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Rocky Ride for Greaves at the Quarry in Chula Vista CORR Round 5

Chula Vista, CA (June 9, 2007) – Johnny Greaves got off to a rough start at the first race at the new Baldwin track, Chula Vista International Speedway, finishing 7th after overcoming a crash and flat tire. Greaves and his Toyota backed teammate Rick Huesman tangled-up early on the 3rd lap while battling for third place and a great position to go to the front.

Scott Douglas and Adrain Cenni got off to great starts while Greaves and Huesman were battling hard for the third spot. On the 3rd lap, Greaves made a pass in turn 5 only to have Huesman pass him back on the straight-away in front of the sold out grandstands of more than 17,000. In turn 2 Greaves was setting up his Monster Energy Potawatomi Toyota machine for an outside pass on Huesman when Cenni and Huesman made contact.  This caused Huesman to spin sideways, stall and effectively block the track so Greaves could not move. This delay let the entire field pass the TRD backed duo and put Greaves near the back of the pack. 

As expected from the 6-time champion, Greaves put a serious charge and made his way back to 6th with one lap to go before the caution. As he was making a pass, Josh Baldwin made significant contact resulting in a flat right rear tire on the BF Goodrich shod Tundra. Greaves’ veteran crew made quick work of the tire change and had him back on the track on the lead lap. 

Johnny was able to battle back to 7th on the last few remaining laps and salvage precious series points leaving him only 8 points down to Renezeder. 

The podium was Carl Renezeder, Adrian Cenni and Scott Douglas.

Greaves Gets Hit Hard Sunday in Chula Visa for Both Races

Chula Vista, CA (June 10, 2007) - Johnny Greaves’ troubles continued Sunday in Chula Vista with heavy equipment damage from race incidents ending Greaves stronghold on the CORR points series. The Monster Energy Potawatomi Toyota pit crew worked constantly from qualifying on through the end of the day as the carnage continued in every race of the weekend. The day started with a broken gear in the transmission during qualifying for the Jason Baldwin Memorial Cup race.

The Greaves crew, lead by Curt Greaves, pulled “a rabbit out of the hat” and got the transmission ready in the nick of time before the cup race, only to see their man get nailed by Adrian Cenni and Travis Coyne breaking the front drive-shaft on a restart near the middle of the race.

To finish the day, Greaves ran excellent for 5 laps in Round 6 of the CORR championship only to be hit hard by Renezeder in turn two and breaking the rear stabilizer putting him out of the race. All in all it was a very tough weekend for the TRD backed Greaves.

“No matter how hard I tried to stay out of the contact, I seemed to end up in the middle of it in every turn,” said a frustrated Greaves after the last race of the day. “I really got hit hard a few times and my truck shows that I got the worst of it. My Toyota TRD motor really ran well and the crew got a real work-out.” 

The CORR race started out with a great start and another Greaves-like move on the restart after a crash brought out the yellow flags in lap 5. Johnny moved from fourth into second in turn one and then was really slammed by Renezeder as traffic got sticky in turn two.  The day ended for the Potawatomi backed racer as the impact broke the rear-end. 

“The contact by Carl was enough to break about anything. There is really nothing I could have done to build the truck to withstand that kind of contact,” said a disappointed Greaves. “We will go back home and re-group and be ready for Crandon like always.  I have a veteran team and we will get this Tundra prepped and ready for the rest of the season.”

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