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FT. WORTH, TEXAS (May 20, 2009) The Rockstar Makita Team LeDuc takes home four podium finishes at the opening weekend of The Off Road Racing Series (TORC) this past weekend. The eight event race series began with a bang on May 14 and 15 in Ft. Worth, Texas, starting off with Todd LeDuc finishing third Friday evening in the Pro 2WD class after fending off Traxxas’s Mark Jenkins and passing Rob MacCachren in the final laps.
Casey Currie runs away with a first place finish at TORC season opener in Texas!
The season opener of the virgin TORC series in Fort Worth, Texas started out with some door banging and mud flying off-road racing action. The tight and relatively flat track made for some extremely technical racing. The track would be made even more challenging by heavy rain on Saturday. Despite the challenges, Texans got a good dose of what short course off-road is all about, door-to-door 850+ horsepower racing in the dirt!
Appleton WI (May 19, 2009) – Dan Vanden Heuvel Sr. and his Flying Dutchman Off-Road Race Team brought his brand new #77 Maxxis Tire AMSOIL ATD Chevy PRO-2WD truck to Texas to compete against the best short course racers in the country. The 2008 Champion knew he had his work cut out for him as his new ride, has had minimal test time, before heading for the opening weekend of the Traxxas TORC Series presented by AMSOIL. The results didn’t land the Flying Dutchman on the podium, but the outcome was very favorable to the development of the truck.
Practice Mishap Doesn’t Slow Hoek
Holland, MI (May 18, 2009) - Ross Hoek Motorsports traveled to Texas looking to build on the late season success of the 2008 season. The changes that RHM made to their PRO-2WD truck, the team was looking forward to a good weekend of racing at the Dirt Track at Texas Motor Speedway.
RED BULL OFF-ROAD RACING BARLOW MOTORSPORTS TEAM SETS WINNING STANDARD AT TORC SERIES OPENER IN TEXAS
Fort Worth, Texas—With rounds one and two of the inaugural season of the Traxxas TORC Series presented by AMSOIL now in the books, it’s clear that the Red Bull Off-Road Racing Barlow Motorsports team of Steve Barlow and Ricky Johnson are on top of their game.
It’s not often that a brand-new truck can be a factor in a highly competitive class like TORC Pro 2WD. But when Ricky Johnson qualified third right out of the box in the number 48 Red Bull F-150, there was little doubt that Barlow Motorsports had the truck well sorted out and ready to race. What came next was more impressive yet. In the very first round of TORC Pro 2WD racing, Johnson and the number 48 Red Bull Ford were a factor from the drop of the green flag. After the opening lap frenzy settled down with Johnson in forth, Ricky passed Greg Adler at the start/finish line and drew a bead on Jeremy McGrath and second place. Late in the race, MacGrath slid high on the oval trying to pass leader Rob MacCachren and Ricky Johnson saw his opportunity and dove low making the pass, reeling in MacCachren with a tire going down. Johnson made the pass for first in front of the grandstands on the front straight and held off MacGrath to the checkered flag and a first place finish in the first TORC Pro 2WD race.
Rockstar Energy Racing's Rob MacCachren Earns Podium at TORC TEXAS
Fort Worth, Texas (May 18, 2009) - Kicking off the 2009 TORC Series season under the lights at Texas Motor Speedway, Rockstar Energy Racing's Rob MacCachren grinded out a podium finish after a wet and soggy weekend of short course off road racing. Round 1 kicked off Friday night and the Las Vegas Rockstar athlete immediately got to work as he claimed the pole position with the fastest qualifying time among the elite Pro 2 ranks.
MacCachren noted, "It's been a really long off season and our team has worked hard towards starting off the season on the right foot, I'm glad we could give Rockstar and BFG the fastest qualifying time in what we expect to be a great season of racing."
Fort Worth, Texas (May 18, 2009) - Scott Douglas hasn’t forgotten the way his 2008 short course season ended--but that sure didn’t make him take his foot off the gas. A strong proponent of the new Professional Drivers Group (PDG) and Traxxas TORC Series, Douglas Motorsports went all in with the new short course series and attacked with a championship-winning attitude. That aggressive approach landed Douglas back on the winner’s podium with a second place finish in round two of racing at Texas Motor Speedway.
Taylor Takes Round 2 at TORC Opener
60 PRO Wins Since 1999
Belvidere, IL (May 18, 2009) - Scott Taylor brought his Skyjacker Suspensions Auto Trans Design BFGoodrich Tires Ford F-150 to Texas looking to build on his late season successes from 2008. After his Saturday night win, Taylor Racing continues to prove that the seven-time champion is looking to add more to the record books. The Round 2 victory was Scott’s sixtieth’s PRO victory since 1999.
New for the Taylor Racing team is the addition of Dustin Pence handling the chores of race prep. At the track, longtime crew chief Mike Kasch is at the helm, with the assistance of Kevin Pence. The veteran team members should keep the team in championship contention all year.
Crandon, WI (May 17, 2009) -The premier short course racers in the world blew away the Texas fans and brought the sport of short-course truck racing back to the off-road world as the Traxxas TORC Truck Series, Presented by AMSOIL, thundered to life at the Texas Motor Speedway this past Friday and Saturday evenings, May 15 and 16.
The weekend of pulse-pounding action kicked off with the Red Bull TNT Freestyle Show along the front stretch, with the PRO LIGHT class first to take the track. Multi-discipline racing legend Marty Hart was first to write himself into the TORC record books with a victory, followed by Traxxas driver Jeff Kincaid, who also won the Oakley Bomb Run Award for the fastest lap in his class, with Boss Snowplow driver Chad Hord finishing out the podium.
TORC Season Opener Race Recaps
Round 1
Pro Lights Hit the Track First, Veteran Marty Hart Takes the Checkered
Ft. Worth, TX (May 15, 2009)-The Traxxas TORC Series started the 2009 racing season, debuting the new series at the dirt track at Texas Motor Speedway in Ft. Worth, Texas. The best professional short-course drivers in the country put on a show for the fans in Texas who got a taste of the high energy entertainment this sport offers. The fans got a preview of the Red Bull X-Fighters freestyle motocross show with an exciting exhibition on a very pleasant Friday evening. The racing action started with the Pro Light Truck class taking to the track first followed by the Pro 2WD class, and capping off the evening with the Pro 4x4.
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2009 TORC Season Opener - Ft Worth, Texas
Round 2 - Saturday May 16, 2009
2009 TORC Season Opener - Ft Worth, Texas
Round 1 - Friday May 15, 2009
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