For the first time in four years, Kyle Jergensen is an overall champion of the BFGoodrich Tires Mint 400, completing four laps of this year’s grueling course in a rapid 6h47m23.597s.

Considering his blue-chip racing pedigree, the fact that Ryan Arciero made the most poignant observation of all at the recently concluded NORRA Mexican 1000 rally wasn’t surprising.Dressed in black Nomex with helmet at the ready, he stood in remote oasis of San Ignacio next to Baja’s trans-peninsula highway. Scanning the...