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Over 8000 fans contended with the unusual heat for the second stop of the CORR Racing series in Primm Nevada on Saturday.
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Securing their first wins of the 2008 season we saw Ricky Johnson and Johnny Greaves take home the win. Menzies Motorsports dominated Single Buggy and Pro Buggy with Brian Freeman and Rob MacCachren both winning and are both 3 for 3 in 2008.
Pro 2
In Pro 2 Rob MacCachren placed first in qualifying but was moved to 8th place after the inversion pick. This moved 8th place qualifier Todd LeDuc to the pole position. Rob MacCachren in the Rockstar Energy Drink #21 didnt let his bad luck rule the day when in one lap he moved up to 4th place.
Carl Renezeder in his Lucas Oil # 17 passed Greeves in turn two of lap two taking second position. Lap three saw the Monster Energy Drink/ Bully Dog/ KMC #15 driven by Jeremy McGrath pass MacCachren, but on the next lap MacCachren took 4th back.
On the 13th lap the caution flag came out and the racers we regrouped. Two laps were added to the race for a total of 19 laps as the track crew watered down the track. Dust was a huge problem with the winds and the high heat drying out the track sometimes before the racers could finish one lap.
Before the green flag waived, Renezeder was in 1st, MacCachren in 2nd and McGrath in 3rd. Ricky Johnson in the #9 Red Bull Energy Drink truck was in 5th place when he went outside to pass Renezeder when the white flag came out signaling one lap to go. The final lap saw Johnson take the win with McGrath in second and Renezeder taking home 3rd for the day.
Rob MacCachren Passes Carl Renezeder
Saturday Pro Lite
Pro Lite
After the field was inverted Matt Barney sat in the pole position for the start of the race. Chad Hord in the Boss #9 quickly moved to the front of the pack in only one lap, and Rodrigo Ampudia in his Papas and Beer #36 ran in second. The Traxxus sponsored Jeff Kincaid was in third.
On the fourth lap Kincaid took over the second position, and the caution came out in lap 5. When the green flag came out Kincaid was in the lead, Ampudia in second and defending Pro Lite Champion Robert Naughton in his Ready Lift/Maxxis # 54 sat in third. With only 5 laps left Kincaid help his lead to take the checker flag. Hord ended up falling to the middle of the pack after a mechanical failure. This left Naughton in second and Ampudia rounding out the podium.
Saturday Pro 4
Pro 4
Saturdays Pro 4 race seemed to have the most action of the day with Adrian Cenni showing his acrobatic skills while still holding on to the lead, but more on this later.
Adrian Cenni started on the pole in his Lucas Oil # 11. Cenni had to fight hard to keep Travis Coyne behind him. Coyne took first after turn two only to have Cenni take the inside and regain the first position in lap 3. Carl Renezeder was running strong in the top 5, but left the track in lap 5.
Scott Douglas in his Amsoil #7 passed Cenni on the front stretch of lap 6 and Cenni went out of the race in lap 7. The competition caution came out in lap 8 with Douglas in first, Johnny Greeves in Second and Coyne in third. Rick Huseman passed Coyne in lap 10 to take the third position. Douglas fell out of the race with 6 laps to go due to a blown engine that caught on fire bringing on the caution flag.
Troy Herbsts day ended on lap 14 when his truck caught on fire in turn 2. This gave Cenni enough time to get back on the track when the green flag waived. Greaves ducked to the inside of turn 1 and took the first position from Huseman. Husemans luck seemed to go downhill after that when he got turned around in turn 2 pushing him all the way back to 6th position. This left Greaves out in front to take home his first win of the 2008 season. Curt LeDuc in his Rockstar Energy Drink/Makita #43 took second and Coyne finished 3rd for the day.
Cennis Acrobatics
Adrian Cenni quickly found out the fastest way around the last lap of the track was to take the burn at almost full speed. While in first place with Coyne right behind him, Cennis Lucas Oil # 11 took a higher route and went up the k-rail and onto the fence still going full-tilt. This little detour did nothing for his lead as he successfully found his way down the fence holding the first position.
CHAMPIONSHIP OFF ROAD RACING RESULTS SATURDAY MAY 17, 2008
LAS VEGAS INTERNATIONAL OFF ROAD RACEWAY, PRIMM, NV
SINGLE BUGGY ROUND 3 (14 LAPS)
WINNER( BRYAN FREEMAN # 307)
1) Bryan Freeman # 307 17: 39.828
2) Andy Anderson #315 17:50.297
3) Sean Kennedy #331 17:51.550
4) Rino Navara # 337 17:56.210
5) Cory Boyer # 316 17:58.380
6) Joe Laff # 304 18:00.708
7) Jeff Knupp #354 18:02.219
8) Chris Boyer #310 18:05.067
9) Krissy Sullivan #306 18:05.471
10) Doug Renfro #333 18:07.437
11) John Grossini #348 18:12.869
12) Kyle Quinn #311 18:12.481
13) Eric Greener # 357 18:12.869
14) Brock Kraenbuhl #312 18:13.504
15) Tim Laff #314 18:14.886
16) David Caspino # 361 18:15.488
17) Brandon Castello # 324 18:26.741
18) Kenneth Freeman # 302 18:33.640
19) Tim Pangborn # 332 18:33.721
20) Rick Guitierez # 390 18:34.669
21) Kelley Renezeder # 317 18:37.807
22) Greg Crew # 337 18:48.348
23) Joe Whitely # 363 18:49.583
24) Greg Parker # 391 18:49.828
25) Justin Davis #385 17:48.658 (1lap)
26) James Pangborn #373 18:40.362 (1lap)
27) Robert Emery # 353 17:46.062 (2 laps)
28) Curt Geer #392 13:20.648 (4 laps)
29) Robert Lansing # 330 13:37.585 (4 laps)
30) Kelegain #376 12:18.279 (5 laps)
31) Sammy Ehrenberg # 3816:56537 (10 laps)
32) Cissy Baldwin # 313 2:26.690 (12 laps)
33) Rick Boyer # 321 1:16.680 (13 laps)
PRO BUGGY ROUND 3 (15 LAPS)
WINNER( Rob MacCachren # 321)
1) Rob MacCachren # 921 16:45.339
2) Greg George # 933 16:48.041
3) Dale Dondel # 997 16:55.604
4) Larry Foddrill # 901 16:57.444
5) Anthony Verdone # 949 17:07.126
6) John Cooley # 948 17:13.766
7) Randy Minnier # 995 17:14.052
8) Rick Ronco # 999 17:17.403
9) Rob Archibald # 902 17:17.658
10) Brandon Coyne # 913 17:25.098
11) Greg Foster # 953 17:26.388
12) Jake Capriotti # 951 17:30.249
13) Mike Holliday # 904 17:14.670 (1 lap)
14) Jeff Serfert # 910 15:02.196 ( 2 laps)
15) Doug Fortin # 996 14:02.151 (3 laps)
16) Aaron Hawley # 924 12:45.623 (4 laps)
17) Mike Porter # 900 13:26.227 (4 laps)
18) Phil Lewis # 914 8:07.637 (8 laps)
19) Shawn Gibson # 909 6:48.887 (9 laps)
20) Vic Bruckman # 905 6:54.307 (9 laps)
21) Malcolm Pointon # 978 5:50.681 (10 laps)
22) Larry Job # 907 14:14.304 (10 laps)
Pro 2 (19 LAPS)
WINNER( Ricky Johnson # 9)
1) Ricky Johnson # 9 26:36.058
2) Jeremy McGrath # 15 26:36.763
3) Carl Renezeder # 17 26:37.861
4) Jerry Whelchel # 1 26:41.714
5) Johnny Greaves #4 26:44.072
6) Rob MacCachren # 21 26:48.446
7) Mike Johnson #31 26:54.912
8) Adrian Cenni #2 26:55.530
9) Mark Shoaff #33 26:56.925
10) Greg Adler # 10 26:57.457
11) Scott Schovajsa #19 27:02.627
12) Mark Jenkins # 25 27:15.346
13) Jesse Jones # 76 27:18.196
14) Jeff Geiser # 44 27:21.362
15) Steven Sourapas # 6 26:16.951 (1 lap)
16) Evan Evans # 5 23:27.399 (3 laps)
17) Mike Oberg # 80 22.18.877 (4 laps)
18) Alan Pflueger # 28 16:30.367 (6 laps)
19) Todd LeDuc # 3 13:56.224 (7 laps)
20) Scott Taylor # 8 11:58.581 (9 laps)
21) Gene Woods # 20 12:04.326 (10 laps)
22) Rodrigo Ampudia # 36 8:17.217 (11 laps)
23) Robbie Woods # 99 10:04.575 (11 laps)
24) Todd Wyllie # 12 4:23.438 (15 laps)
25) Rick Welch # 45 3:43.936 (16 laps)
Pro 2 Spec (19 LAPS)
WINNER( Ross Hoek # 18)
1) Ross Hoek # 18 27:02.288
2) Kevin Davis # 85 27:05.708
3) Brian Cotham # 88 27:20.901
Pro Lite (17 LAPS)
WINNER( Jeff Kincaid # 4)
1) Jeff Kincaid # 4 22:10.268
2) Rob Naughton # 54 22:11.184
3) Rodrigo Ampudia # 36 22:17.009
4) Chris Brandt # 82 22:24.128
5) Todd Cuffaro # 46 22:33.296
6) Brian Deegan # 58 22:36.363
7) Bruce Fraley # 12 22:43.468
8) Garit Wallace # 51 22:47.775
9) Bryce Menzies # 7 22:53.404
10) John Beyer # 28 23:03.431
11) Jeff Huseman # 55 23:14.503
12) Matt Barney # 22 23:19.126
13) Javier Sacio # 35 23:03.277 (1 lap)
14) Heath Carpenter # 25 23:05.730 (1 lap)
15) David Reyes # 77 23:18.843 (1 lap)
16) Chuck Dempsey # 50 21:50.359 (2 laps)
17) Bobby Altamirano # 40 22:17.262 (2 laps)
18) Jose Reyes # 76 22:23.922 (2 laps)
19) Chad Hord # 9 23:19:127 (3 laps)
20) Marty Hart # 15 17:59.041 (4 laps)
21) John Fitzgerald # 31 18:20.907 (4 laps)
22) Shannon Campbell # 5 20:01.275 (4 laps)
23) Casey Currie # 2 14:35.706 (7 laps)
24) Aaron Daugherty # 17 10:16.154 (9 laps)
25) Andy Bargaehr # 6 10:20.429 (9 laps)
26) Dan Pentico # 13 7:42.714 (11 laps)
27) Leroy Loerwald # 8 4:13.309 (15 laps)
Pro 4 (17 LAPS)
WINNER( Johnny Greaves #4)
1) Johnny Greaves # 4 27:34.151
2) Curt LeDuc # 43 27:39.500
3) Travis Coyne # 5 27:40.662
4) Tim Herbst # 18 27:43.160
5) Mike Jenkins # 47 27:43.992
6) Rick Huseman # 3 28:16.220
7) Kyle LeDuc # 99 23:33.280 (3 laps)
8) Steve Barlow # 2 21:08.834 (4 laps)
9) Scott Douglas # 7 12:33.716 (6 laps)
10) Ed Herbst # 55 12:39.219 (6 laps)
11) Jerry Daugherty # 23 11:44.547 (7 laps)
12) Troy Herbst # 19 12:44.228 (10 laps)
13) Carl Renezeder #1 1:57.062 (15 laps)
14) Josh Baldwin # 86 1:59.600 (15 laps)
Sunday Race Highlights
The heat turned out to be too much to bear for most of the spectators as the stands were empty until the first pro race started. Even then there seemed to be far less people than Saturday.
The heat didnt stop hometown favorite Rob MacCachren from winning the Pro 2 class in his Menzies Motorsports sponsored Rockstar Energy Drink #21. Rick Huseman took home his first Pro 4 win of the 2008 season.
Bryan Freeman won his fourth straight race in the Single Buggy class for Menzies Motorsports and teammate Brock Krahenbuhl finished third. Defending Pro Lite Champion Robert Naughton took the win in Pro Lite.
Sunday Pro 2
Pro 2
Greg Adler in his 4 Wheel Parts #10 had a lucky break and took the pole when the field was inverted for the Pro 2 race on Sunday. Jeremy McGrath in his Monster Energy Drink/Bully Dog/ KMC #15 took over the first position in the first lap with Scott Taylor in second and Jerry Whelchel in third.
Whelchel kept trying the inside line on turns 2 and 4 to pass Taylor. McGrath was still in first place after the competition caution flag came out in the 9th lap of 18. Whelchel took second position during the caution when Taylor left the track.
Rob MacCachren in his Rockstar Energy Drink # 21 started towards the rear of the pack and quickly moved up to 5th place. He didnt stop there in turn 2 he got around Whelchel for the second position and then went for first. MacCachren got around McGrath to take first place. Renezeder pressured McGrath for the second place spot and in with one lap to go in turn 2 he made it happen. The race ended with MacCachren in first, Renezeder in second and McGrath in third.
Sunday Pro 4
Pro 4
Carl Renezeder in his Lucas Oil # 1 started on the pole Sunday in the Pro 4 race. Josh Baldwin in his Bully Dog/KMC # 86 quickly took that spot over in turn 2. Thats where Baldwins luck ran out and at the start of lap 2 he was forced to leave the track as his truck broke. He was never able to fix it in time to complete the race.
Renezeder was back on top with Rick Huseman in his Fabtech #3 in second. Renezeder lost the first place spot to Huseman in turn 3, and the competition caution flag come out in lap 9.
Kyle LeDuc in his Rockstar Energy Drink/Makita #99 passed Renezeder on lap 12 taking over 2nd place. Scott Douglas in his Amsoil #7 passed Renezeder for the 3rd position in lap 15. By the races end it was Huseman taking the win, LeDuc in second and third on the podium was Douglas.
Sunday Pro Lite
Pro Lite
Chris Brandt started on the pole today in the Pro Lite race. Pro Lite Champion Chad Hord shot to the front to take the lead on lap 1. Casey Currie in his Bully Dog/ Speed Technologies # 2 followed in the second position before Robert Naughton in his Ready Lift/ Maxxis # 54 and Rodrigo Ampudia in his Papas and Beers # 36 passed him to battle it out for the second position coming out of turn 2.
Ampudia prevailed over Naughton securing second place on lap 4. Ampudia took the lead on lap 6 after Hord fell to the back of the pack.
The competition caution came out on lap 8 with Ampudia still in front. Ampudia and Naughton were side by side going into turn 2 when the race went green. Naughton passed Ampudia in turn 3 to take the first position on lap 10. In the end it was Naughton with the win, Ampudia finishing second and Jeff Kincaid rounding out the podium.
Even with the heat the new track design at Primm from last years design made it more exciting for the fans. The rear 40 ft. table top jump had a little bit larger jump in front of it this year slowing down the racers before they hit it. Last years season closing race in Primm saw the Pro 4s landing almost 75% of the way down the other side. The other benefit to this years design was a lot more speed. Racers were able to take the rolling whoops after turn one at a much higher speed merely kissing the tops as they hit turn 2.
I cant wait for CORRs return to Primm for the seasons closing race. With cooler temperatures you better get your tickets as soon as you can. It is bound to sell out.
CHAMPIONSHIP OFF ROAD RACING RACE RESULTS MAY 18, 2008
LAS VEGAS INTERNATIONAL OFF ROAD RACEWAY IN PRIMM, NV
SINGLE BUGGY ROUND 4 (14 LAPS)
WINNER (BRYAN FREEMAN # 307)
1) Bryan Freeman # 307 17:29.536
2) Sean Kennedy # 331 17:31.517
3) Brock Krahenbuhl # 31217:35.432
4) Cory Boyer # 316 17:39.695
5) Jeff Knupp # 354 17:40:839
6) Rino Navara # 377 17:43.210
7) Jake Laff # 314 17:43.971
8) Krissy Sullivan # 306 17:44.671
9) Eric Greener # 357 17:45.011
10) John Grossini # 348 17:47.963
11) Chris Boyer # 310 17:48.376
12) Rick Boyer # 321 17:49.617
13) Kenneth Freeman # 302 17:55.030
14) David Caspino # 361 17:55.234
15) Andrew Kelegian # 376 17:56.450
16) Curt Geer # 392 17:59.457
17) Tim Pangborn # 332 18:03151
18) Robert Lansing # 330 18:04.414
19) Rick Guitierez # 390 18:07.285
20) Kelley Renezeder # 317 18:08.070
21) Greg Parker # 391 18:11.388
22) Greg Crew # 337 18:12.791
23) Joe Whitely # 363 18:15.774
24) Cissy Baldwin # 313 16:42.320 (1 lap)
25) Robert Emery # 352 18:46.634 (1 lap)
26) Branndon Catello # 324 13:05.425 (4 laps)
27) Chad Rayford # 373 17:46.480 (4 laps)
28) Sammy Ehrenberg # 381 11:55.422 (5 laps)
29) Joe Laff # 304 18:14.229 (5 laps)
30) Justin Davis # 385 18:41.587 (6 laps)
31) Andy Andersen # 315 2:28.661 (12 laps)
32) Kyle Quinn # 311 2:33.395 (12 laps)
33) Doug Renfro # 333 2:46.175 (12 laps)
Pro 2 ROUND 4 (18 LAPS)
WINNER (Rob MacCachren # 21)
1) Rob MacCachren # 21 20:36.951
2) Carl Renezeder # 17 20:38.311
3) Jeremy McGrath # 15 20:40:972
4) Johnny Greaves # 4 20:43.835
5) Jesse Jones # 76 20:49.602
6) Mike Johnson # 31 20:57.294
7) Alan Pflueger # 28 20:58.781
8) Rodrigo Ampudia # 36 20:59.548
9) Mark Jenkins # 25 21:11.068
10) Robbie Woods # 99 21:52.313
11) Todd Wyllie # 12 20:07.872 (1 lap)
12) Ricky Johnson # 9 20:53.771 (1 lap)
13) Mark Schoff # 33 17:57.175 (3 laps)
14) Evan Evans # 5 18:03.811 (3 laps)
15) Jerry Whelchel # 1 14:48.984 (6 laps)
16) Todd LeDuc # 3 13:50.307 (7 laps)
17) Steven Sourapas # 6 21:21.489 (8 laps)
18) Scott Taylor # 8 07:46.575 (10 laps)
19) Mike Oberg # 80 05:59.885 (12 laps)
20) Greg Adler # 10 03:00.272 (15 laps)
21) Scott Schovajsa # 19
Pro Spec ROUND 4 (18 LAPS)
WINNER (ROSS HOEK # 18)
1) Ross Hoek # 18 21:13.504
2) Kevin Davis # 85 21:23.334
3) Brian Cotham # 88 21:37.945
Pro 4 ROUND 4 (18 LAPS)
WINNER (Rick Huseman # 3)
1) Rick Huseman # 3 21:02.137
2) Kyle LeDuc # 99 21:03.559
3) Scott Douglas # 7 21:11.028
4) Curt LeDuc # 43 21:16.319
5) Travis Coyne # 5 21:24.961
6) Ed Herbst # 55 21:27.998
7) Tim Herbst # 18 21:41.732
8) Mike Jenkins # 47 21:42.509
9) Carl Renezeder # 1 21:38.617 (1 lap)
10) Jerry Daugherty # 23 21:16.275 (2 laps)
11) Troy Herbst # 19 22:00.844 (2 laps)
12) Steve Barlow # 2 5:32.806 (13 laps)
13) Josh Baldwin # 86 59.774 (17 laps)
14) Johnny Greaves # 4 1:06.215 (17 laps)
PRO LITE ROUND 4 (16 LAPS)
WINNER (Robert Naughton # 54)
1) Robert Naughton # 54 20:19.756
2) Rodrigo Ampudia # 36 20:21.049
3) Jeff Kincaid # 4 20:28.468
4) Marty Hart # 15 20:29.545
5) Casey Currie # 2 20:32.214
6) Jeff Huseman # 55 20:34.213
7) Chris Brandt # 82 20:41.407
8) Todd Cuffaro # 46 20:42.886
9) Brian Deegan # 58 20:51.013
10) John Fitzgerald # 31 21:04.540
11) Garit Wallace # 51 21:08.702
12) Shannon Campbell # 5 21:09.850
13) Chuck Dempsey # 50 21:15.376
14) Bobby Altamirano #40 20:28.390 (1lap)
15) Dan Pentico # 13 20:33.947 (1lap)
16) Leroy Loerwald # 8 19:11.941 (2 laps)
17) Chad Hord # 9 20:19.473(2 laps)
18) Andy Bargaehr # 6 20:19.397 (3 laps)
19) Heath Carpenter # 25 21:13.645 (3 laps)
20) Bruce Fraley # 12 13:02.504 (7laps)
21) John Beyer # 28 14:24.988 (8 laps)
22) Matt Barney # 22 6:35.448 (10 laps)
23) Jose Reyes # 76 5:44.035 (12 laps)
24) David Reyes # 77 1:09.898 (15 laps)
PRO BUGGY ROUND 4 (16 LAPS)
WINNER (Greg George #933)
1) Greg George # 933 19:46.299
2) Rob MacCachren # 921 19:54.448
3) Mike Porter # 900 20:01.265
4) Dale Dondel # 997 20:01.791
5) Larry Foddrill # 901 20:04.405
6) Mike Holliday # 904 20:08.527
7) Larry Job # 907 20:15.373
8) Chuck Cheek # 957 20:17.234
9) Jay Halsey # 915 20:19.846
10) Phil Bollman # 965 20:39.089
11) Toff Stemmerman # 917 20:41.171
12) Brady Helm # 990 20:49.160
13) Michael Cohen # 987 20:56.583
14) Anthony Verdone # 949 20:35.370 (1lap)
15) Doug Fortin # 996 19:51.190 (2 laps)
16) Kevin Carter # 961 20:06.187 (2 laps)
17) Aaron Hawley # 924 15:43.997 (4 laps)
18) Jeff Seifert # 910 16:04.622 (4 laps)
19) Randy Minnier # 995 14:52.731 (5 laps)
20) Brandon Coyne # 913 13:48.846 (6 laps)
21) Rich Ronco #999 16:22.957 (6 laps)
22) Rob Archibald # 902 8:04.519 (9 laps)
23) Shawn Gibson # 909 8:21.828 (9 laps)
24) John Cooley # 948 4:21.762 (12 laps)
25) Todd Crump # 993 3:44.606 (13 laps)
26) Andrew Alsobrook # 963 3.116 (16 laps)
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