Ethan Groom Wins Jamar Performance Youth 1000 Race at 2021 UTV World Championship

Chase Mankin scores pair of victories in 250 and 570 classes; Desert Rally race live now

Add Ethan Groom to the list of repeat UTV World Champions in the 2021 edition of the event, as he took the checkered flag in Friday’s Youth 1000 event, the last of five Jamar Performance Youth Races in this year’s UTV World Championship presented by Polaris. Groom’s winning time of 38:50.210 beat Travis Sallee by 21.566 seconds in the largest of the events featuring the future stars of the sport.

Chase Mankin was the lone dual Youth winner of the day, taking victories in the Youth 570 and 250 divisions in back-to-back races. At nearly seven minutes, Mankin’s 570 class win over Vincent Riccitelli proved to be the largest margin of victory of the Youth events. Mason Cotter and Jaxon Leaming took the top spots in the Youth 170 Open and Production races, respectively. Full unofficial results from the races can be found at utvworldchampionship.com/live.

Unofficial top finishers from each class were as follows:

• Youth 1000: Ethan Groom, 38:50.210 (4 laps)
• Youth 570: Chase Mankin, 44:55.186 (4 laps)
• Youth 250: Chase Mankin, 25:17.475 (14 laps)
• Youth 170 Open: Mason Cotter, 25:39.885 (13 laps)
• Youth 170 Production: Jaxon Leaming, 25:23.469 (12 laps)

UTV World Championship race action continues with the currently-running Desert Rally, Sportsman, and RS1 race, which began at 2PM and will close out the day’s festivities. Tomorrow morning, the focus turns to the Desert Pro NA and Unlimited divisions at 7:30AM, while the Desert Pro Turbo class will serve as the grand finale with a green flag time of 2PM. Saturday’s action will add live streaming to the current live timing and tracking available at utvworldchampionship.com/live, with tomorrow’s video coverage kicking off at 10AM.

The UTV World Championship presented by Polaris takes place on October 13-17 in Lake Havasu City, AZ. Live coverage of the event continues all weekend at utvworldchampionship.com/live. For up-to-date information on the event, visit utvworldchampionship.com and follow us on Facebook and Instagram @utvworldchampionship.