Brock Heger won the UTV Overall and Pro UTV Open class at the 2025 SCORE San Felipe 250, completing the 250-mile race in 4 hours, 37 minutes and 47 seconds. The victory was Heger’s sixth consecutive UTV overall win in six starts and opened the 2025 SCORE World Desert Championship with another major result for Polaris RZR Factory Racing.
Polaris-backed racers swept the first five positions in Pro UTV Open. Branden Sims finished second in a race-modified Polaris RZR Pro R, while RZR Factory Racing driver Max Eddy Jr. completed the class podium in third. Wayne Matlock and Ethan Groom finished fourth and fifth.
2025 SCORE San Felipe 250 Pro UTV Open Results
| Position | Driver | Vehicle |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brock Heger | Polaris RZR Pro R Factory |
| 2 | Branden Sims | Polaris RZR Pro R |
| 3 | Max Eddy Jr. | Polaris RZR Pro R Factory |
| 4 | Wayne Matlock | Polaris RZR Pro R |
| 5 | Ethan Groom | Polaris RZR Pro R Factory |
The strength of the Polaris field extended beyond the top five. RZR Pro R and RZR Pro R Factory race vehicles occupied nine of the first 10 finishing positions in Pro UTV Open.
RZR Factory Racing Charges Through the Field
Starting positions for the 38th San Felipe 250 were determined by a random draw. Heger started third, Justin Morgan ninth, Cayden MacCachren 16th and Eddy 20th.
The Factory Racing entries moved forward quickly. By race mile 35, Morgan led on corrected time, followed by Heger, MacCachren and Eddy. Morgan maintained the corrected-time advantage through approximately race mile 100 as the Polaris drivers negotiated San Felipe’s high-speed washes, rocks and deep whoops.
By mile 140, the contest had developed into a corrected-time battle between Heger and MacCachren. Eddy continued advancing after starting 20th, working through traffic to put himself in podium contention.
Heger held the physical lead by race mile 200, but MacCachren remained 3 minutes and 34 seconds ahead on corrected time. Heger erased that deficit over the final 50 miles and reached the finish with the fastest UTV time of the race.
The San Felipe victory was one chapter in a historic campaign. See the complete 2025 Polaris RZR Factory Racing undefeated season recap for Heger’s results across Dakar, King of the Hammers, the Mint 400 and the SCORE World Desert Championship.
Heger Extends His Winning Streak to Six Races
The San Felipe victory continued an extraordinary run for Heger. His streak included the 2024 SCORE Baja 1000 UTV Overall victory, the 2025 Dakar Rally SSV win with navigator Max Eddy Jr., victories in both King of the Hammers UTV events and an overall win at the 2025 Mint 400.
“It feels incredible to kick off the 2025 SCORE season with an overall win—and to make it six consecutive wins in six starts is pretty surreal,” Heger said. “This San Felipe course was absolutely brutal, and I had my fair share of highs and lows out there. But the Polaris RZR Pro R Factory delivered exactly what I needed, exactly when I needed it.”
Heger’s run was especially significant because it crossed several different forms of off-road competition. Dakar required multiple days of rally-raid racing and navigation, King of the Hammers combined desert terrain with technical rock crawling, and the Mint 400 and San Felipe 250 emphasized sustained speed and durability.
Polaris RZR Pro R Factory Delivers Another Baja Win
The San Felipe result added another victory to the history of Polaris RZR Factory Racing. The modern factory program began at this same race in 2023, when Craig Scanlon and Max Eddy Jr. won Pro UTV Open in the new purpose-built RZR Pro R Factory.
The race vehicle uses the production RZR Pro R as its mechanical foundation but adds a competition chassis, large-capacity fuel system, specialized cooling, race electronics and safety equipment. Several important production components remain in the race machine, including the 2.0-liter ProStar Fury engine architecture, lower front control arms, wheel hubs, steering rack, rear axles and CVT components.
Our detailed RZR Pro R versus RZR Pro R Factory comparison explains which components are shared and where Polaris modified the platform for professional desert racing. Polaris also made the RZR Pro R Factory available as a turnkey race UTV for qualified private teams.
Polaris Sweeps the Pro UTV Open Top Five
Although Heger earned the headline result, the depth of the Polaris finish may have been equally important. Sims placed a race-modified production-based RZR Pro R between the two Factory Racing entries, while Matlock and Groom completed an all-Polaris top five.
With nine RZRs among the first 10 Pro UTV Open finishers, the results demonstrated that the platform’s performance was not limited to a single driver or factory-prepared vehicle. Both factory and supported teams were able to run near the front on one of the SCORE series’ roughest courses.
The San Felipe win also gave Heger the first starting position for the next SCORE round. He carried that advantage into the 2025 SCORE Baja 500, where Polaris swept the UTV Overall podium and Heger extended his winning streak to seven consecutive races.
Final Takeaway
Brock Heger’s 2025 SCORE San Felipe 250 victory was more than another class win. He recorded the fastest UTV time, extended his remarkable winning streak to six races and led a Polaris sweep of the top five Pro UTV Open positions.
The result also established the direction of the 2025 SCORE season. Heger and RZR Factory Racing left San Felipe as the combination to beat—and they reinforced that position two months later with a historic podium sweep at the Baja 500.
