Familiarity was the theme of Lucas Oil Off road Racing Series Rounds 7 and 8 at Miller Motorsports Park near Tooele, Utah, where the fans showed their appreciation for off road by packing the grandstands. No one who stood on top of the box hadn't been there already this season and those who had the points lead going in either extended that lead or kept about even. However, that doesn't mean the time between green flag and the podium were any less interesting.

Saturday's races were all about the early lead. In both Pro 2 and Pro Lite, Brian Deegan got the jump in his Rockstar Energy/Makita Fords and led flag to flag. Kyle LeDuc didn't get up front immediately in Pro 4, but he did plant himself right behind Ricky Johnson. When Johnson rolled, LeDuc inherited the lead and began to pull it out on his way to his sixth victory of the season.

Only in Pro Buggy was the battle for victory a race-long affair. While Eric Fitch jumped out to the lead, the dominant factor in 2014, Chad George (LEFT), started ninth. He was fourth by the end of the first lap, but his march to the front was slowed there. First he had to dispatch his cousin Garrett, then Steven Greinke. Fitch was not so easy, and the two touched wheels as George edged by in Turn 5. Along with his momentum, Fitch lost two more spots to fall back to fourth behind George – taking his fourth win of the season in his King Off-Road Racing Shocks/ASL Builders Inc. Funco – Greinke and Dave Mason Jr.

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