He dominated the entire season
Wells, the Overall Champion of the 2025 SCORE World Desert Championship
Kaden Wells is the monarch of the Pro UTV FI class, and he will receive his trophies at the 2025 SCORE Awards Gala on Saturday, January 17, 2026, at the historic San Diego Air & Space Museum, located in the iconic Balboa Park

ENSENADA, Baja California, Mexico— Kaden Wells regained SCORE International’s overall UTV championship—something that hadn’t happened since 2021—powered by his perfect season in the 2025 SCORE World Desert Championship, winning all four rounds in the Pro UTV FI class to amass a total of 530 points.
“Celebrating 52 years of SCORE desert racing,” Wells, 27, Hurricane, Utah, dominated 2025 aboard his No. 2935 Can-Am Maverick R, sweeping every event: the King Shocks 38th SCORE San Felipe 250 in April, the BFGoodrich Tires 57th SCORE Baja 500 in June, the 6th SCORE Baja 400 in September, and the BFGoodrich Tires 58th SCORE Baja 1000 in November. All four races were held for the tenth consecutive year across the magical, colorful Baja California peninsula.
Wells will receive his championship trophies at the 2025 SCORE Awards Gala, alongside his Baja 1000 second driver, Nathan Ellis, 53, Barstow, Calif., as well as his navigator, Emma Cornwell, 29, San Diego, Calif. The ceremony will take place on Saturday, January 17, 2026, at the historic San Diego Air & Space Museum, located in the iconic Balboa Park.
The colorful event will be honoring not only the 2025 SCORE World Desert Championship but also the first 52 years of the World’s Foremost Desert Racing Organization.
The 2025 season opener was the King Shocks 38th SCORE San Felipe 250, on April 2-6 in San Felipe, Baja California, Round 2 was the BFGoodrich Tires 57th SCORE Baja 500, on June 4-8 in Ensenada, Baja California, Round 3 Sept. 10-14 in Ensenada was the 6th SCORE Baja 400, and Round 4 was Nov. 10-16 in Ensenada, was the BFGoodrich Tires 58th SCORE Baja 1000.
As a notable fact, four of the top five drivers in the SCORE Overall Championship competed in a UTV, including Kaden Wells, who in 2024 won the overall UTV championship in the Pro UTV Stock class. In 2025, he claimed his first overall SCORE title alongside his team on Mexican soil.

BELTRAN, THE GREAT CHAMPION OF BAJA SUR

Francisco Beltran, 54, La Paz, Mexico, is the new monarch of the Pro UTV Stock class, scoring 511 points and finishing second overall in the 2025 SCORE World Desert Championship behind the wheel of his No. 3921 Can-Am Maverick R Beltran Racing, making him the highest-ranked Mexican in the SCORE Overall Car/Truck/UTV Point Leaders.
Beltran won three of the four SCORE races in 2025—the SCORE San Felipe 250, the SCORE Baja 400, and the SCORE Baja 1000—and also claimed a second-place finish at the SCORE Baja 500. He is only the third Mexican driver to win the Pro UTV Stock title, following the late Anibal Lopez, Mexicali, Mexico (2022) and Jorge Cano, Culiacan, Mexico (2023).

HEGER, THE THREE-TIME POLARIS CHAMPION

Brock Heger, 25, El Centro, Calif., captured his third SCORE championship in the Pro UTV Open class as part of the official Polaris RZR team, winning three of the four races in the year aboard the No. 1896 Polaris RZR Pro R Factory, finishing the season with 506 points.
Heger triumphed in the SCORE San Felipe 250, the SCORE Baja 500, and the SCORE Baja 400, and placed fifth in the SCORE Baja 1000. He is currently preparing to compete in the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia this coming January.
Polaris is the official UTV of SCORE International, fielding four UTVs with a strong roster of drivers. In addition to Heger, Cayden MacCachren, 23, Las Vegas, Max Eddy Jr., 42, Barstow, Calif., and Justin Morgan, 35, El Cajon, Calif., participated in all rounds of the 2025 SCORE World Desert Championship.

THE CHAMPIONSHIP DREAM REALIZED BY DAVIS

The wait is over for Justin Davis, 32, Chino Hills, Calif., the new SCORE Trophy Truck Spec champion. He scored 502 points, outperforming 44 competitors throughout the season, and achieved three podium finishes aboard his No. 285 TSCO-Chevy Green Army Motorsports.
Davis, who has previously claimed titles in the SCORE Lites and Class 1 divisions, kicked off the season with a second-place finish at the SCORE San Felipe 250 in San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico. He then won the SCORE Baja 500 in Ensenada, Baja California, was second at the SCORE Baja 400, also held in “The Cinderella of the Pacific,” and closed the season with an 11th-place finish at the iconic SCORE Baja 1000, known as “The Off-Road Capital of the World.”

SPEC CLASS DOMINANCE

In the Top 22 of the SCORE Overall Championship, the class with the most drivers was Trophy Truck Spec with six, followed by the Pro UTV FI class with four. In third place were the SCORE Trophy Truck with three drivers, while the Pro UTV Stock and Pro UTV Open classes tied for fourth with two drivers each.
Represented by one driver each in the Top 22 SCORE Overall in 2025 were Class 5, Class 7, Pro UTV NA, SCORE Trophy Truck 2WD, and SCORE Trophy Truck Legend.

AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL LEADS THE WAY

Among the Top 22 overall in the 2025 SCORE World Desert Championship, twelve drivers from the United States highlight the country at the top of this statistic, followed by nine athletes from Mexico, and one from Australia, within the world’s premier off-road racing organization.

Source: Score International
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