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Championship Off Road Racing Cancels Final 2008 Race Press release issued by CORR
 Championship Off Road Racing has regretfully announced the cancellation of its final race weekend of the 2008 season scheduled to be held in Chula Vista, California on December 6–7, 2008.
Championship Off Road Racing, CEO Jim Baldwin made the following statement:
“The current national financial crisis has impacted our series to the degree that it has become impossible to produce the quality off road racing experience that our fans, racers and sponsors have enjoyed. While it has been our most sincere effort to hold this final event, every possible avenue was exhausted before reaching this difficult decision. Although we have been forced to prematurely end the current season, we are strongly committed to providing the ultimate off road racing experience on the most extreme tracks while continuing to grow the sport. We apologize to our sponsors, teams and especially to our loyal fans for any inconvenience that this has caused. Our commitment to this sport, sponsors, the teams, and fans that support us is unwavering. We will continue to vigorously pursue our objective: To build the most exciting nationally recognized short course off road racing series in the country.”
CORR is in the midst of establishing a solid 2009 race schedule. This confirmed schedule, to be released shortly, is comprised of twelve rounds of racing to be held on six weekends in 2009. There are currently discussions underway with the objective of increasing that number to as many as eight race weekends and 16 rounds. We are working to assemble a revised business plan that will reflect the steps necessary to overcome the current economic challenges. Our sponsors have shown us that they understand the current economic climate and have expressed their desire to participate with us in seeing this sport blossom. The significant investment made in CORR has brought huge crowds, national exposure, and some of the most exciting racing ever seen in the dirt.
Championship Off Road RacingTM brings high-action, four-wheel motorsports, including two wheel drive and four wheel drive trucks to closed-course, off road arenas. |
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Big Dawg/TailGator and Doug Noelke Capture Championship
The 2008 racing season has come to an end for the AMSOIL sponsored Big Dawg/TailGator team and Doug Noelke finished off another successful year.  Noelke was crowned the Monster National racing champion for 2008. He competed in 30 multiple-show events this year, a little over half of those with both trucks.
Even thought the racing season is over, the work has just begun. The Big Dawg chassis is undergoing a major overhaul. The chassis was totally stripped, reinforced, sandblasted and painted. The engine has been disassembled and is currently being "freshened up." Noelke will begin to reassemble the truck to get it together for the first show on January 9-10 in Huntington, W.V. The TailGator chassis is undergoing some minor changes, including adding wheel tethers. The first show for TailGator is also Huntington, W.V. on the Monster Nationals Tour.
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Teauge Takes Early Lead at World Championships The annual SBI Key West World Championship powerboat race is heating up in southern Florida this week and AMSOIL Super Cat drivers Bob Teague and Paul Whittier are one step closer to defending their title.
 Wednesday marked the opener of the three race event, and the AMSOIL boat skyrocketed to an early lead. Teague and Whittier found a clean line and handily won their class race.
''Paul found a 15-foot-wide lane between two boats and we had clean water,'' said Teague. "Clean water is everything.''
The second race opens at 10 a.m. Friday (EST) and the final event is Sunday, when racers will run double the number of laps as in the previous two races for double the points. All three races count towards the SBI World Championship.
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Freestyle Tour Joins AMSOIL Championship Snocross Series  National snocross fans have another reason to be excited for the 2008-2009 AMSOIL Championship Snocross Series (ACSS). Monster Energy drink and Slednecks will bring their high-flying freestyle antics fused with music and attitude to the national venues this winter. Featuring the biggest names in freestyle and the biggest name in energy drinks, the Monster Energy Invasion Tour will further infuse the national snocross tour with aerial action and the world’s best snowmobile athletes. With the recent success and awareness of ESPN’s Winter X Games snowmobile freestyle competition, the International Series of Champions went right to the top of the food chain  when it came time to bring the attitude of freestyle to the national snocross tour. Now they will showcase their talents alongside the best snocross riders in the world on the AMSOIL Championship Snocross Series stage. “The success of Invasion Tour has been sick,” said John Keegan, president of Slednecks. “With a couple of world record jumps in the books, we wanted to take the tour to the next level and the ISOC national tour was the obvious choice. Now we’ll have the best athletes in both snocross and freestyle together at the biggest snowmobile events in North America.” The Monster Energy Slednecks Invasion Tour will showcase the talents of Slednecks team riders such as Chris Burandt and Aleksander Nrordgaard. During the show, fans can grab free Monster Energy drinks; score free Slednecks and Monster swag and after the show get autographs from  the athletes. “We want to give our fans the best show possible,” said John Daniels, president of ISOC. “Freestyle has become a huge part of the snowmobiling community and we wanted to figure out a way to incorporate it into our snocross show. Partnering with Slednecks and Monster Energy allows us to bring the best freestyle athletes in the world to the national snocross tour. It’s going to be a snowmobiling circus people will not want to miss.” The AMSOIL Championship Snocross Series and Monster Energy Slednecks Invasion Tour will kick-off this November 28-30 at the AMSOIL Duluth National at the Spirit Mountain ski area in Duluth, Minn. The AMSOIL Duluth National will feature three days of racing, freestyle, music, fireworks and more and signifies the launch of the racing season. |
Rinker Champion Again Tim Seebold may have won the battle in Naples, Fla., but it was AMSOIL driver Terry Rinker who won the war. Seebold led wire to wire and won over a hard charging Shaun Torrente in the sixth and final ChampBoat Series race of the year.  Rinker, who entered the day 53 points ahead of Torrente for the season long championship, battled lapped traffic for much of the 60 lap finale, but still finished fourth on Lake Avalon. The Tampa, Fla. native was able to keep a 23-point margin for his fourth championship in the past six years and his first since his 2006 Perfect Season (7-0). “We had to bite our tongues to force ourselves not to push too much today,” said Rinker. “The goal was the championship not the race and the crew did everything asked despite the pressure we were going through to come home with the ultimate victory.” Rinker will take part in the Performance Racing Industry trade show in Orlando, Fla. in December. AMSOIL is the Official Oil of the F1 ChampBoat Series, which will air on SPEED channel starting in early December. |
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