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Ross Hoek Motorsports – WSORR BorgWarner Championship Preview
RHM Signs Vandenheuvel and Gaughan to Drive Herculiner PRO-2WD
for Crandon Events!
Holland, MI (August 28, 2007) – The injury sustained at Bark River
II, has put Ross Hoek on the sidelines for the remainder of the 2007
race season. In an effort to keep the Herculiner, Precision Gear,
Toyo Tires Pro-2WD in competition at the BorgWarner Championships,
the premier short course event in the country, RHM has signed
Appleton, Wisconsin native and West Coast competitor, Dan
Vandenheuvel to qualify and drive the #21 on Friday and Saturday.
Then former short course champion and current NASCAR Craftsman Truck
driver, Brendan Gaughan, will get behind the wheel on Sunday, to
compete in Round 11, as well as, the BorgWarner Cup.
“I have surgery scheduled this week, and the doctors want me to take
it easy for a couple of months,” commented Ross Hoek. “It’s
important to our sponsors and the development of our program to make
sure our truck is competing for the win at Crandon. After a few
phone calls, I was able to secure two of the biggest names in our
sport, past and present, with Brendan and Dan. Both drivers have had
success at Crandon, so it will be very interesting to see how the
competition and the fans react to the Herculiner Pro-2, when the
green flag is dropped.”
The Holland, Michigan native has surgery scheduled for Wednesday, to
repair the six broken and dislocated bones, as well as, torn
ligaments in his left foot. The foot injuries were sustained at Bark
River while the Herculiner Pro-2WD flew near the 200 foot mark,
coming off the infamous “Hill”, and landed hard into the concrete
barrier.
The WSORR competition begins Friday afternoon, August 31, as RHM and
the top PRO-2WD and PRO-4x4 drivers in the country, take to Crandon
International Raceway to qualify for Sunday’s BorgWarner World
Championship Cup. Then WSORR Round 10 race action takes place on
Saturday afternoon, with Round 11 on Sunday, several hours before
the BorgWarner Cup event.
About Brendan Gaughan
Brendan Gaughan, the Las Vegas native, hasn’t slowed down since
scoring a win in the very first race that he entered, at the age of
15. Whether going off-road in the desert, or turning left on the
asphalt, Gaughan craves the competition, lives for speed and wants
nothing less than a victory, when he is behind the wheel of a race
vehicle.
At the most recent NASCAR Craftsman Truck event, the O’Reilly 200 in
Bristol, Tennessee, Brendan qualified second and finished the event
in second.
About Dan Vandenheuvel
Dan Vandenheuvel, the Flying Dutchman, is one of only a few racers
in short course off road racing that has been around for 27 years.
From the 30-mile race course in Crandon’s backwoods, to the now
world famous short course track, the Flying Dutchman has won SODA's
Class 13 Championship twice and finished second, three other times.
In 4 of the past 5 years, he has finished in the top four in PRO-2
championship points.
At Crandon’s Brush Run event in June, Dan landed on the podium in
both WSORR points races, and was fourth overall in the Chairman’s
Cup.
Ross Hoek Motorsports thanks its many supporters, including:-
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Herculiner Truck Bed Liners Toyo Tires
Precision Gear
Royal Purple Synthetic Oils Fox Racing Shox
Allied Racing Wheels
Lane Automotive AllStar
Motor State Distributing
ATD transmissions Jeff's Bronco Graveyard
C&R Racing Radiators
K&N Engineering, Inc. Oliver Racing Products
Wilson Manifolds
T&D Machine Products Dart Blocks
ARP
MSD Ignitions JE Pistons
REM chemicals
Racer-X Motorsports Miller Electric welders
G-Force racing gear
Stoner Products Optima Batteries
Finishmaster / PPG
Chicago Pneumatic Tools The Printery
Peterson Fluid Systems
Auto Meter Cimatron CAD/CAM
systems Loctite
Contact Info: Ross Hoek Motorsports – 147 Douglas Ave., Holland, MI
49424 (616)738-0058 /
www.rosshoek.com
-Mike Reusche, - marketing MTG
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