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Greaves and McGrath Keep the Podium Hot in TORC Rounds 3 & 4, Greaves Earns First Win of TORC Season in Pro 4X4

Perris, CA (May 31, 2009) - The Monster Potawatomi Toyota team of Johnny Greaves and Jeremy McGrath left Perris Auto Speedway Sunday morning with big smiles on their faces as Greaves earned his first win in the new Traxxas TORC Series on Friday night while McGrath earned another second place spot on the podium in round 4. On the weekend the team racked-up three podiums finishes in front of a big crowd in Southern California and the pair of Monster Toyota’s were a fixture in all the race battles for the lead.

On Friday night, McGrath jumped out to an early lead in the Monster Hammerhead Toyota Pro 2WD class and lead the race all the way to the halfway point. Late in the race the supercross legend got caught-up in some fender banging and ended up in 8th. On Saturday night, McGrath once again got off to a Monster of a start by leading all the way until the competition caution with fellow Supercross champion Rick Johnson in second. On the re-start, Johnson made an aggressive move to get around McGrath and the battle was on. Exciting the TORC fans, McGrath and Johnson fought hard for the rest of the race with McGrath taking the second place podium spot for Toyota and giving the "Showtime" fans a great show.

Longtime crowd favorite Johnny Greaves started his weekend off in the right direction Friday night with a win and tough battle with veterans Scott Douglass and Rick Huseman. Greaves made it look easy, putting his Tundra out front early on and leading the race the entire way. Huseman and Douglas fought hard and challenged the veteran Greaves late in the race but was unable to overtake the BF Goodrich shod Greaves and Johnny was back on the familiar ground of the top of the podium for TORC round 2.

On Saturday night, Greaves once again got out to an early lead on lap one holding this position all the way till lap 17 of the 20-lap race when a hard charging Toyota of Rick Huseman was able to slide underneath Greaves for the win. The crowd was entertained as usual with close racing the entire way. Scott Douglas worked hard to try and overtake Greaves in lap 18, but was unable to overtake the crafty Greaves and Johnny went on to finish second.

"We had a great time this weekend and it's always nice to get back on top of the podium," stated team owner Greaves. "Jeremy is coming to the front aggressively and I think he and RJ are putting on a great show for the TORC Series fans this year. Our Monster Potawatomi team has gotten the start we wanted to the season and if we just keep this up, we should be in a position to win some titles."