Pro Lite Champions Chad Hord and Robert Naughton Battle It Out On The Final Lap of Today’s Pro Lite Race

Fairplex in Pomona, CA (April 27, 2008) — Today was an eventful day of action packed racing. MacCachren swept the weekend in both Pro 2 and Pro Buggy and Renezeder won again in Pro 4. 2006 Pro Lite Champion Chad Hord and current Champion Robert Naughton battled it out in the Pro Lite race for the win. Hord prevailed passing Naughton on the final lap.

Carl Renezeder in his Lucas Oil sponsored Pro 2 started on the poll today in the Pro 4 race. Rob MacCachren shot to the front at the start with Todd LeDuc in his Rockstar Energy Drink/Makita sponsored # 3 close behind in second. Ricky Johnson in his Red Bull # 9 quickly caught up to the back bumper of LeDuc. Rodrigo Ampudia brought the caution out on lap 7 of 21 when he crashed down in turn 4. When the race got going there was a three way battle for the second position between Johnson, LeDuc and Renezeder. Renezeder went to the inside of turn three to pass Johnson for the third position. In the end it was MacCachren with the win, Renezeder in second and defending Pro 2 Champion Jerry Whelchel finishing third.

Scott Douglas in his Amsoil # 7 started on the poll today in the Pro 4 race. Rick Huseman in his Fabtech # 3 took the lead on the first lap. Johnny Greaves in his Monster Energy Drink/Potowatomi # 4 was in the third position. Defending Pro 4 Champion Carl Renezeder sat in second. Huseman held onto to the lead all race until the final lap. Renezeder who worked his way through the pack to fourth passed Huseman with one lap to go to capture the checkered flag. This was Renezeder's 61st CORR win and his second win of the weekend. Huseman finished second and Douglas placed third.

Defending Pro Lite Champion Robert Naughton in his Ready Lift # 54 started on the poll today in the Pro Lite race. Yesterday’s winner Mary Hart in his #15 Maxxis tires truck passed Naughton on lap 1. 2006 Pro Lite Champion Chad Hord started in fourth and worked his way to the second position on lap 2. Hord passed Hart for the lead on lap 6. Naughton regained the lead on lap 12. The battle between the champions ran strong until on the final lap when Hord passed Naughton for the win. In the end it was Hord with the win, Naughton finishing second and Rodrigo Ampudia rounding out the podium.

Rob MacCachren dominated the Pro Buggy class again today in his Menzies Motorsports vehicle. MacCachren lead every lap of the race. Greg George took second position in his number 933 Pro Buggy. Larry Foddrill took home the third position in his number 901 buggy.

Race Results (Unofficial)

Pro 4 (Winner Carl Renezeder # 1)

1 Carl Renezeder 15:47.817
2 Rick Huseman 15:48.701
3 Scott Douglas 15:53.790
4 Steven Barlow 16:04.186
5 Johnny Greaves 16:07.625
6 Tim Herbst 16:20.352
7 Ed Herbst 16:35.220
8 Troy Herbst 16:20.353 (2 laps)
9 Kyle LeDuc 16:55.462 (2 laps)
10 Josh Baldwin 16:43.878 (4 laps)
11 Curt LeDuc 10:02.456 (7 laps)
12 Adrian Cenni 6:14.675 (10 laps)
13 Mike Jenkins 1:04.020 (16 laps)
14 Jerry Daugherty 2.411 (17 laps)

Pro 2 ( Winner Rob MacCachren #21)

1 Rob MacCachren 17:24.303
2 Carl Renezeder 17:27.542
3 Jerry Whelchel 17:29.671
4 Todd LeDuc 17:33.574
5 Jeremy McGrath 17:43.907
6 Scott Taylor 17:44.075
7 Mike Johnson 17:51.341
8 Alan Pflueger 17:58.212
9 Steve Sourapas 18:02.485
10 Adrian Cenni 18:05.180
11 Mike Oberg 18:10.226
12 Scott Schovajsa 18:13.398
13 Evan Evans 17:22.243 (1 lap)
14 Mark Schaff 17:23.082 (1 lap)
15 Leon Noel 17:35.630 (1 lap)
16 Ricky Johnson 18:16.739 (2 laps)
17 Greg Adler 14:24.044 (4 laps)
18 Mark Jenkins 18:07.023 (5 laps)
19 Johnny Greaves 9:48.278 (9 laps)
20 Jeff Geiser 4:53.630 (12 laps)
21 Rick Welch DNS
22 Rodrigo Ampudia DQ

Pro Lite (Winner Chad Hord # 9)

1 Chad Hord 15:47.666
2 Robert Naughton 15:47.894
3 Rodrigo Ampudia 15:50.548
4 Jeff Huseman 15:50.771
5 Jeff Kincaid 15:52.300
6 Bryce Menzies 15:54.776
7 Jimmy Stephenson 15:56.250
8 Todd Cuffaro 16:00.555
9 Casey Currie 16:00.756
10 Bobby Altamirano 16:15.746
11 Bruce Fraley 16:17.161
12 John Beyer 16:19.530
13 Matt Barney 16:24.217
14 Brian Deegan 16:28.608
15 John Fitzgerald 16:36.202
16 Heath Carpenter 15:12.926 (1 lap)
17 Marty Hart 16:19.694 (1 lap)
18 Jose Reyes 16:27.968 (1 lap)
19 Dan Pentico 16:39.481 (1 lap)
20 David Reyes 16:24.221 (1 lap)
21 Chris Brandt 15:58.808 (2 laps)
22 Chuck Demsey 16:09.676 (3 laps)
23 Javier Sacio 12:36.663 (4 laps)
24 Andy Bargaehr 6:39.476 (9 laps)
25 Leroy Loerwald 7:35.597 (9 laps)
26 Shannon Campbell 4:15.204 (11 laps)
27 Garit Wallace 4:19.201 (11 laps)
28 Aaron Daugherty 2:07.331 (13 laps)

Pro Buggy (Winner Rob MacCachren # 921)

1 Rob MacCachren 22:15.201
2 Greg George 22:15.607
3 Larry Foddrill 22:18.529
4 Aaron Hawley 22:21.856
5 Mike Halliday 22:25.124
6 Phil Lewis 22:27.985
7 Brandon Coyne 22:31.018
8 Steve Sourapas 22:33.841
9 Greg Foster 22:36.125
10 Larry Job 22:38.879
11 Kevin Carter 23:12.296
12 Dale Dondel 21:23.499 (1 lap)
13 Rob Archibald 22:38.019 (1 lap)
14 Jake Capriotti 22:41.695 (1 lap)
15 Joe Heger 22:48.848 (1 lap)
16 Chuck Cheek 20:30.769 (2 laps)
17 Doug Fortin 16:09.518 (5 laps)
18 Phil Bollman 16:15.344 (5 laps)
19 Jay Halsey 8:58.182 (7 laps)
20 Anthony Verdone 16:12.970 (7 laps)
21 Vic Bruckman 6:42.686 (9 laps)
22 Mike Porter 6:58.801 (9 laps)
23 Malcolm Pointon 6:06:925 (10 laps)
24 Todd Arthar 4:55.259 (11 laps)
25 Randy Minnier 2:06.354 (14 laps)
26 Mike Dondel 2:17.224 (14 laps)
27 Corry Heynen 9.138 (16 laps)