July 12, 2009 - The Traxxas TORC racing action is about to get underway here in Bark River, Michigan for Round 8 of door to door race action. Yesterday's PRO winners Doug Fortin, Dan VandenHuevel, Chad Hord and Johnny Greaves are all striving for repeats of yesterday's race. While the leaders are hoping for carbon copy races others like Douglas, Kincaid, Johnson and more are fine tuning their trucks getting ready for more race action come time to drop the green flag.
Be sure to tune in to our DIRTnewz LIVE radio broadcast starting at 2:30 pm EST as the Pro racers take to the track!! In the mean time check out our videos and photo galleries.
July 11, 2009 - After much said controversy over the finish of the Pro 2 race the finishing order will remain the same and the win of today's Traxxas TORC Pro 2 Round 7 will go to Dan "The Flying Man" Dutchman. Rob MacCachren took second in his ROCKSTAR Pro 2 with Ben Wandasega finishing out the podium.
TORC packed the stands at Bark River Offroad Raceway today for Round 7 of TORC race action here in Bark River, Michigan. The fans filled both the stands and the grass area in order to catch the fender to fender race action from every class from the grass roots Classix to the 800 HP Pro 4x4 trucks.
Chad Hord worked hard to pass Chris Brandt who took the lead early on in the Pro Lite race. Hord put the pedal to the floor and pushed hard to come out victorious in front of his home town crowd of Michigan. Kincaid tried to push out hard but took an unfortunate turn near the end of the race and broke which took him out of the race. Christ Brandt worked hard for his second place finish with Marty Hart rounding out the podium. FULL RACEUPDATES BELOW!!
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Rob MacCachren Fastest Practice Time in Pro 2
1 ROB MACCACHREN 11 01:23.567
2 JEREMY MCGRATH 2 01:24.099
3 Todd LEDUC 3 01:25.028
4 DAN VANDEN HEUVEL 77 01:25.206
5 Scott TAYLOR 8 01:25.406
6 RICKY JOHNSON 48 01:25.470
7 Michael OBERG 80 2 01:25.624
8 Ross HOEK 21 01:26.263
9 Ben Wandahsega 297 01:26.486
10 DAN BAUDOUX 7 01:27.031
11 DOUG FORTIN 96 01:27.285
12 KEITH STEELE 29 01:28.145
13 Mark Jenkins 25 01:28.779
14 Ron Schreiner 79 01:30.74
2009 TORC Rounds 7 & 8 VIDEOS Bark River Offroad Raceway, Bark River, Michigan
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July 10, 2009 - TORC racers had their first taste of Bark River, Michigan's newly designed track during tonight's practice. TORC promoter Ricky Johnson met with Bark River officials last week to help add a fresh look to the well known track. Racers took to the track early this evening in hopes of finding the best lines for tomorrow's Round 7 of race action and did just that. Not too much has changed but track workers have piled the burms high in order to make a second line for racers to use come race day.
The controversy at the track is that TORC officials told Pro 4 driver Rick Huseman after the last race, at Crandon Offroad Raceway, that he must remove suspension parts from his truck that were considered illegal. Huseman has won five out of the last six races and will have to prove himself after making those changes for the first time of the season. Huseman was running only 2 seconds behind Johnny Greaves who ran the fastest lap today.
Greaves and Huseman were faster than the rest of the Pro 4 field by 5 seconds, while Ricky Johnson dominated in the Pro 2 class.
Be sure to tune in to DIRTnewz LIVE tomorrow as we broadcast our LIVE turn by turn race action with our hosts Tim "Desertbull" Sanchez and Todd Tenbroek bring you the action LIVE from Bark River Offroad Raceway. Check out our videos throughout the weekend as well as full photo galleries.
DIRTnewz 1600 Light Buggy Driver Todd Lemke tunes on his rig to get ready for race day tomorrow
(Cherry Valley, CA) July 8, 2009 That's right, a competition to create the best T-shirt design for Pro-2WD racer Todd LeDuc is underway. The Rockstar Energy Drink driver Todd LeDuc is looking for the hottest design to include on his upcoming T-shirts, available to fans and off road racing enthusiasts across the nation. The winner of the contest will receive one of Todd LeDuc's driving suits, as well as three cases of their favorite Rockstar Energy Drink, and latest Rockstar gear. The deadline for submissions is August 7, 2009. There are also prizes for second and third place. All entries must be sent to Pruettracing@aol.com in a PDF. Please refer to the contest guidelines below before you start putting your Photoshop and Illustrator skills to work!
If you missed our DIRTnewz LIVE Radio show from from Green Bay, Wisconsin as we kicked off this weekend's TORC racing action in Bark River, Michigan check out the replay'sHERE!! You can now take the replay's with you by subscribing to our DIRTnewz LIVE Radio podcasts or listen to them directly from DIRTnewz by clicking on the Audio Replay button.
SATURDAY'S PRO LIGHT RACE FROM BARK RIVER ON TORCSERIES.COM
Corona, CA- (July 8, 2009) - The Traxxas TORC Series presented by AMSOIL announces the return of the groundbreaking, exclusive, same-day internet coverage of the PRO Light races. On Saturday Todd Harris will be joined by TORC's very own Mitch Covington, giving the play by play and getting the fans at home hyped for the ESPN2 Broadcast of the Bark River race.
You can catch the PRO Light race at 8pm EST by logging on to torcseries.com. To catch the entire weekend of action, tune into ESPN2 July 19th at 11:30am EST.
The Traxxas TORC Series- The Off Road Championship, presented by AMSOIL is the world's premier short course off road series. TORC drivers push the limits with 900 horsepower, action-packed fender pounding on challenging natural terrain racetracks. The 2009 season schedule includes stops in Texas, California, Nevada, Michigan, and Wisconsin. For more information on TORC please visit www.torcseries.com.
TORC Racing heads to Bark River, Michigan next weekend July 10-12, 2009
Corona, Calif. (July 7, 2009) - Hansen Beverage Company (HANS) announced today that it has partnered with promoters Ricky Johnson and Mitch Covington in an off-road racing series known as The Traxxas TORC Truck Series, presented by AMSOIL. The series will provide a stage for the world's top off-road drivers, manufacturers and sponsors to compete at top caliber venues from California to Wisconsin. The 2009 series is televised on ABC and its sister network, ESPN2.
