line last in a cloud of dust behind
the full Pro field.
Typical of Laughlin, only a
small portion of the 14-mile loop
is watered, and with speeds
high, maintaining the physical
lead is crucial for success early
on. By the end of lap one, Logan
checked out on the field, leaving
the competition in his dust as he
set a blistering pace in the morn
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ing light to open up a one-minute
advantage
over Megla and
Hunter, following another minute
behind in third.
As the race started and settled
in, the front-runners began catch
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ing lapped riders as early as lap
two, with
dust now becoming a
factor for all teams. Despite this,
Logan continued to set the fast
-
est laps in the first half, leading
by
two minutes over Megla in
second and four minutes ahead
of Hunter in third. At the halfway
point, teams pitted to refuel and
swap riders, but the front-run
-
ners kept their positions in the
order that they would
ultimately
finish on day one. Logan led by
nearly three minutes over the
bike-number-22 team of Megla/
Combs and nearly four minutes
ahead of the bike-N57 team of
Hunter/Hintz. Behind the top-
three Open Pro teams, the 30+
Vet Pro team of Nolan Rudd and
Branden Siebenhaar overcame a
slow start to move up to fourth
overall and first in class by the
day's end. Fifth overall on the
day was young Lites-Expert racer
Caleb Tate, riding a Husqvarna
250F to first overall in the Expert
class and making significant
progress into the Pro class
contenders on his small-bore
machine.
As the flag turned green on
day two, all of the Pro contend
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ers surged to the front right from
the start,
racing through the first
few corners to kick up the first
dust. Just like the day before,
Shane Logan launched off the
line and reached the desert first,
with Hayden Hintz and Matthew
Combs close behind, along with
the rest of the Pro field and
some Expert bikes mixed in.
Logan led the first lap, but
Hintz kept the gap steady, and
over the next two laps, he con
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The Shane Logan and
Jake Hogan team was
second overall but
wrapped up the 2025
Championship.
