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Race Recap From CORR Pomona II - Rounds 5 & 6 June 7-8, 2008 |
SATURDAY RACE RECAP--CHAMPIONSHIP OFF ROAD RACING ROUND 5 at THE
FAIRPLEX IN POMONA
Newport Beach, CA (June 7, 2008)-- Round five of the Championship Off
Road Racing season brought some of the best racing yet as the series'
top drivers battled for every position on the track. On a day that had
hotly contested races in both the Pro 2 and Pro 4 classes, the Pro 4
Jason Baldwin Memorial Cup Pro 4 race saw a continuation of the
rivalry between existing champion Carl Renezeder and Monster Energy
Drink/Forest County Potawatomi star Johnny Greaves. In Pro 2, Makita/Rockstar
Energy Drink driver Todd LeDuc turned back challenges from class
leader Rockstar Energy Drink/Menzies Motorsports's #21 Rob MacCachren
and Red Bull/Bosch Power Tools's Ricky Johnson to take his first win
of the season. While the V8 trucks saw lots of big crashes and
exciting lead changes, Traxxas/ Potawatomi Pro Lite pilot Jeff Kincaid
took a 15 second lead going into the mandatory caution flag that was
reduced to just three seconds as he and second place finisher Marty
Hart separated themselves from the field.
In Pro 4, Josh Baldwin, on the pole in his Bully Dog/Toyo Tires Ford
held the early lead and was joined coming out of turn 3 with the
Makita/Rockstar Ford of Kyle LeDuc and the Fabtech Toyota of Rick
Huseman. LeDuc and the Amsoil/Kumho Tire/Sycuan Pro 4 of Scott Douglas
battled for the first half of the race allowing Pro 4 Champion Carl
Renezeder to sneak in and take the lead. Renezeder took the low lines
in the turns as LeDuc continued trying to make the pass. In lap 14,
Douglas, LeDuc and Greaves brought on the heat gaining on Renezeder.
Lap 17 saw Greaves and LeDuc squeeze out Douglas coming out of turn 5.
Then Greaves fought his way past Renezeder. In the final turn with
Greaves and Renezeder banging door-to-door, Greaves spun allowing
Renezeder to make the pass and take the checkered flag. Douglas and
LeDuc rounded out the podium with Greaves finishing fourth.
In the Pro 2 race Todd LeDuc, in his Makita/Rockstar Energy Drink Ford
held off challenges from the Red Bull Bosch Power Tools truck of Ricky
Johnson and the Rockstar Energy Drink/Menzies Motorsports truck of
class leader Rob MacCachren. Lap 14 was the most exciting, as LeDuc,
MacCachren and Johnson came out of turn 4 three wide. In turn 5,
Johnson made contact with MacCachren leaving LeDuc in first and
reigning Pro 2 Champion Jerry Whelchel of Chet Huffman Motorsports in
second. On the white flag lap, Whelchel made contact with the wall on
turn 2 and allowed Johnson to take second behind winner LeDuc.
Seven-time Supercross Champion Jeremy McGrath recovered from a
disappointing qualifying position to take third in his Monster
Energy/Bully Dog Ford.
The Pro Lite race gave the Traxxas/Forest County Potawatomi Toyota of
Jeff Kinkaid victory over the #15 Ford of Marty Hart and the #2 Bully
Dog/Speed Technologies Pro Lite of Casey Currie. Kincaid ran away with
the victory as the race for second heated up between Bryce Menzies in
his Menzies Motorsports Ford and the Ready Lift Racing Ford of the
defending Pro Lite Champion Robert Naughton. In lap 10, Menzies spun
out in turn 5 by Naughton, causing Menzies to go to the back of the
pack. In lap 12, Naughton, who was running third, was forced to the
hot pits under a black flag, causing Naughton to return to the race at
the rear of the field. Kincaid finished first, followed by Hart and
Currie.
In rounding out the day's action Rob MacCachren pulled off his 67th
career CORR win in his BFG Tires Alumi-Craft Honda after a hard fought
race against Larry Foddrill. Completing the Menzies sweep of the buggy
classes, rookie Bryan Freeman took his fifth consecutive win in Single
Buggy.
Championship Off Road Racing™ brings high action, four-wheel
motorsports including two-wheel drive and four-wheel drive trucks to
the closed course off road arena. The 2008 Championship Off Road
Racing race season includes eight events at tracks located in Los
Angeles, CA, San Diego, CA and Las Vegas, NV.
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SUNDAY
RACE RECAP--CHAMPIONSHIP OFF ROAD RACING ROUND 6 at THE FAIRPLEX IN
POMONA
Pomona, CA (June 8, 2008)--In an eventful weekend complete with heated
battles and fights to the finish, Todd LeDuc came out the big winner
at the Fairplex in Pomona in Championship Off Road Racing.
Todd LeDuc in his Makita/Rockstar #3 dominated the Pro 2 class holding
onto the lead throughout the race. Behind LeDuc, two neck and neck
battles broke out; one between Carl Renezeder and the #8 Skyjacker
Ford of Scott Taylor for second, and another between Pro 2 Champion
Jerry Whelchel and Rob MacCachren in his Menzies Motorsports #21 for
fourth. After the competition yellow, Renezeder in the Lucas
Oil/Skyjacker #17 truck worked his way up the line to second getting
past Whelchel and Taylor, but a flat tire dropped him back. Now
running in second, Whelchel got a flat tire in the last lap opening
the window for Ricky Johnson in his Red Bull/Bosch Power Tools #9
truck to take the position. Whelchel held onto third to round out the
podium.
At the completion of lap one the #4 Monster Energy Drink/Forest County
Potawatomi Toyota of Johnny Greaves led the Pro 4 race with Rick
Huseman in his Fabtech Toyota close behind, followed by Bully Dog/Toyo
Tire's #86 of Josh Baldwin and #19 Troy Herbst. After the mandatory
yellow, Greaves slowed allowing Huseman to run away with the lead and
Baldwin to move into third. In lap 12, Baldwin went wide into the wall
out of turn one taking him out of the race. Carl Renezeder in his
Lucas Oil Pro 4 truck worked his way up the line into second to battle
it out with Huseman while Curt LeDuc in his Makita/Rockstar truck and
the Amsoil/Kumho Tire/Sycuan Ford of Scott Douglas fought for third.
In a thrilling, side-by-side battle, Renezeder and Huseman made
contact. Renezeder spun out in turn one and got a flat tire ending his
race. Huseman took off with the lead to the checkered flag. Fighting
for second LeDuc, Douglas and Steve Barlow's Red Bull/Bosch Power
Tools truck battled it out. The last turn of the final lap had the
crowd on their feet as Barlow got past Douglas then made contact with
LeDuc who was running in second. LeDuc spun sideways and fell back two
positions to fourth. Huseman took first, Barlow took second and
Douglas took third.
Chad Hord's #9 BOSS Snowplow/Kumho Tires/Amsoil truck led the first
eight laps of the Pro Lite race while the #4 Traxxas Toyota of Jeff
Kincaid worked his way up the line, quickly knocking off positions. A
right rear flat took away all chances of a win for Hord, when he was
forced into the hot pits. Kincaid moved into first and quickly drove
away with the win. Robert Naughton's #54 Ready Lift Suspension truck
followed behind in second and the #15 Kolpin truck of Marty Hart
crossed the finish line in third.
In a change of pace, #377 Rino Navara ended #307 Bryan Freeman's
five-race winning streak in the Single Buggy class. In the Pro Buggy
race, #941 Jerry Whelchel led the first half of the race but couldn't
hold on. Rob MacCachren in his #921 buggy stared in 24th position and
moved into second while #933 Greg George took the win.
Championship Off Road Racing™ brings high action, four-wheel
motorsports including two-wheel drive and four-wheel drive trucks to
the closed course off road arena. The 2008 Championship Off Road
Racing race season includes eight events at tracks located in Los
Angeles, CA, San Diego, CA and Las Vegas, NV.
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