prime of my career. It really just comes down to all my crew, my sponsors that work their butts off and give me a phenomenal vehicle week in and week out. We just continue to grind. I’m happy to be here, happy to be able to add this to the wall and the stats and we’ll keep moving forward.

“We had a crazy Pro Stock race. Owen and I were going at it. I don’t know how you could fit a piece of paper between us a lot of the time.”

After hitting the mark, Greaves still had two more races to focus on. VanEperen got his revenge in Pro SxS by passing him for the lead and going on to win, while Greaves had to retire with a mechanical issue. In Pro 4, Greaves chased down Henderson before the two tangled mid-air with three laps remaining, causing Henderson to bicycle his truck and pull off.

While Greaves suffered damage of his own that made steering much harder, he was far enough from the field to add a 201th win. His father Johnny Greaves, making his return a round earlier than planned after sitting out Dirt City due to injury, finished second.

“I couldn’t believe it. The earlier race, I was really being cautious. I knew I probably shouldn’t risk anything; I might crash or hit a wall or do some of my normal stuff I do, so I sat back and played it,” the older Greaves commented. He finished fifth in Race 1. “Later today, I said, ‘You know what? As long as I can make it through Turn 1 and 2 this time without screwing up, I’m going to see what I got.’

“A couple laps into it, everybody’s getting dicey and my truck felt good and I was hitting some good lines and good drive, so I went for it. I got lucky, a couple guys dropping out, but it’s part of this track. You pressure your vehicles that hard, sometimes they break and sometimes they don’t.”

Greaves had to wait a day before getting a crack at 200 because much of Saturday’s slate was pushed to Sunday by thunderstorms. Most of the Sportsman classes got their Race 1s in before the lightning struck, while those who didn’t will run make-up races at Crandon. Even without rain on Sunday, the weather didn’t fully comply and Pro SPEC ended up racing in the fog.

CJ’s cousin Kyle also got to join the family fun. Now able to focus solely on Pro 2 instead of doing double duty in his uncle’s Pro 4, Kyle topped Race 1 for his first win of the season.

Pro 2 points leader Keegan Kincaid had a massive rollover in Race 1 that totaled his truck, but Bradley Morris offered to let him drive his #24 truck for the second. With the first digit on Morris’ numberplate duct-taped, Kincaid charged from last to fourth.

Even with guys like CJ and VanEperen being the usual victors, Bark River International Raceway saw quite a high concentration of first-time winners for 2025. Besides Kyle Greaves, Madix Bailey won Pro Lite in his first start of the year.

The Sportsman side was rife with new winners too, both for the season and career. On Saturday, Tyler Hoffman and Kody Krantz got the first of their careers in their respective categories, while Caden Wasseberg and Tucker Packenham won in Short Course Kart and 170 SxS for the first time this year. Krantz nearly came close to sweeping Youth SxS but lost to fellow maiden victor Alexander Walraven in a photo finish on Sunday. Jax Romenesko notched his first in Short Course Kart while Liam Nickolaus now has a 170 SxS trophy. 1600 Light Buggy championship leader Greg Stingle’s consistency also paid off as he finally scored a race win on Sunday.

Former Pro SPEC champion Gray Leadbetter finished second in Pro Lite Race 1 for her maiden podium in the category.

Pro

Class	Race 1	Race 2
Pro 4	Jimmy Henderson	CJ Greaves
Pro 2	Kyle Greaves	Ricky Gutierrez
Pro Lite	Madix Bailey	Connor Barry
Pro SPEC	Chris Van Den Elzen	Wyatt Miller
Pro Buggy	Chaden Minder	Jordan Bernloehr
Pro SxS	Jeb Bootle	Owen VanEperen
Pro Stock SxS	Owen VanEperen	CJ Greaves

Sportsman

Class	Saturday	Sunday
Pro Am SxS	No Race	Brayden Kernz
Pro Am Turbo SxS	Ben Heiting	Rory Navin
Super Stock Truck	No Race	Scott Boulanger
Stock Truck	Tyler Hoffman	Dustin Rogaczewski
Sportsman SxS	Code St. Peter	Carson Hill
1600 Single Buggy	No Race	Michael Seefeldt
1600 Light Buggy	Connor Schulz	Greg Stingle
Mod Kart	Wesley Vande Voort	Lincoln Mandsager
Short Course Kart	Caden Wasseberg	Jax Romenesko
Youth SxS	Kody Krantz	Alexander Walraven
570 SxS	No Race	Raymond Deininger
200 SxS	Grayson Forseth	Liam Nickolaus
170 SxS	Tucker Packenham	Grayson Forseth

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