Kyle LeDuc, a second-generation off-road racer who carved his own considerable niche in the sport, has passed away from cancer at the age of 42. LeDuc was Pro4 Off-Road champion seven times and ProLite champ once, with 95 wins in Pro4 and 17 in Pro-Lite. He had a total of 112 lifetime wins in short-course off-road racing and even garnered one win in the all-electric Extreme E series driving for Chip Ganassi Racing.
LeDuc was the son of desert racing great Curt LeDuc, who himself had a 30-year career as an off-roader, including the Dakar Rally, King of the Hammers, Short Course, Best in the Desert and SCORE. So it was only natural that his son Kyle should carry the family name into his own generation of racing in the dirt.In a Father’s Day note to his dad this year, Kyle said, “Happy Father’s Day to the dad that made all of this possible and introduced us to life with a helmet on! Working hard and playing hard can and will pay the bills and I thank him for the great days and even the horrible days in our 41-year relationship, hah