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In the Lites division, Mitchell Dejong (Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta) won the Vegas race as well as the championship with a comfortable lead of 489 points, 158 points over Kevin Ericsson. Dejong isn't even old enough to vote (17) but stood just 15 points shy of a perfect season going into the Vegas race and he certainly dominated in this one following in the footsteps of Joni Wiman with 7 wins in one Lites season. He also has two X games medals. Definitely look for more from this kid (seriously, 17!).
Ken Block needed to finish Vegas about 2-3 positions in front of Wiman to take the championship.These were the current standings coming into Vegas:
Joni Wiman, 332
Ken Block, 320
Nelson Piquet Jr., 304
Scott Speed, 303
Sverre Isachsen, 247
Patrik Sandell, 239
Steve Arpin, 208
Rhys Millen, 196
Tanner Foust, 178
Bucky Lasek, 173
Austin Dyne, 147
Brian Deegan, 127
Emma Gilmour, 40
Pat Moro, 5
MANUFACTURER POINTS:
Ford, 841
Volkswagen, 481
Subaru, 420
Hyundai, 236
Chevrolet, 5
Scott Speed and Tanner Foust both won the first two heats in their VW Andretti Rallycross Beetles.
Ken Block also won both of his heats getting some of the best air off the jump.
Scott Speed became the only driver of the 2014 season to compete in every main event even though he's advanced based on his finish in the LCQ round most of those times. Speed has actually raced every race since last August at X Games Los Angeles.
Brian Deegan finished second in the 2012 season garnering five podiums. He was fourth in 2013. He advanced to the final where he only finished 8 of 10 laps, finishing 9th in Vegas and 12th overall.
