Tyler Speer of Woodstock, Ga., captured the Lucas Oil Drag Boat Racing Series Pro Outlaw World Championship and was a close second in Top Fuel Hydro.
The final season of the Lucas Oil Drag Boat Racing Series produced some of the closest points battles in series history. One of the pro divisions even finished in a deadlock with a tie-breaking procedure needed to determine the champ.
Tyler Speer and Jim Richards both wound up with 1,896 points in Pro Outlaw following the General Tire World Finals earlier this month at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park in Chandler, Arizona. Speer, of Woodstock, Georgia, and his Georgia Outlaw wound up taking the championship by virtue of one event win and one second-place finish during the season.
Speer, who narrowly missed an unprecedented double championship after also contending for a Top Fuel Hydro title, lost in the opening round of eliminations in Pro Outlaw. Richards, in Alka-Hauler, made it to the semifinal round.
Richards had one event victory in 2018 but no second-place finishes and that gave the championship to Speer. Finishing just six points behind the pair was Shannon Beal in Split Decision 2.