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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. |
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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. |
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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.
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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. |
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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. |
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Pro-4 - Round
14 race results: |
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1. Rob
MacCachren #21 Ford/BF Goodrich |
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2. Adrian
Cenni #11 Chevy/BF Goodrich |
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3. Johnny
Greaves #22 Toyota/BF Goodrich |
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4. Jason Baldwin
#66 Ford/BF Goodrich |
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5. Curt LeDuc
#43 Ford/BF Goodrich |
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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.
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Pro-2 - Round
14 race results: |
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1. Evan Evans #5
Chevy/Goodyear |
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2. Carl Renezeder #17
Chevy/BF Goodrich |
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3. Scott Taylor
#1 Ford/BF Goodrich |
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4. Kevin Probst
#99 Chevy/Goodyear |
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5. Dan
Vandenhuevel #77 Chevy/BF Goodrich |
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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.
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Sportsman 2- Round
14 race results: |
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1. Tommy
Bradley #210 |
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2. Dan Baudoux
#217 |
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3. Mike
Oberg #280 |
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4. Jimmy O'neil
#255 |
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5. Gordon
Zima #228 |
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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: |
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1. Scott
Taylor #1 Ford/BF
Goodrich |
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2. Evan Evans #5
Chevy/Goodyear |
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3. Larry Gourlie
#27 Chevy/Goodyear |
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4. R.J. Flanagan
#69 Chevy/BF Goodrich |
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5. Ryan Andrews
#95 Chevy/Goodyear |
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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: |
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1. Rob
MacCachren #21 Ford/BF Goodrich |
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2. Curt LeDuc
#43 Ford/BF Goodrich |
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3. Adrian
Cenni #11 Chevy/BF Goodrich |
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4. Scott
Douglas #12 Ford/Rancho/BF Goodrich |
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5. Johnny
Greaves #22 Toyota/BF Goodrich |
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6. Jason Baldwin
#66 Ford/BF Goodrich |
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Pro-4 - Round
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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Pro-4 - Round
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
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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
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