CHAMPIONSHIP OFF ROAD RACING RESULTS AND RACE RECAP FROM TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY

Robby Gordon races again under the lights while defending champs Renezeder and Greaves take home wins in texas

- SATURDAY RACE RECAP-



(Saturday, October 20, 2007)— Championship Off Road Racing had a successful second evening in the Lone Star State. Carl Renezeder took home another win in Pro 2 series, while Johnny Greaves secured another win in Pro 4. The battles will heat up next at the CORR 2007 season finale in Primm, Nevada. Championships will be determined and Pro 2’s and Pro 4’s will race in the biggest race of the season, the Jason Baldwin Memorial Cup. With the purse prize of 66,000 on the line it’s sure to be an exciting finale to a thrilling season.



Johnny Greaves in his Potawatomi/ Monster Energy Drink Toyota led the field at the start of the Pro 4 Baldwin Cup Qualifier. Rick Huseman sat in second and Coyne ran in third. Pro 4 champ Carl Renezeder in his Lucas Oil number 17 picked up two positions on lap four putting him in the sixth position. Greaves began to pull away form the field on lap 5 of 22. Travis Coyne wrecked going into turn three on lap eight. The competition caution came out on lap 11. Greaves lost his motor and was unable to return to the race. Huseman assumed the race lead Douglas sat in second and Curt LeDuc followed in third. Josh Baldwin spun out in turn one putting him into the seventh position. Barlow got into LeDuc turning him around in turn 4 on lap 19. Meanwhile Huseman continued to lead the field. In the end it was Huseman with the win, Renezeder in second and Douglas rounded out the podium.



“I don’t know maybe we hurt the motor in qualifying we checked it and it seemed strong before we took the track. It’s sad when you’re running out front and then you loose your motor, these guys working on this Monster Energy truck worked really hard, I have to thank them,” said Greaves



“I am so excited for this win with my whole family from Texas out here to witness and support me. This win is an awesome win,” said Huseman



“I was not over anxious we had a fast truck. I was faster then Curt, I wasn’t trying to get into Curt. I was racing tight with Renezeder and Curt was there. The black flag wasn’t fair we are going to try to protest this and see if we can get anything out of it if we can’t we will just have to go to Vegas and win the last chance qualifier,” said Barlow.





Rob MacCachren in his Red Bull Energy Drink Pro 2 led the field at the start of the Pro 2 Lucas Oil Points race. Jerry Whelchel in his Monster Energy Drink number 41 passed MacCachren for the lead in turn 4 of lap 2, a pile up accured in turn four. Whelchel was able to take off with the lead again. Carl Renezeder sat in second and Robby Gordon followed in third. Renezeder passed Whelchel on lap 8. The competition caution came out on lap 11. Renezeder took off with the lead again when the race went green. Pflueger went to the outside of Taylor to run fourth. Going into turn 4 on lap 15 Gordon was caught in a pile up forcing him back to the sixth position. Gordon got hit again in turn 2 on lap 16. Gordon and Taylor went to the hot pits on lap 17. Meanwhile Renezeder stretched out his lead, while Whelchel sat in second. A battle broke out between Ricky Johnson and Alan Pflueger for the third position. Johnson passed Pflueger in turn two of lap 20. Johnson went to the hot pits on lap 21 leaving Pflueger with the third position. In the end it was Renezeder with the win, Whelchel in second and Pflueger rounding out the podium.



“We want to control our destiny by going out there and winning, we are going to take home this Championship in Primm,” said Renezeder.



“We are going to Primm with a sixteen point lead over Carl. I want to thank my team at Wide Open they have worked so hard, thanks to Monster and all my sponsors we will take home this Championship,” said Whelchel.



“KMC Wheels has backed us throughout the good times and bad times. I am really glad Jerry and I had a clean race, it was a lot of fun I am really excited to be up here on the podium,” said Pflueger.



Jeff Huseman led the field to green at the start of the Pro Lite Points race tonight. The race was restarted after a collision on turn two of lap 1 involving Marty Hart and Rodrigo Ampudia. Marty Hart wasn’t able to return to the race do to mechanical failure. When the race was restarted Huseman led the field to green. Robert Naughton in his Maxxis Tires/Ready Lift Suspension number 54 made the pass for the first position coming out of turn two. Huseman lost control coming out of turn three allowing Ampudia in his Papas and Beers number 36 space to pass on the outside. Ampudia got side by side crossing the start finish line and passed Naughton going into turn one of lap 9. The mandatory caution came out on lap 11. When the field went green Ampudia was in the led, Naughton in second and Garit Wallace hung onto third. There was a collision going into turn four on lap 14 putting Wallace towards the back. Ampudia went of the track with a blown motor on lap 16 of 20. Out front Naughton and Huseman battled it out for the first position. Kyle LeDuc ran in third and Casey Currie hung onto fourth. Huseman spun out in turn one on lap 19. Naughton remained in the lead with LeDuc in second. Huseman and Currie battled it out for third with Wallace holding onto fourth. In the end it was Naughton with the win, LeDuc in second and Huseman rounding out the podium.



Johnny Greaves led the field to green at the start of the Lucas Oil Pro 4 Points race tonight. Rick Huseman in his Fabtech number 36 was spun around in turn two. When the race was restarted Greaves took off with the lead. Rick Huseman, Travis Coyne and Greaves went three wide coming out of turn 2 on the first lap. Greaves held onto the lead with Huseman in second and Coyne hanging onto third. A heated battle broke out between Coyne, Huseman and Renezeder for the second position. The three swapped positions through laps 4 and 5. Greaves continued to extend his lead. Coyne held onto second with Renezeder on his bumper. Coyne began to reel in Greaves. Coyne attempted to pass Greaves going into turn 4 on lap 10, but spun around colliding into Renezeder. The competition caution came out on lap 11. When the race went green Greaves continued to lead with Coyne on his bumper and Renezeder in third. The three front runners continued to battle it out. Greaves started to stretch his lead out on lap 20. In the end it was Greaves with the win, Coyne in his Pro Comp number 5 in second and Renezeder rounded out the podium.



Don’t forget to watch CORR on NBC Oct. 28th at 2:30PM EST. CORR rolls into Primm, Nevada for the 2007 season finale weekend on November 3rd and 4th. Buy your tickets now at www.corracing.com





Championship Off Road Racing™ brings high action, four wheel motorsports including 2 wheel drive and 4 wheel drive trucks to the closed course off road arena. The 2007 CORR season includes seven events at tracks located in Los Angeles and San Diego, CA, Fort Worth/Dallas, TX and Primm, NV.