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Pomona, California
August 16-17, 2008

Rounds 9 & 10




POMONA, CA (August 19, 2008) - Driving the No. 46 Nissan/UPR Pro Lite from the pole position, Todd Cuffaro has his sights focused on top spot during Sunday's Round 10 of the 2008 Championship Off Road Racing series.  Todd powered the black and yellow Nissan/UPR Pro Lite around the race track with a vengeance as he fought off charges from some of the best Pro Lite racers in the nation.  However, in the end, it was the battle between the top ten in the championship points for the checkered flag and Todd claimed the sixth spot. 

POMONA, CALIFORNIA (August 19, 2008) – Team Red Bull/BOSCH battled it out for second and a fifth place finish at round 9 and 10 at the Pomona Fairplex in Los Angeles, CA. Fans filled the stands, enjoying great weather and spectacular Championship Off-Road Racing. Saturday was televised live on SPEED channel. Both days of racing will be televised on NBC on Sunday, September 14th. The part dirt, part asphalt course is one of the most technical courses of the CORR series. The course includes a sweeping left hand turn on asphalt, immediately followed by a large tabletop jump that sends the trucks soaring though the air. Additional features include “The Pit”, a tight right hand banked turn that is actually dug down fifty feet into the ground. The course makes passing extremely difficult without contact, making start position critical.

APPLETON, WI (August 19, 2008) – Dan Vanden Heuvel Sr. went to the CORR event in Pomona, California as a spectator, but ended his weekend as a competitor. Dan drove for Greaves Motorsports, on Sunday, in Round Ten, in both the PRO-4 and PRO-2 competition. Due to a severe crash by Johnny Greaves in Round Nine, Greaves Motorsports needed an extra truck and  a replacement driver to finish out the weekend.

The severely bent PRO-4 was replaced with the Jenkins Brothers Traxxas backup PRO-4 truck and Dan Vanden Heuvel Sr. became the replacement driver for both the PRO-2 and the PRO-4 race trucks.


El Cajon, CA (August 19, 2008) - Douglas Motorsports came to The Fairplex in Pomona, California with its eye on the prize, the 2008 CORR PRO-4 Championship. With two-thirds of the season complete, the team has grabbed the championship lead. Douglas Motorsports has combined qualifying, near or at the top of the charts all season, and consistent podium finishes, to take the lead, over second place, Carl Renezeder.  

POMONA, Calif. (Aug. 17) – During Saturday’s Pro 4™ Class race (Round 9) of the CORR (Championship Off-Road Racing™) series in Pomona, California; Kyle LeDuc, Rick Huseman and Curt LeDuc swept the first three podium positions on 35X12.50R17 Toyo® Open Country M/T-R® tires.  Competing against a 15-truck field, Kyle LeDuc won the race by a margin of some four seconds with his #99 Rockstar/Makita/Kal Gard Lubricants/Toyo Tires® Ford F-150.  This was his first win in the Pro 4 class.  Rick Huseman placed second with his #3 Fabtech/Toyo Tires Toyota Tundra, while Curt LeDuc finished in third driving his #43 Rockstar/Makita/Kal Gard Lubricants/Toyo Tires Ford F-150.

LAKE FOREST, CA (August 18, 2008) – “The best thing about this weekend is that it’s over,” commented Carl Renezeder after another tough weekend of racing at the LA Fairplex in Pomona, California.  But, it wasn’t without some success, finishing third in both the Pro-2 and Pro-4 divisions on Sunday, salvaging some valuable points for the championship chases.

Bruce Fraley 9th & Bryce Menzies/MacCachren 22nd in Pro-Lite,
MacCachren 9th & Larry Job 10th in Pro Buggy,
Bryan Freeman 4th in unusual Single Buggy finish
At short-course series event at Los Angeles County Fairplex

POMONA, Calif.—Masterful Rob MacCachren capped another textbook Pro 2 racing weekend by winning his class for the second straight day and Brock Krahenbuhl finished third in Single Buggy during Sunday’s Round 10 of the 2008 Championship Off-Road Racing Series (CORR) to lead the six-driver, eight vehicle Menzies Motorsports team competing at the Los Angeles County Fairplex.
      Round 10 of 2008 CORR Series was held Sunday in front of a near-capacity crowd at the 9,000-seat dirt raceway located adjacent to the famed Fairplex dragstrip that includes a .74-mile purpose-built dirt race course. 

POMONA, Calif. (Aug. 17) – Another podium finish and strong performances by all four drivers solidified Rockstar Makita Team LeDuc’s status as one of the teams to beat in the Championship Off-Road Racing (CORR) series.
            “We’re fast and we’re up front with the leaders,” team founder Curt LeDuc said Sunday after round 10 of the 16-round series had been run on the man-made, .7-mile course at the Los Angeles County Fairplex.  “We’re going to be a threat to win the rest of the season.”

POMONA, CA (August 17, 2008)—Round 10 of the 2008 Championship Off Road Racing Season gave fans a day full of racing action as black flags came out in both the Pro 4 and Pro Lite races.  Amsoil/Kumho’s Scott Douglas, Papas & Beer’s Rodrigo Ampudia, and Rockstar/BFGoodrich’s Rob MacCachren all came out on top in each of their classes.  

POMONA, CA (August 16, 2008) Starting the second half of the season on a high note, Rob MacCachren and Bryan Freeman both won their classes and Larry Job was second in his here during Saturday’s Round 9 of the 2008 Championship Off-Road Racing Series (CORR) to lead the six-driver, eight vehicle Menzies Motorsports team competing at the Los Angeles County Fairplex.
      Capacity crowds are once again expected as Round 10 of 2008 CORR Series will be held Sunday at the 9,000-seat dirt raceway located adjacent to the famed Fairplex dragstrip that includes a .74-mile purpose-built dirt race course.  Gates open at 9 a.m. and following practice/qualifying sessions, racing begins at Noon.
     MacCachren earned his fourth win of the year in Pro-2, Freeman won for the eighth time in Single Buggy and Job was second in Pro Buggy.  The twin wins gave Menzies Motorsports 17 class victories and 23 podium placements through the first nine rounds of the 2008 CORR Series.

POMONA, CA (August 16, 2008) – Kyle LeDuc was the champion in the Pro 4 race at Round 9 of the 2008 Championship Off Road Racing Season, held at the Fairplex in Pomona, CA.  Broadcasting live on SPEED, LeDuc led a thrilling race complete with black flags and plenty of carnage.

Starting on the pole, Rockstar/Makita/Kal-Gard LeDuc had Lucas Oil /Skyjacker Carl Renezeder nipping at his mud flaps for the first few laps.  The two battled it out until turn five, lap eight when Renezeder attempted to make the pass around LeDuc.  Renezeder got into LeDuc forcing him into the wall.  Renezeder was black flagged for rough driving. In another move warranting a black flag, Amsoil/Kumho Scott Douglas got into Johnny Greaves who was running in second position.

POMONA, Calif. (August 16, 2008) – Pro 4 class rookie Kyle LeDuc got his first win and Pro 2 class contender Todd LeDuc finished a strong second Saturday on what team leader Curt LeDuc called “a great day” for the Rockstar Makita team at Pomona.
            “I told everybody the theme for today was ‘dream come true,’” Curt said after round nine of the Championship Off-Road Racing series on a man-made, .7-mile course at the Los Angeles County Fairplex.

POMONA, Calif. (August 14, 2008) – This weekend, Rockstar Makita Team LeDuc will visit the Los Angeles County Fairplex for the third time in four months, and with a history of success to build on the team shouldn’t have any trouble preparing for the event that begins the second half of the Championship Off-Road Racing (CORR) season.

Lake Forest, CA (August 14, 2008) – Carl Renezeder hopes to carry some positive momentum into rounds nine and ten of the CORR season at the LA Fairplex in Pomona, California this weekend.  The teams visit the facility for the third and final time this Saturday and Sunday, and Renezeder is hoping to follow up his three wins in Chula Vista just a few weeks ago with a few more top finishes.

Riverside, CALIFORNIA (August 12, 2008) – Returning to a race track that has treated Rick Huseman and his race team very good, the No.3 FABTECH/Toyo Tires/Toyota TRD/MONSTER Energy Pro 4 is one of the clear favorites in Rounds 9 & 10 of the 2008 Championship Off Road Racing Series.

San Diego, CA (August 12, 2008) – Todd Cuffaro and his crew have worked hard to dial in the No. 46 UPR Racing Supply/Nissan Motorsports Pro Lite in preparation for the second half of the 2008 Championship Off Road Racing Season. 

Newport Beach, CA (August 12, 2008) - Coming off record attendance in Chula Vista, Championship Off Road Racing’s final 2008 visit to the Fairplex in Pomona promises to keep what is sure to be a sold out crowd on their feet in what is shaping up to be the most exciting season of short course off road racing.

LAS VEGAS – (August 11, 2008) - With the halftime speeches absorbed, prep work completed and mentally prepared to begin the second half of the season, Las Vegas’ Menzies Motorsports will bring its solid six-driver, eight-vehicle team this weekend when the 2008 Championship Off-Road Racing Series (CORR) makes its last of three visits this season to the Los Angeles County Fairplex in Pomona, Calif. for Rounds 9 & 10 of the 16-race 2008 CORR Series.

Rounds 9 & 10 to be held August 16-17 at Los Angeles County Fairplex in Pomona, Calif.

August 8, 2008, LAS VEGAS—Menzies Motorsports of Las Vegas, quickly becoming known as the ‘Big Red Machine’, has unveiled its new-look website on the eve of the beginning of the second half of the 2008 Championship Off-Road Racing (CORR) Series. The massive redevelopment project of www.menziesmotorsports.com includes a stylish new home page and an extensive video theatre with race action from each race in the 16-race 2008 CORR Series.
















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