Darren “HotSauce” Hardesty Jr. took his second straight Pro Buggy championship in the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series. His flag to flag win in the final round of racing at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park in Chandler, AZ put an exclamation point on the battle for the championship. Eliott Watson finished second, and Sterling Cling was third. The points championship podium was an all Alumi Craft affair. In fact, Alumi Craft racers took an amazing 31 out of 39 possible podium positions this season. Seven times Alumi Craft racers swept the podium; racing on a diverse assortment of tracks. Alumi Craft racers achieved incredible speed and consistency all year.
Hardesty was able to eke out a slight cushion going into the final race. His margin of victory over Watson was 32 points. The battle between Watson and Cling was much tighter. Watson got the edge on Cling by a single point.
After a few rounds of racing, it became clear that one of the Alumi Craft racers would probably take the championship. The rivalry that developed between Hardesty and Watson was especially fun to watch. Hardesty’s nickname is HotSauce, and after winning the first two rounds, Watson said Hardesty should change it to “Ketchup”.
The entire time Cling was lurking in the shadows and put together his own back-to-back winning streak in rounds 9 and 10. Cling also achieved a milestone in his career when he went to “The Big House” in Crandon Wisconsin and earned a World Championship title.
Crandon is the birthplace of short course racing and a World Championship title comes with incredible prestige. Ironically, Cling battled with fellow Alumi Craft racer Michael Meister during the World Championship race.
Meister finished second that day, but went on the take the points championship in the TORC series a couple weeks later. Congratulations to all the Alumi Craft Pro Buggy racers who have won Championships, and World Titles this season.
Alumi Craft racers hold championships in the most challenging and competitive racing series’ in the world. Alumi Craft gives their racers the confidence they need to keep pushing when the going gets tough. The superior performance provided by Alumi Craft is on tap whenever they line up to race. Whether you are racing in the desert, prerunning, having fun in the dunes, or competing on the track, Alumi Craft is committed to providing you with a competitive, safe and reliable vehicle that exceeds your expectations. If you demand the best, give Alumi Craft a call at 619-596-9841 or go to: http://alumicraft.info/ to find out more about our race products and extensive services.
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Alumi Craft is the premier race car chassis manufacturer in the off road industry. Crafting cars from lengths of 4130 Chromoly tubing is our specialty. We offer a variety of vehicles to accommodate the professional off road racer to the recreational driver. Since 2004, Alumi Craft racers have earned countless wins, six prestigious Lucas Oil Challenge Cup champions and forty-two points championships; sixteen short course and twenty-six in the desert. Darryl Smith 4X, Gabriel Torres 3X, Darren Hardesty Jr. 3X, CJ Greaves 2X, Rob MacCachren 2X, Luke McMillin 2X, CJ Greaves 2X, Gunnar Peterson 2X, Matthew Owen 2X, Michael Meister, Chris Browning, Rafael Navarro IV, John Fitzgerald, Adam Ollerton, Aaron Ampudia, Roger Starkey Jr., Nathan Martino, Geoffrey Cooley, Mike Valentine, Andrew McClelland, Luke Johnson, Andrew Myers, Roger Starkey, Mitchell DeJong, Mike Porter, Randy Minnier, Cameron Steele, Matt Cullen, Chuck Cheek, Darren Hardesty, and owner John Cooley have all won championships behind the wheel of an Alumi Craft race car.
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