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Primm, Nevada, (May 18, 2008) — The # 3 FABTECH / Toyo Tires Pro 4 ran away from the field after a fast paced start by Josh Baldwin and Carl Renezeder. In the first lap, Baldwin, jumped out to a incredibly fast start before becoming tangled up with his brother-in-law, Carl Renezeder and the next lap Josh was parked near turn one. Pushing hard in third position was Rick Huseman, Scott Douglas and Travis Coyne.
In the end it was all about FABTECH / TRD Toyota / Toyo Tires sponsored Rick Huseman as he captured his first Pro 4 victory of the season. Rick said, "We ran hard today and our Toyo Tires and FABTECH Suspension combination worked out well on the dirt here in Las Vegas. Toyota TRD supplied us with a wicked fast motor this weekend and all the pieces fell together. It's great to get a win this early in the season and we're hoping to capitalize on this victory and keep the momentum going as we head back to our home track in Pomona in a few weeks."
The first five laps of the race was incredible as the top five trucks swapped out spots about every 20 seconds as they were not bashful to bang fenders on each other.
Kyle LeDuc finished Round 4 in the runner up position after pushing his Rockstar # 99 race truck through the paces finishing just ahead of Amsoil's Scott Douglas.
Carl Renezeder was in the mix for the majority of the race, however he suffered a right front flat tire, although the BFGoodrich inner liner held for a long time, it finally came apart and that forced Renezeder to slow his pace. Renezeder had the chance to come into the hot pits during the mandatory yellow flag, but he opted not to and stay out in front of the fast Scott Douglas until his tire began to disenegrate. Finishing just outside the top three was Curt LeDuc in his #43 Rockstar follwed by the Pro Comp / Toyo Tire truck of Travis Coyne.
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Primm, Nevada, (May 18, 2008) — Headed down the front stretch of the Las Vegas International Raceway in Primm, Nevada, Rob MacCachren charged the Menzies Motorsports Pro 2 at full speed in front of thousands of fans packed in the stands. Seconds later MacCachren found himself flying over the top and outside of the 30-foot high turn one.
25 CORR Pro 2 race trucks took the green flag as Round 4 kicked off on the floor of the Las Vegas desert. Temperatures reaching over 100 degrees peaked about the time that Rob Mac flew off the outside of the high banked turn. Ricky Johnson, Jerry Whelchel, Todd LeDuc, Johnny Greaves, Carl Renezeder and many other fought for position in turn one, but only one truck flew off the top of the turn, Rob Mac.
The crowd gasped as the # 21 Rockstar Pro 2 catapulted into oblivion, but moments later the race truck reappeared on the East side of the turn. With nearly the entire field of race trucks by Rob Mac, he settled into his office chair and began picking off the field slowly one and two at a time.
MacCachren's spotter and truck builder - Dave Clarke commented, "He didn't say anything and I didn't say anything over the radio. When I the dust coming up from behind the turn I knew he was okay and preparing to reenter the race. We never even talked about, but what's amazing is Rob turned on the classic Rob and the rest is history. Even I am amazed."
MacCachren weaved his magic through the entire field of Pro 2's finishing in the top spot with a time of 20:36:951 and almost a full two seconds in front of Renezeder. Today's race was classic Rob MacCachren working hard in his Mastercraft Seat / Office Chair.
Taking the second spot was Lucas Oil's Carl Renezeder and rounding off the top three was Jeremy McGrath. The biggest surprise in Round 4 today was the top performance of Jeremy McGrath who led the majority of the laps in this race before he succumbed to the moves of Carl Renezeder and winner Rob MacCachren. McGrath noted on the podium that he's still learning this game at CORR and he was elated to be on the podium with Rob MacCachren and Carl Renezeder.
Primm, Nevada, (May 18, 2008) — The field was full with 25 Pro Lites only missing two trucks from the previous day, Bryce Menzies out with mild injuries suffered in an ontrack practice incident on Friday afternoon and Javier Sacio.
Naughton, the 2007 CORR Pro Lite Champion, had his long awaited opportunity to battle with the past CORR Champions, Jeff Kincaid and Chad Hord, here at the Las Vegas International Raceway and this time the results saw Robert Naughton in the top spot.
Jeff Kincaid, a native-Wisconsin racer, made his way to California as he drove his #4 Traxxas Pro Lite to victory on Saturday, but Sunday he battled with the likes of Bully Dogs Casey Currie, Papa's N Beer Rodrigo Ampudia and Kolpin-sponsored Marty Hart. But it was Naughton who took the wind from the sails of the Toyota-powered Pro Lite.
Naughton got out to the front of the pack and was only challenged by Mexico's Rodrigo Ampudia who faded off during the last couple laps as Naughton ran out in front to take the victory. Finishing behind Ampudia was Jeff Kincaid and in fourth was Marty Hart.
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Primm, Nevada, (May 18, 2008) —Johnny Greaves driving The Monster Energy BANDIT Pro 2 set the fastest qualifying lap of the day to take the pole position in Round 4 of Championship Off Road Racing action.
Greaves railed his TRD Toyota Pro 2 around this hot race track in the middle of the Southern Nevada desert like he was running from the law and he had no problem setting the fastest lap of the day. Greaves was chased by Carl Renezeder who finished in second position and Mike Oberg in third following by Jerry Whelchel in fourth and Menzies Motorsports Rob MacCachren in fifth. The field of Pro 2's kicks off at 2:10 p.m. PST here at the Las Vegas International Raceway at Primm.
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Primm, Nevada, (May 18, 2008) — Scott Douglas wasted no time in his run for victory in Round 4 after he set the fastest lap time of the weekend with a sub-54 second lap. The # 7 Amsoil truck definitely showed his colors on Saturday as he raced in the front of the pack during Round 3, however had a mechanical failure that sidelined him from finishing the race.
Sunday morning qualifying was much different after he set the fastest track time of the weekend. Taking the second spot was Johnny Greaves in his Monster Energy Pro 4 and he narrowly missed setting a CORR historic mark.
If Johnny Greaves had qualified in the pole position for both Pro 2 and Pro 4 that would have been the first time in history that a racer qualified in the top spot in both Pro 2 and Pro 4.
Taking the third spot was FABTECH / Toyo Tires Rick Huseman followed by Rockstar's Kyle LeDuc.
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Primm, Nevada, (May 18, 2008) — CORR Officials announced here trackside that Adrian Cenni is suspended from racing action in Round 4 today at the Las Vegas International Raceway at Primm.
Cenni was involved in a post-race pushing match with Monster Energy's Crew Chief - Curt Greaves at the Monster Energy pit nearly four hours after a racing incident occurred during Round 3 of the 2008 CORR Series in Las Vegas.
CORR Communications Manager - Katie Bosler confirmed to DIRTnewz Editor-in-Chief, Brittany Sanchez, that the suspensions were effectively immediately and Adrian Cenni would not race in either the Pro 2 or the Pro 4 race during Round 4.
Bosler also announced that Monster Energy / Greaves Motorsports Crew Chief, Curt Greaves and Rockstar / Terrible Herbst Spotter for Troy Herbst, Jared Cooper, were also suspended for today's Round 4 racing action.
The suspension of the Curt Greaves and Jared Cooper stem from a heated exchange between them and Mark Porter and his wife during the Pro 4 contested race.
The suspension of Adrian Cenni will certainly affect Porter/Cenni Racing as they will lose all important Round 4 points and a chance to put the blaze orange Pro 2 and Pro 4 on the podium in Sunday's finale. The Porter/Cenni Racing suspension will hurt them more than it will hurt Greaves Motorsports and Terrible Herbst's Motorsports who have already selected replacements for both spotters.
