From CJ Greaves’ tenth in Pro 4 to Owen VanEperen’s double SxS crowns, the sixth season of Championship Off-Road had plenty of offer in its maiden trip to Glen Helen Raceway.

Holding a 60-point lead over Jimmy Henderson, Greaves just needed to start Saturday’s race to secure his fifth straight Pro 4 title and tenth overall. Still, he’d understandably like to cap off the season with a race win as well.

Henderson, on the other hand, wanted to go out on top even with the championship out of reach. Mickey Thomas hit the holeshot but Henderson passed him shortly before the rhythm section with RJ Anderson and Greaves in tow. Thomas was knocked out by contact with Anderson that shredded his right-rear tire, moving Greaves onto the podium. Anderson’s efforts to get by Henderson failed.

“We knew that we just had to take the green and then we could go race,” started Greaves. “We got through Lap 1 and then kind of hung out in the first half there and settled in. We knew the second half was going to be game on. We ended up getting by Mickey right away, me and RJ reeled in Jimmy and then it was just a game of cat and mouse.

“It’s really hard to pass and we were all trying the top and bottom anywhere. With Jimmy, me and RJ were trying to split and get around him. Ultimately, it put on a killer show for these guys and I’m glad all these fans came out here.”

While not the title, Henderson was still pleased with a seven-victory campaign and sweeping the weekend.

“To finish the season with five out of six wins, that’s a really good run. Seven wins on the year, it’s the most we’ve ever had,” Henderson stated. “Now we need to go back, get the truck right, keep testing, keep practicing, keep training, and let’s get ready to chase a red plate next year.”

Greaves enjoyed a milestone 2025 season. Besides the championships, he also reached 200 career wins at Bark River in August. He’s won Championship Off-Road’s Pro 4 title every year since 2021, and previously also claimed the four-wheel-drive crowns in TORC from 2015 to 2017 and in Lucas Oil Midwest in 2018 and 2019. With additional trophies in TORC Super Buggy (2010 and 2011), Pro 2 (2014–2016), Pro Stock UTV/SxS (2017 TORC, 2019 Lucas Oil Midwest, 2020 and 2023–’24 COR), and Pro Turbo SxS (2020 and 2024), the 30-year-old has 22 in total across his short course career.

Keegan Kincaid entered Saturday with his third Pro 2 title within reach; his 30-point advantage over Ryan Beat meant the latter had to win and earn every bonus point to have a chance. Although Beat started on the pole, Ricky Gutierrez took the holeshot and led at halfway to get the two bonuses. Beat still got a point for sitting second at that point, but that combined with a win wouldn’t have been enough to overtake Kincaid.

To add insult to injury, Bradley Morris quickly went on the offensive as the race resumed to pass Beat for second. A swath of retirements further cushioned Kincaid’s finishing position to where his seventh place was inconsequential. Gutierrez scored the weekend sweep while Morris had a mechanical issue strike on the final lap, promoting Beat back into second for the race and solidifying that same spot in the standings. Ken Roczen’s maiden short course weekend ended with a sixth.

“This is by far the most meaningful trophy that I’ve got,” Kincaid commented. He previously won Pro 2 titles in 2019 and 2021.

“We had to do what we had to do. That was hard-earned racing for me. I wish we could have went and battled with these guys a little bit, but to come home with this championship after the adversity after Bark River, it’s been a long season and my team never gave up on me.”

VanEperen double dipped in 2025 by claiming both Pro side-by-side titles.

He had already clinched the Pro Stock SxS championship after Crandon, so he was in Glen Helen mostly to trophy hunt. VanEperen wrapped it up with a win on Friday and third on Saturday, just missing out on adding a broom as well. He followed David Gay and points runner-up Jeb Bootle’s battle for the win, getting close but ultimately not catching either.

An hour after, he secured the Pro SxS crown as well over Bootle and his father Rodney VanEperen. The younger VanEperen’s race in this class was relatively quiet by comparison, but his eighth coupled with Bootle’s DNF sealed the deal. Greaves tried to hang with Ronnie Anderson for the race win to no avail.

“I remember joking with my buddies in the spring and saying, ‘I’m going to win both these championships this year.’ I guess that joke turned into reality,” VanEperen quipped.

“Ever since I watched my dad win a Pro Turbo championship (in 2021), it’s been a dream of mine to do this. To achieve this at this young of an age and with so much future left is really just a dream come true. My whole team worked their butts off all year long on these cars to get them to the top. My dad finished third in the championship, so you can’t ask for much better. Just a true family and team effort.”

Pro SPEC was a derby between Chris Van Den Elzen and Wyatt Miller all year. Miller held the advantage going into Saturday after winning Race 1, forcing Van Den Elzen to win the second to have a chance at the title. Unfortunately for VDE, he spent most of the first half on Saturday mired back in fourth while Miller played it safe in second.

Van Den Elzen eventually moved up to third after the restart, but his chances were extinguished when he rolled his truck. While he couldn’t get by Nick Visser to win the race, Miller settled for second to secure the title.

“I saw Chris wreck and I was like, ‘Okay, I don’t got to win, [but] I want to win.’ I almost wrecked in the whoops,” Miller remarked. “This is awesome. I was going to try to win and I was like, ‘Okay, I’m not going to win or I might win, but I’m not going to wreck trying.’ I just can’t believe it.”

Chaden Minder iced the Pro Buggy title with a flag-to-flag performance. Behind him, Ezra Ebberts tried to catch up before being spun by Lorenzo Bonacci. Friday winner Dave Mason Jr. followed to finish second.

Conversely, Connor Barry swept the weekend in Pro Lite but couldn’t leapfrog John Holtger for the championship. While his last-lap pass on Joe Maciosek failed, Holtger concluded 2025 with a Race 2 podium in third.

The support races saw the same winners as Friday, though with more participation than the day before.

The Class 1/2-1600 and Class 9 combination race, for example, featured three drivers as Ray Shapiro finished second between the returning Travis Jones and Darren Sefton; Shapiro had “some issues” that kept him from racing Friday. Likewise, 170 and 200 SxS saw a one-car increase to five as Dylan Llamosas was able to show up, having been forced to miss the Friday race due to the chain falling off. Llamosas, who won the Youth 170 class at the Mint 400 in March, was second behind Stetson Wyman.

Cole Whitt’s Class 11 win streak extended to four races and two weekend sweeps after the Crandon World Championship. He started last and gradually weaved past the order before catching leader Ryan Rodriguez and never letting go of the top spot.

Pro race winners

Class	Winner
Pro 4	Jimmy Henderson
Pro 2	Ricky Gutierrez
Pro Lite	Connor Barry
Pro SPEC	Nick Visser
Pro Buggy	Chaden Minder
Pro SxS	Ronnie Anderson
Pro Stock SxS	David Gay

Other

Class	Winner
Class 1/2-1600 / Class 9	Travis Jones
Class 11	Cole Whitt
170 / 200 SxS	Stetson Wyman

Pro champions

Class	Champion
Pro 4	CJ Greaves
Pro 2	Keegan Kincaid
Pro Lite	John Holtger
Pro SPEC	Wyatt Miller
Pro Buggy	Chaden Minder
Pro SxS	Owen VanEperen
Pro Stock SxS	Owen VanEperen

Featured image credit: Johnny Greaves