POLARIS FACTORY RACING DRIVER BROCK HEGER DOMINATES 2023 BAJA 500, SECURING UTV OPEN CLASS AND UTV OVERALL VICTORIES
MINNEAPOLIS, June 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- This past weekend, the Polaris Factory Racing team took on the 55th running of the SCORE Baja 500, with Brock Heger putting forth a masterful performance behind the wheel of his RZR Pro R Factory, racing unchallenged to secure the UTV Overall and UTV Open Class victories. This marks the team's second consecutive victory over the course of its first two races. Fellow Polaris-supported racers Branden Sims and Kristen Matlock rounded out the podium, finishing second and third in their race-modified RZR Pro R.
- When the race got underway, Cayden MacCachren started fourth, Austin Weiland was fifth and Heger was eighth.
- The three began skillfully navigating their way through the field, quickly moving to the front where a battle ensued with Polaris racer Wayne Matlock.
- "Taking both the overall UTV and class win at the Baja 500 is totally surreal for me," said Heger.
- The Polaris Factory Racing team will be back in action at the Best in the Desert Vegas to Reno on August 16-20, 2023.