7th Annual Borg-Warner World Championship
Manufacturer's Shootout 1 –
Rob MacCachren (No. 21) – Pro 4 2 –
Scott Douglas (No. 12) – Pro 4 3 –
Curt LeDuc (No. 43)– Pro 4 4 –
Scott Taylor (No. 1) – Pro 2
(fastest 2WD overall 5 –
Jason Baldwin (No. 66) –
Pro 4 6 –
Tommy Bradley (No. 210) –
Sportsman 2 7 –
Kevin Probst (No. 99) – Pro 2 8 –
Curt Brasho (No. 8) – Pro 4 9 –
Mike Oberg (No. 280) – Sportman
2 10 – Ben Wandohsega (No.297) – Sportsman 2 11 –
Jerry Bundy (No. 228) – Sportman
2 12 – Jason Janusz (No. 204) – Sportman 2 13 – Johnny
Greaves (No. 22) – Pro 4 14 –
Dan Vandenheuvel (No.77) – Pro 2 15 –
Ken Kincaid (No. 44) – Pro 2 16 –
Steve McCrossan (No.23 ) – Pro 4
» Congratulations Rob
Mac"Crandon," Ford Racing and
Borg-Warner! |
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Cup LIVE UPDATE: As we predicted; Rob
MacCrandon(MacCachren) of Las Vegas,
Nevada, piloting his Trail Master Ford
F-150, has won his third Borg-Warner Cup.
When the trucks came through turn one, Rob had
already moved up to third spot. Remember, the
Pro-4's started 80 yards behind the 15
Sportsman 2 and Pro-2 (2WD) trucks. More to
come. |
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| Borg-Warner Cup: The
Borg-Warner cup is a Crandon Offroad Raceway sanctioned
event. The driver's had to qualify Friday in the Trail
Master Time Trials to have a chance at the $100,000
purse. This race will include Sportsman 2, Pro-2 and
Pro-4 teams. The Sportsman and Pro-2 (2WD) teams will
have an 80 yard handicap and line up ahead of the
Pro-4's (4WD). In just minutes, twenty one trucks
will compete for the most coveted trophy in all of off
road racing. This event will not be televised on ESPN or
Speedvision, you will only be able to get your fix on
ORC. Stay tuned! |
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| Pro-Lite -
Round 14 race recap: The No. 36
Fabtech Ford Ranger of Rick Huseman wins for the second
time this weekend. This victory coupled with the demise
of other front runners in the 'points hunt' has put
Huseman second in points with two rounds left in the
season. |
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Pro-Lite -
Round 14 LIVE UPDATE: The No. 36 Ford
Ranger of Rick Huseman is pulling away from the pack.
Points leader Jeff Kincaid (No. 1) lost the ring
and pinion gear in the first lap and has
pulled off the course. The No. 34 Nissan of Joe Wutke
just lost control and barrel rolled at least four times.
He is okay and the safety crew had him off the field
before the red flag could fly. Crash
Photos! |
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Borg-Warner World
Championship Manufacturer's Shootout -- The
announcers are stirring up the crowd into a frenzy for
the Borg-Warner World Championship Manufacturer's
Shootout. Though there may be a bit of bias, we'd
venture to say that the winner's circle awaits the Ford
of Rob MacCachren. Things have been switched
up a bit. So with that said, we're turning our heads to
the track for the Pro Lite contest. |
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| Stock Truck - Round
14 race recap -- Mark Kleiman is leading the
stock truck contest with one lap to go and appears to be
on his way to his ninth win of the season. |
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Pro 4 -
Round 14 race recap: Blasting
into turn one, MacCrandon's early lead snafued into a
pile up, which left all but Adrian Cenni stacked on top
of one another like a deck of cards. The race was over.
Done. It was a cakewalk by more
than 10 seconds. Cenni could have darn-near hopped on
the hood and celebrated. But just as in Vegas,
when the odds are stacked aganst you, you lay the cash
on the card table, hunt down the joker and dish out an
ace or two for good measure. The Vegas local did just
that. MacCrandon realed Cenni in like a Wisconsin
Walleye, gaining at least four seconds on each ensuing
lap. |
| This kicked in the interest of Curt LeDuc who
was still in the hunt for a fender. A few laps
later. It was a three-wide race for second.
First place was still in the hands of Cenni --
barely. He could feel the heat building up from
behind. It was a toss up out of every turn, Mac, Duc,
Mac, Duc. Jason Baldwin tossed in his best
effort. At the final turn, at about the last two
laps, the three went into the final turn three
wide and wadded it up for a second time,
delivering refuge to Cenni's lead. They handed
him another 10 or so seconds. The three were
wedged against the wall, trying to tear from
each other and get back into the game. The three
were locked tight, reversing furiously. They
backed up in unison. MacCachren made his move
for the front, but LeDuc pinched him between the
wall and locked him out of the fleet for second.
Baldwin was shaved out of the loop. Again, all bets
were off. The game was over. Cenni would win. |
| But again, it
ain't over until MacCrandon sings. Again, he
hopped on the throttle and overtook LeDuc, and
then he set his sights on another Walleye
fishing derby. When they're
biting, you real'em in. Cenni took the bait and
was hooked on an easy win. Wrong. The Desert Mac
was in the hunt, his prospect pathetic, his
future too far behind for hope, the crowd seemed
to have handed in the towel. It was over -- so
it seemed to the glazed over and dust scathed
eyes of many. Within one lap,
Mac cracked the whip and gained enough ground
for many to began with the old MacCachren chant.
He had gained at least five seconds within that
time. Ouch! | 
| The white flag
twirled in the wind and some still weren't
convinced. The Come Back Kid just can't do it.
Less than a minute later, he swept into the long
straight and overtook Cenni with no remorse.
Sometimes, it sucks to have it all wrapped up
and lose it. He lost it. MacCrandon
cruised across the finish, lacking all body
panels and in need of a tranny. His
crew is in the pits, swapping one in a fresh
tranny right now. Cenni was the only one to
cruise into the pits unscathed -- except for the
tremendous loss he had just taken. | 
| Baldwin is also
in the pits calling on his crew for some
assistance. Scott Douglas is changing a tranny.
LeDuc is tearing out a T-case and replacing it
with a fresh one. In addition, he's got to have
his rear end redone and are re-welding his body
mounts. Get it from us
first. This hasn't even entered the horse's
bunny ears much less his mule lips. Adrian Cenni
has just clinched a deal with Miller Lite for
full title sponsorship. Ouch! This could get
interesting. Add a few brews and all he needs
now is a few brats, and we'll call it a party.
Congratulations. | | Pro-4 -
Round 14 race results: | | 1.
Rob MacCachren #21 Ford/BF Goodrich | | 2.
Adrian Cenni #11 Chevy/BF
Goodrich | | 3.
Johnny Greaves #22 Toyota/BF
Goodrich | | 4.
Jason Baldwin #66 Ford/BF Goodrich | | 5.
Curt LeDuc #43 Ford/BF Goodrich | | 6.
Scott Douglas #12 Ford/Rancho/BF
Goodrich |
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Pro-4 -
Round 14 LIVE UPDATE: CARNAGE.
As they headed to turn 1, Adrian Cenni had the hole shot
as the rest of the field bottled up behind him. When the
dust settled, Douglas, Leduc, MacCachren, Baldwin and
Greaves had all lost valuable time to Cenni. MacCacheren
who was the third truck back on the road is flying, he
has already moved to third. |
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Pro 2 -
Round 14 race recap: Evan
Evans won by an inch when in the last turn,
Renezeder squeezed inside, he would have
won had the course been 10' further. This race
is a must see on the ESPN 2 event coverage
scheduled to air Oct 27, 2001.
| Pro-2 -
Round 14 race results: | | 1.
Evan Evans #5 Chevy/Goodyear | | 2.
Carl Renezeder #17 Chevy/BF Goodrich | | 3.
Scott Taylor #1 Ford/BF Goodrich | | 4.
Kevin Probst #99 Chevy/Goodyear | | 5.
Dan Vandenhuevel #77 Chevy/BF
Goodrich | | 6.
R.J. Flanagan #69 Chevy/BF Goodrich |
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Pro-2 -
Round 13 LIVE UPDATE: Evan Evans
shot-gunned through the first turn, taking the lead with
Carl Renezeder and Scott Taylor sucking up the roost and tight
on his tail. The competition just turned into
twisted metal and a fender fight. The crowd has awoken to
the Bow Tie rivalvary, lifting from their seats.
Renezeder is closing in through the turns and Evans is
walking away on the straigts. It's push and pull. |
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Sportsman 2 -
Round 14 race recap: Tommy Bradley
takes the win...again. This was not the 'walk away'
finish we saw yesterday, Bradley made his pass for 1st
on the last turn of the last lap. Dan Baudoux (No. 217)
had lead every lap of the race when his motor failed and
coasted to second place.
Sportsman
2- Round 14 race results: | | 1.
Tommy Bradley #210 | | 2.
Dan Baudoux #217 | | 3. Mike
Oberg #280 | | 4.
Jimmy O'neil #255 | | 5. Gordon
Zima #228 | | 6. Sam
Konitzer #218 |
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Sportsman 2 - Round 14 LIVE UPDATE: No. 217
Dan Baudoux is leading the field followed by the No. 280
Mike Oberg. Yesterday's champ Tommy Bradley from Las
Vegas, NV is running third and whipping around the
track in search of a back-to-back win after yesterday's
hallmark performance. |
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We
will be live again tomorrow for Round 14 of the CORR
Exxon Superflo Series from Crandon WI. Wake up to
off-road racing action beginning at 10 A.M. PST.
Meanwhile, check out Saturday's Photo
Gallery. |
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Pro-2 -
Round 13 race results: | | 1.
Scott Taylor #1 Ford/BF
Goodrich | | 2.
Evan Evans #5 Chevy/Goodyear | | 3.
Larry Gourlie #27 Chevy/Goodyear | | 4.
R.J. Flanagan #69 Chevy/BF Goodrich | | 5.
Ryan Andrews #95 Chevy/Goodyear | | 6.
Donnie Roberts #19 Ford/BF Goodrich |
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| Pro-2 - Round
13 LIVE UPDATE: No. 99 Kevin
Probst has had the lead until two seconds ago when No.1
Scott Taylor came from nowhere to make a pass in his
Ford F-150. No. 17 Carl Renezeder is holding third with
No. 5 Evan Evans in fourth. |
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Pro-4 -
Round 13 race results: |
| 1.
Rob MacCachren #21 Ford/BF Goodrich |
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Curt LeDuc #43 Ford/BF Goodrich |
| 3.
Adrian Cenni #11 Chevy/BF Goodrich |
| 4.
Scott Douglas #12 Ford/Rancho/BF Goodrich |
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Johnny Greaves #22 Toyota/BF Goodrich |
| 6.
Jason Baldwin #66 Ford/BF Goodrich |
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13 LIVE UPDATE: No. 43 Leduc has
made it around No. 11 Cenni to take over second.
MacCachren is in the lead with a huge margin. Scott
Douglas, No. 12, is trying to make up time after being
called into the pits for a broken window net. He is
currently the fastest on the track with no chance of
catching up. |
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13 LIVE UPDATE: No. 21 Rob
MacCacheran leads the field. No. 66 Jason Baldwin
who broke the track record yesterday is heading to
the pits with a flat tire. No. 11 Adrian Cenni is
running second but LeDuc is closing fast. |
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Pro-Lite -
Round 13 race recap: No. 36 Rick
Huseman in his FabTech Ford wins leaving the rest
of the field fighting for second place. It looked like
Chad Hord was going to capture the spot but in
a last lap move by points leader Jeff Kincaid (No.
1), Hord ended up third. |
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Pro-Lite -
Round 13 LIVE UPDATE: The No. 36 Ford
Ranger of Rick Huseman is dominating, leading the field
by 20 seconds. Both Jason Crowder and Jimmie Crowder are
out of the race with motor problems. |
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Sportsman 2 -
Round 13 race recap: And the winner
is the Defending Champ from Las Vegas, NV., No. 210 Tommy
Bradley. After taking the year off, Bradley
couldn't pass up the opportunity to defend his title and
that he did. |
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| Super Buggy -
Round 13 race recap: In this race we
have two winners; No. 916 Corry Heynen and No. 929 Scott
Schwalbe. Heynan took the win after race leader Casey
Johnson rolled on the front stretch and Schwalbe with
his second place finish locked in the 2001 Super Buggy
Championship. |
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| Stock Truck -
Round 13 race recap: Ford Driver, No.
842 Mark Kleiman continues to dominate the stock
truck class winning his 8th race of the season. Kleiman
took the lead on the fist lap and never looked back. |
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Light Buggy -
Round 13 race recap: The thirty car
field was off to an excitinng start when a crash in turn
one red flagged the event for twenty minutes. The
driver of the No. 193 car, Chad Dewall, suffered a
broken leg in the accident. He is reported to be in good
spirits and in route to the hospital. After the restart, the
lead changed hands a dozen times, but when the checker
flag dropped it was No. 105 Ben O'Connell making the
trip to victory lane. |
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Campfires and Old Glory in
the Wind -- The storm clouds of the evening
gave way to beautiful blue skies and temperatures
expected to climb into the 80s this afternoon, a
contrast to the night, which brough temperatures down to
the mid-40s and an onslaught of campfires, which were
worth their weight in Bratwurst and brew. Practice rounds just gave way,
calling the campers from their late-morning slumbers.
Groggy-eyed and flushed-faced, spectators are marching
through the gates and bellying up to the fence line. Course workers are grooming the
track in what's become the envy of years past. The
records of old have been tossed to the wayside. Guys
like Jason Baldwin, Rob MacCachren and Scott Douglas,
yesterday gave an impressive record-setting performance
in the Trail Master Time Trials, the qualifying round
for the 2001 Borg-Warner Shootout. Today again, the course conditions
are immaculate. Lea Kincaid just finished up with the
National Anthem, while Old Glory waved in the cool
breeze, and bombs have gone off and music's kicked in. The green flag just waved and the
Outlaw Seven / Class 3 4x4s battling for the lead. |
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The track records
are toast -- Three of the top qualifiers for
Sunday's Borg-Warner Cup have broken track the record. History is inevitable,
but the action here at Crandon today is incredible.
Desert racers are staking claim to the short-course
crowd and sending them away weeping. The No. 66 Ford of Jason
Baldwin is atop the charts. He broke the one-hour old
record of No. 21 MacCaceran with a time of 1:24.50. |
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The Trail Master
Time Trials are about to start. Scott Taylor #1
(Pro 2) will be the first off the line. Rob MacCachren HAS broken
the track record for Crandon Raceway posting a time of
1:24.53. The previous record was 1:25.95 held by Jamey
Flannery. He currently sits on the pole for Sundays Borg
Warner Cup. |
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From sunshine to
storm clouds on the horizon, regardless of what
the weather man says, the rain is inevitable when the
racing comes to Crandon. Yesterday, they said it'd
be the first weekend that anyone could recall where
rain wasn't forecasted. Today, there's a brisk
chill in the wind and the storm clouds are calling
for the weatherman to eat his words. Check back with us
shortly after noon, when we'll have a little somthing
for you to peruse through. |
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2001
CORR - Crandon, WI Midwest's Racing Triumph
This is Crandon, a
blip on the map of America, population 3,500 on any
given weekend in the woods. But, that's not the case
with the first weekend of September. Some 60,000-plus
race fans... |
