Menzies WINS Unlimited 2 at LOORS in Suprise, AZ/ Carl Renezeder Takes Unlimited 4 as Brian Deegan takes the Lites
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Suprise, AZ (October 17, 2009) –Bryce Menzies took the lead early on after the full red flag restart and never skipped a beat. Menzies held off points leader, Carl Renezeder, the entire race with only a few truck lengths separating them. Renezeder finished in second with Wardy rounding out the podium.
Carl Renezeder took the victory in his Unlimited 4 over Alan Pflueger and Bryce Menzies who took third.
In the Unlimited Lite class, Matt Loiodice jumped out in front at the drop of the green flag and held on until just before the mandatory caution when Robert Naughton slammed into the side of him, ultimately getting black flagged, which took Loiodice and himself out of the hunt for the win. Deegan and teammate Cuffaro pushed to the front for the top two spots as Stephensen took third.
Correction *Dale Dondel endo'd in Unlimited 2 NOT Brascho*
Menzies takes the win, Renezeder in second. Wardy takes third and Whelchel in 4th.
White flag is out as Menzies holds off Renezeder for the lead. Wardy in third
Menzies holds off the pack at the restart for the lead. Ampudia moves into 4th in front of Wardy, Jones, and Whelchel who all pull in front of Pierce.
Menzies pulls ahead of the pack as Renezeder moves into 2nd position
Pierce and Ampudia battle for 4th
Mandatory Caution is out: MENZIES, RENEZEDER, ADLER, PIERCE, AMPUDIA, WARDY, JONES, WHELCHEL, GEISER, SEIFERT
Carl Renezeder running 4th about 50 truck lengths behind the top 3. Whelchel and Ampudia are side by side as Whelchel slides off the course and falls down a position.
Menzies tries to make the move on Probst and pushes forward for the lead.
Probst holds the lead with Menzies in second and Adler in 3rd. Carl makes the pass on Pierce as Pierce holds off Jones and Whelchel
Course is green again as Probst takes the holeshot and Menzies shoots forward in front of Pierce
Pierce has his hands full as this is his first ever Unlimited 2 race but he is still running strong. Carl Renezeder just slammed into Pierce telling him to move out of the way
Officials are still cleaning up debris and trucks from the course
Carey Hart is also out of the race as he gets taken off the course by officials.
Dale Dondel endo'd hard off the start causing a full course caution and red flag restart. This will take him out of the race as well as Robby Woods who was behind him and broke the right front end.
One more lap until the pace truck pulls off and 16 Unlimited 2's take the green
Robbie Pierce starts on the pole next to Kevin Probst.
Deegan takes the win as teammate Cuffaro takes second in front of Stephensen who will take third.
Brandt has issues and teammates Deegan and Cuffaro are now fighting for the lead
Naughton is moving his way through the paces but will still have to pull into the hot pits to serve his black flag penalty
Loiodice and Naughton are both now in the back of the pack as Naughton will have three laps to serve his penalty. Chris Brandt moves into the lead.
Full course caution as they debate on what penalty to give Naughton and Loiodice tries to get running again.
Leaders are already catching lapped traffic and it's causing meyhem. Loiodice got slammed by Naughton and rolled hard in turn 4 over 8 times. Naughton got black flagged and Loiodice was turned back over by officials and it running again.
Running order after 6 laps: LOIODICE, NAUGHTON, BRANDT, DEEGAN, CUFFARO, STEPHENSEN.
Naughton is reeling in Loiodice after 5 laps.
Chris Brandt in the Rockstar #82 running in 3rd as he falls behind Naughton and Loiodice.
Matt Loiodice in the #20 MasterCraft Lite takes the pole and holds the lead after two laps with Naughton hunting him down in second.
Unlimited Lites are on the track and waiting the pace truck to pull off...in the front row it's Chris Brandt and Matt Loiodice. Who will take the pole?
Check out the Short Course gallery for an updated gallery from today's pit action
Unlmited Buggies will take to the track next after track workers finish grooming the track
Finishing order: RENEZEDER, PFLUEGER, MENZIES, DAUGHERTY *all other 4's DNF'd*
Carl Renezeder takes the win here at Round 9 of LOORS racing in Suprise, AZ
Coyne makes a mistake in turn 2 and Renezeder takes the lead.
At the mandatory caution Coyne leads in front of RENEZDER, Tim HERBST, PFLUEGER, MENZIES, DAUGHERTY. Only 6 trucks left to fight for the win.
Looks like Cenni may have lost front wheel drive and is causing him to fall off the pace
Jerry Daugherty in his backup truck seems to be having problems and running in the back of the pack
Coyne out front after three laps with Cenni 15 car lengths behind and spins out losing the second position
Both Cenni and Coyne get around Herbst as Renezeder moves his way towards the front
#11 of Adrian Cenni seems to be misfiring as Coyne and Tim Herbst battle for the top position
Speedworld has gone green, Tim Herbst takes the holeshot around turn 1 but Coyne charges hard through the rhythem section. Brandt tries to get used to being behind the wheel of an Unlimited 4 instead of his usual Unlimited Lite
The Bully Dog pace truck has pulled off the track and Travis Coyne is setting the pace coming into the start and waiting for the drop of the green flag
The famous words have been spoken as the mayor tells drivers "Gentlemen start your engines"
Just announced, Chris Brandt will take over the driving duties in the #82 Unlimited 2 of Josh Merril. Merril took a hard crash in one of the practice sessions yesterday forcing him to take a back seat in today's race and watch from the stands.
CENNI, who will start in the second row, is taking a go at the LOORS series after some controversy at the last TORC series round. Cenni told DIRTnewz staff that he filed a complaint to the TORC officials against Curt LeDuc's rough driving and nothing was done about it so he took matters into his own hands and tried to slam into LeDuc and take him out of the race. TORC officials are still undecided as to wether or not they will allow him to race in the season finale next weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Unlimited 4's have taken to the track and are waiting for the drop of the green flag
Unlimted 4 starting order: COYNE, TIM HERBST, PFLUEGER, CENNI, RENEZEDER, TROY HERBST, BRASCHO, MENZIES, MERRIL, DAUGHERTY
Carl Renezeder had the fastest practice time this morning in the both Unlimited 2 & Unlimited 4 class while Brian Deegan had the fastest time in the Unlimited Lite class
Larry Job led the Unlimited Buggies around the track in practice with a time of 57.442 in front of Mike Halliday, Rich Ronco, Bobby Pecoy and Mike Dondel
Rodrigo Ampudia, will start today's round 9 with a brand new RDE Transmission in the truck. Ampudia qualified 2nd yesterday and will start in the 4th row after a top 8 inversion
Jerry Whelchel wasn't able to qualify yesterday due to a blown head gasket and will start in the back of the pack. The crew changed a motor last night and Whelchel had the second quickest practice time here this morning.
Stay tuned as the Unlimited 4's will take to the track in a few hours to kick off today's LOORS Short Course racing. Unlimited Lights will follow and Unlimited 2's will round out the field.
The first practice session of the day is underway as drivers and their crew worked last night to make even the slightest changes to their race trucks in order to bring home a win from Suprise here this afternoon.
Robbie Pierce will start front row in tomorrow's race next to Kevin Probst who qualified in the 7th position. Top qualifier in the Unlimited 2 class today was Greg Adler with a time of 56.070. Adler drew an inversion of 8 which will put Robbie Pierce in the #30 truck on the pole for Round 9 of LOORS Racing tomorrow evening.
Pro 2 qualifying order:
- Greg ADLER,
- Rodrigo AMPUDIA,
- Carl RENEZEDER,
- Jeff WARD,
- Bryce MENZIES,
- Robby WOODS,
- Kevin PROBST,
- Robbie PIERCE *Starting on the pole due to top 8 inversion*,
- Dale DONDEL,
- Jeff SEIFERT,
- Carey HART,
- Jesse JONES,
- Jeff GEISER,
- Justin DAVIS
Pro 4 qualifying order:
- Troy HERBST,
- Carl RENEZEDER,
- Adrian CENNI
- Alan PFLUEGER,
- Tim HERBST,
- Travis COYNE,
- Kent BRASCHO,
- Bryce MENZIES,
- Josh MERREL,
- Jerry DAUGHERTY
Pro Light Qualifiying Order:
- Jimmy STEPHENSEN,
- Todd CUFFARO,
- Brian DEEGAN,
- Rob NAUGHTON,
- Matt LOIODICE,
- Chris BRANDT, (On the pole after inversion of 6)
- Heath CARPENTER,
- Chuck DEMPSEY,
- Leroy LOERWALD,
- Parker GRABOWSKI,
- Anthony VERDONE,
- Dan PENTICO
Jerry Daugherty has just pulled out his backup Unlimited 2 as there was too much damage to his truck for him to make it to qualifying.
Adriann Cenni had the fastest practice time in the Unlimited 4 class with Troy Herbst in second, Tim Herbst in third, followed by Travis Coyne and Bryce Menzies. Teams have 1 hour until they will take to the track for qualifying.
Turn #4 is proving to be difficult for these drivers as more and more practice laps are leading to continuous rollovers. During the second practice session both Jesse Jones and Aaron Daugherty went end over end in turn #4. Jones landed and was able to complete his practice session as Daugherty wasn't so lucky and came out of it with a broken front end. Practice has been delayed as track officials work to get Daugherty's #23 Unlimited 4 off the track.
Josh Merril in the #22 Unlimited 2 took a hard roll during the first practice session as did the #12 Unlimited Light of Parker Grabowski.
Teams are preparing for the first practice session of the weekend here in Suprise this morning. Unlimited 2's will start the day off on the track at 10:30am, followed by Unlimited 4's and Unlimited Lights. The second practice session will be at 12:00pm and qualifying at 2:30pm. Stay tuned as we bring you the latest news from LOORS in Suprise, Arizona.
Brian Deegan will step up to the Unlimited 2 class this weekend as he gets behind the wheel of Jesse Jone's second Unlimited 2
Adrian Cenni, who has been racing the TORC series this year, is here in Suprise and ready to take to the track. After contact was made between Cenni and Curt LeDuc at the last TORC rounds in Perris, Ca Adrian Cenni attempted to ram into the side of Curt LeDuc's truck during the race. It has been said that Cenni may be suspended from the last TORC rounds in Las Vegas, NV next weekend and may shed some light on why he is here in Suprise for this weekends LOORS Racing.
MasterCraft CEO Robbie Pierce will debut his #30 Unlimited 2 here in Surprise, AZ this weekend. Pierce has been behind the wheel for a few practice sessions but Saturday's Round 9.
Carl Renezeder leads the points race in both the Unlimited 2 and Unlimited 4 classes by a mere 4 points and will once again have to rage around the track in order to stay ahead of Jeff Ward in Unlimited 2 and Alan Pflueger in Unlimited 4.
Teams are preparing for the anticipated race weekend ahead, setting up pits, teching their trucks and getting into RACE MODE
LOORS Suprise, Az: October 16-19, 2009 Stay tuned for LIVE UPDATES all weekend long!!
