Johnny Greaves Inks New Monster Energy Contract to Compete
for CORR Pro-2 and Pro-4 Titles in 2008
Abrams, WI (April 24, 2008) – Six time Champion and off-road
driver Johnny Greaves confirmed today through his agent, Mitch
Covington of The Covington Agency, that Johnny Greaves will
indeed compete in the Pro-2 Class in 2008 and 2009 in addition
to the Pro-4 Class in Championship Off Road Racing (CORR). The
new team will be an extension of the current team “Monster
Energy Potawatomi Toyota Off Road Race Team”. The team will be
ready for the first race of the CORR season in April at
Pomona. Like his Pro-4 team, the Pro-2 will also be a Toyota
Tundra and powered by a TRD built powerplant. Forest County
Potawatomi, BF Goodrich, KMC Wheels, Kal-Guard, will fall in
line as on the existing team and support the veteran driver as
he seeks to win a double class championship in 2008.
According to Covington, “this has been in the making for quite
some time but the deal was complicated along the way, with the
details of putting a “top level” program out there this soon.
Monster Energy, Toyota and the rest of the parties are really
happy to get Greaves in the popular Pro-2 class. Johnny is a
proven and seasoned professional when it comes to putting a
team like this together so it should come as no surprise they
looked to the Johnny G team."
Joe Parsons, Senior Motorsports Marketing Manager for Monster
Energy said of the deal, “Johnny Greaves knows how to build
championship teams and win titles so Monster Energy is very
proud to continue our relationship with Johnny on this
project. Greaves does a great job representing the brand and
continuing our program of working with championship
professional athletes. Johnny’s professional style is what we
were looking for to promote our brand in a positive manner.”
“Monster Energy was looking to put a Pro-2 Team out there that
had a chance to win and I volunteered for the job,” stated a
happy Johnny Greaves from his shop in Wisconsin. “Monster
Energy has been great to work with and I see this as a chance
to cement our relationship further,” continued Greaves. “It’s
going to cut into my motocross time, but I am really looking
forward to this season.”
It has been all work and no play for the Greaves organization
since this program developed. After testing in California,
Greaves assembled his team of Curt, Brad and Kelly and on
Easter Sunday made the decision to start from scratch on a
brand new Pro-2.
“We knew that we were going to be running a Toyota power
plant, so we needed to develop a chassis that would
accommodate the motor and tranny combination and come in at
the minimum weight,” stated Greaves. “It took us twenty-five
days from starting from scratch till testing in El Cajon on
April 20th.”
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