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August 13-14 ~ Every year at the Millville round of the AMA National Motocross Championship, the newest and brightest stars make their debuts, up from the amateur ranks at the previous week’s Loretta Lynn’s Amateur National Championships presented by AMSOIL, and into the pro class. Last year, that rider for the Geico/AMSOIL team was Trey Canard. Canard finished fourth in the second moto at Millville in 2007 before going on to win the Lites East Supercross Championship. This year, the team’s understudy making his pro debut was 17-year-old Blake Wharton, of Pilot Poi nt, Texas.Coming into Millville, Wharton expected to be in the top 10, but hoped to be in the top five. In the first moto, he fell twice, but still managed to finish 10th. “The first moto, it showed me a lot,” Wharton said. “My times were pretty good, and I was coming from the back. I went down twice but still managed a top 10. That showed me that the next moto, if I just got a good start and put myself in a good position, that good things could happen, and that’s what happened.” In the second moto, Wharton fought his way through from a decent start near the front of the pack to run second in the early going behind Ryan Dungey. Wharton eventually finished fourth. “I was just riding my own race out there,” Wharton said. “I just got a start in the top five and then I just rode my own race. I wasn’t trying to beat any one person or block anyone or try to pass anyone back or taking any chances. Ryan Villopoto was going his speed, which is faster than everyone, so it really made no sense for me to do anything dumb and try and block him. What I did was finish up the race in fourth, and that was one of my goals.” The end result for his professional debut was fifth overall. ![]() Jake Weimer had a decent start in the first moto, but fell right away, meaning he had to dig out from a hole he dug for himself. The second-moto result was better, but Weimer wasn’t as happy with his ride the second time out. “I should’ve gotten a good start, but basically I let off when I shouldn’t have in the first turn, and I ended up with a not-very-good start,” Weimer said." Weimer finished fourth overall, just in front of his rookie teammate. After sitting out the last few rounds with an injured shoulder, Aussie Dan Reardon made his return at Millville. In the first moto, he ran around the tail end of the top 10 for most of the race, eventually finishing 11th. In the second moto, however, Reardon dropped out after an early fall tweaked his injured shoulder.And finally, the top single moto of the day for the AMSOIL team went to Josh Grant, who grabbed third place in the opening moto. However, during the second moto, he started inside the top five, moved up to fourth, then dropped out of the race after lap six because of illness.Still, Grant is now tied with teammate Trey Canard in the championship chase and is less than 20 points out of sixth place in points, despite missing the first five rounds. Canard is out for the remainder of the season with a broken leg. The GEICO Powersports/AMSOIL/Honda team now heads to Delmont, Pa. this weekend for the final round of the AMA National Motocross Championship. AMSOIL is the Official Oil of the AMA Outdoor Nationals. Until then, we'll see you at the races. Team AMSOIL traveled to Orange Beach, Ala. on August 16-17 to compete in the “Thunder on the Gulf” race sanctioned by the Offshore Super Series (OSS). This race came just two weeks after the OSS race in Kenner, La., where Team AMSOIL was leading the race and then snagged a crab trap which resulted in the team having to pull off a lap early. In Orange Beach, tens of thousands of spectators lined the beaches and filled the high-rise co During the first Cat Lite heat, Team AMSOIL was making a charge on the first place boat when an engine went into “guardian” mode due to an overheat sensor. Team AMSOIL finished the heat in 2nd place behind Peppers. The AMSOIL Offshore Race Boat returned to the pits to make repairs and adjustments and then headed out for the second heat. Team AMSOIL was assigned to lane two for the start between Peppers and Popeye's. After the green flag dropped at the start, all three boats ran side by side towards the first turn. Popeye's pinched the Team AMSOIL boat from the outside and Peppers hopped out into Team AMSOIL’s path. A minor collision transpired with the Team AMSOIL boat being hit on both sides. Bob Teague and Paul Whittier took evasive actions which cost them precious seconds on the race course. Even though Team AMSOIL was able to run some faster laps than the first place boat, there was not enough time to catch them while also battling boat traffic on the race course. Team AMSOIL finished the weekend second overall to continue their 2008 podium success. Teague is scheduled to participate in the OSS race in Lake Cumberland, Ky on Labor Day Weekend. Until then, we'll see you at the races. Scott Douglas told the live NBC audience following his first win of the season in Chula Vista, Calif. (July 27) that once the wins started, they were going to come in bunches. The AMSOIL/Kumho Douglas entered Saturday's race just one point behind Carl Renezeder in the Pro 4 standings. After Renezeder was black flagged, Douglas took advantage and battled for second with Johnny Greaves. Unfortunately for Douglas, CORR officials thought he wasn't playing nice and gave him a black flag after Greaves crossed in front of the AMSOIL Pro 4, causing both trucks to lose ground. Douglas was On Sunday, the black flag was once again flying strong in the Pro 4 race. This time, however, Douglas kept his nose clean and took advantage of the over aggressive driving by his competitors. Douglas sat just behind the race leaders, who were slamming into one another, and waited for the right opportunity to take the lead. Renezeder and Curt LeDuc slammed into each other on lap 16, giving Douglas a narrow opening to take the lead. LeDuc was black flagged and Renezeder dropped to third after AMSOIL/Red Bull driver Steve Barlow made the move into second. D0uglas picked up his second win of the season and leads the championship chase by nine points. AMSOIL is the Exclusive Official Oil of Championship Off Road Racing. The series turns back to Chula Vista, Calif. for rounds 11 and 12 on Saturday, September 13 and Sunday, September 14. The Saturday race will air Live on SPEED. Round 10 from Pomona, featuring Scott Douglas' win, will air on Sunday September 14. Until then, we'll see you at the races. Coming off record attendance in Chula Vista,Calif., Championship Off Road Racing’s final 2008 visit to the Fairplex in Pomona promises to keep the expected sold out crowd on their feet in what is shaping up to be the most exciting season of short course A dominating performance just three weeks ago by defending Pro 4 Champion Carl Renezeder has now given him a narrow margin over AMSOIL's Scott Douglas. Douglas won his first race of 2008 three weeks ago in Chula Vista. A tandem of Toyota drivers round out the top four Pro 4 contenders with Fabtech’s Rick Huseman and Monster Energy’s Johnny Greaves looking for strong podium finishes. In the Pro 2 class, the significant lead once enjoyed by Rockstar Energy Drink’s Rob McCachren has given way to a tight race. Renezeder holds on to second while the energy branded trio of Wisconsin native and five time champion Traxxas’ Jeff Kincaid looks to regain the form that has kept him atop the Pro Lite standings while both Rob Naughton and Rodrigo Ampudia have the top spot in their sights. “The drivers now know this track and many of the races are tightening up. It will be interesting to see if we are going to see some new names and faces on the podium or if the top drivers are going to try to distance themselves from the pack,” commented CORR COO Cissy Baldwin. “There’s going to be some amazing racing.” Saturday's race will air LIVE on SPEED starting at 5:00 p.m. EST. AMSOIL is the Exclusive Official Oil of Championship Off Road Racing. Until then, we'll see you at the races. As described in Monday's post, the conditions were quite rough on the St. Clair River for the ChampBoat Series race this past weekend. Although AMSOIL driver Terry Rinker finished second in the feature, it was the second round of qualifying that caused a few hearts to skip a few beats. Here is what happens when a ChampBoat get's a little too much air under it. video courtesy of Gary Barber Dan Vanden Heuvel Sr. brought his AMSOIL sponsored Chevy Silverado to Bark River, Mich. last weekend with thoughts of winning the PRO-2WD championship. Already having won three times this season, Vanden Heuvel had a 36-point lead over second place driver Evan Evans in the championship race. The team’s goal for the weekend would be to stay out of trouble and finish both races on the lead lap. Saturday - Round 9 The start saw Kevin Probst grab the holeshot and the win, while Vanden Heuvel grabbed the second spot by the end of lap one. While Probst needed the win to stay in the championship fight, “I wanted to race for the win, but we weren’t going to beat Kevin today,” commented Vanden Heuvel. “His truck was really hooked up. After Evan passed me and I tried to make a move to get back around him I backed off. It could have become a bad situation, where either one of us could wreck and I didn’t need that. Kevin and Evan finished just in front of me, but that’s okay. I wanted to go for the win, but winning the championship is more important.” Sunday Round – 10 Vanden Heuvel continued his title trek on Sunday with a clean start, as he watched Probst and Ross Hoek battle it out for the first few laps. Rhonda Konitzer was also able to get out in front Vanden Heuvel, but he knew Konitzer had run a limited schedule, and didn’t figure into the championship battle. By the start of the third lap, Vanden Heuvel had his #77 Chevy running in third, his finishing position. The Flying Dutchman has finished on the podium in every round of racing in the 2008 WSORR season. With just two rounds of racing remaining in the quest of the 2008 WSORR PRO-2WD Championship, Dan Vanden Heuvel has a 32 point lead over Probst. The final weekend of racing for the Flying Dutchman Off-Road Team, in the 2008 World Series of Off-Road Racing, is the BorgWarner Off-Road World Championship, August 29-31, in Crandon, Wis. Until then, we'll see you at the races.
Despite extremely difficult conditions on the St. Clair River, AMSOIL ChampBoat driver Terry Rinker was able to secure his fourth straight podium finish and took hold of the overall points lead for the first time in 2008. The three time champion joined the ChampBoat series in Algonac, Mich. for the fifth round of racing this past weekend. The race was held on the longest course of the season (1.5 miles) and was settled just north of downtown Detroit. The race became a survival test for most drivers due to winds that reached 28 knots and served up two foot swells. The race became so rough that officials dropped from 50 laps to 35 before deciding to drop down to 30 during the race.Rinker made the most of the dangerous conditions, running a conservative race and finishing the 30-lap feature in second behind winner Tim Seebold. His second place follows up his win last week in St. Louis and vaults him into the overall points lead with 2693 points, 49 points ahead of former leader Shaun Torrente. The Miami, Fla. driver barrel rolled his boat on lap 16, stopping the race and taking him out of the point's lead. "It's been a long time since we've raced in conditions that crazy," said Rinker, a three-time ChampBoat champion. "The AMSOIL crew had a good set up today, but the weather was the biggest obstacle. We are excited about regaining the point's lead and look forward to a great battle for the championship between Seebold and Torrente." Robert Dinicolantonio did a nice job filling in for regular driver Randy Rinker in the #41 AMSOIL/Rinker Racing boat, finishing ninth. The next round of the 2008 F1-ChampBoat Series will take place on the weekend of September 27-28 as the series heads west to Tempe , Arizona for the “Tempe Grand Prix”. Champboat F1 Results Until then, we'll see you at the races. Team AMSOIL Late Model driver Brady Smith recorded his fourth win of the 2008 racing season on Friday night, August 1 at the renowned Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wis. The rain-postponed 'Masters' event from June took place last Friday at CLS with a $5,000 top prize was up for grabs. In front of a jam-packed grandstand, Smith started from the pole position for the 50-lap affair and withstood a strong challenge from Ashley Anderson. At the completion of 50 green flag laps around the 3/8-mile speedway, Smith found himself in victory lane celebrating his exciting 'Masters' triumph over Anderson, Jimmy Mars, Scott Gilberts, and Nick Anvelink.In addition to the rain-postponed 'Masters,' the AMSOIL team also competed in three more Dirt Late Model events from July 30-August 2. Smith finished eighth and 25th in a pair of WDRL events in Superior and New Richmond, Wis. Despite running inside the top ten at the $50,000 to win 'USA Nationals' at Cedar Lake on Saturday, Smith finished 23rd after mechanical problems dropped him out of contention. Smith is scheduled to race at the Florence (Ky) Speedway on August 8-9. Until then, we'll see you at the races.
After a tough final round cost AMSOIL/Fabtech rock racing driver Brad Lovell the win at the Colorado Springs XRRA race in June, he was able to reach the finish line as the fastest in Cortez, Colo. While fast and consistent driving poised him for a podium finish, tactics contrived by the team resulted in a win. Behind any name, there is always a group of great people responsible for building it. For this race, nine people showed up under the Fabtech Motorsports/AMSOIL banner with the goal of putting #32 and #232 at the top. With this resource comes responsibility and pressure as a driver to perform. Four runs at about 50 seconds a piece will get you into the finals but a single error sends you home. It creates intense, do or die racing. The #32 Dirt Logic Shocks/AMSOIL Ranger of Roger Lovell and co-driver Mike Foster started the race near the front of the pack. Two quick runs put his morning total at about 2:30 and in the top 1/3 of the pack. Because the #232 car was further behind in the running order, it gave the team an important edge as there was enough time to review Roger’s runs before the AMSOIL truck took the green flag. With inside knowledge, Brad Lovell, with co-driver Mark Hayward on board, was able to bring in times good enough to rank third before the course direction was changed for the afternoon runs.It instantly became apparent to the team that the race would be won or lost on a single loose rock hill that was extremely technical. The team inspected the rocks and chose the best of a bunch of bad lines for Roger to attempt. The #32 AMSOIL backed Ranger made quick work of the course and reached the hill with a lead that quickly evaporated as piano sized boulders shifted under the tires. Between each rock lay a bottomless bed of loose dirt and Roger stabbed the throttle trying to reach the top. He kept working his way across the hill before a lot of throttle and a good bounce put him over the top. ![]() “Seeing Roger struggle and the rocks move changed our game plan completely. I had no idea what we were going to do,” recalled Brad. The Lovell team gathered up and let their rock crawling roots shine through as they saw a difficult and untested climb that bypassed the eroding hill. The risky call was eventually made for Brad to take the risk and try the climb. It went like clockwork as Brad easily shot up the rock and eclipsed the previous fast runs. Brad soon found himself leading the race as race leader Brian Shirley had to attempt the hill several times and second place driver Shannon Campbell broke on the hill and was unable to finish. From there, smart clean driving handed the #232 Fabtech/AMSOIL/Ranger the victory.“We were fast and consistent, which anyone must be in order to win a race,” commented Brad. “But what put us over the top was creativity and teamwork. We regret not finding the right line for Roger but in the end, it did help the team get a win.” While Roger finished 21st in a field of 42, his effort was good enough to qualify for the US finals in Jellico, Tenn. to defend his National Championship. Brad gained enough points from this race to finish third in the Western Series. “The breakage I experienced in Albuquerque really cost us. This season, #232 has finished 1st, 20th, 3rd, and 1st,” said Brad, “If that 20th was only a 12th, we would have won the series. Regardless, we are thankful and proud of our team.” The team has only two events left this year, the next being the WE-Rock Grand Nationals in Hannibal, Mo. Sept. 5-7. Until then, we'll see you at the races. The final race on a five-week bender of AMA National Motocross found a deceivingly slick, tight track in Washougal, Wash. Team Geico/AMSOIL/Honda riders saw the highs and lows of racing on July 27. With Lites rider Dan Reardon still out with an injury, AMSOIL's Josh Grant, Jake Weimer and East SX champ Trey Canard were all hoping to leave an impression before the two-week break in action. Grant has been suffering from a badly sprained ankle since the second moto at Budds Creek. In the first moto in Washougal, Grant grabbed the hole shot and led the first few laps of the moto before eventually finishing third. Then, in moto two, Grant ended up with the last gate pick because he missed the deadline to report to the staging area after he had trouble starting his bike. Still, he started inside the top ten and began working his way forward, eventually finishing fourth and grabbing third overall. "I think if I would've started up front with these guys, I would've been in a better position than I was," Grant said. "When you have 39 guys to the left of you... I just did the best that I could. I hit the berm and just hoped for the best, and I came out around tenth, so I just plugged away and tried to pick off guys. I'm fortunate to be up (on the podium) and be safe." With his performance, Grant moved all the way up to eighth in the points standings despite missing the first three rounds.Canard had a fall on the opening lap of the first moto and was only able to fight his way back up to 21st, just out of the points. In second race of the day, he grabbed the hole shot and lead the first half of the moto. He eventually dropped a hard fought battle with Ryan Dungey and Ryan Villopoto and moved into third. In the late stages of the moto, however, a lapper pulled into his line unexpectedly and caused him to crash violently. The end result was a broken left femur, which will keep him off of the bike for anywhere from four to six months. He has had surgery, and the doctors indicated that it went as well as possible. However, he is definitely out for the remainder of the championship. Jake Weimer rode very strong at Washougal. In the first moto, he started midpack and worked his way all the way up to sixth place. In the second moto, Weimer was in a battle with a few riders for the whole race, eventually finishing sixth again. Weimer was sixth overall and still sits fourth in points with three rounds left to run.The GEICO Powersports/AMSOIL/Honda team has two weekends off before Millville, Minn. The team will be joined by amateur sensation Blake Wharton, who will be making his professional debut. Until then, we'll see you at the races. Team AMSOIL ChampBoat driver Terry Rinker reestablished his championship run as he held off a determined Shaun Torrente by two seconds and took his second win in three years at the 37th Annual Bud Light St. Louis Grand Prix on Creve Coeur Lake just outside St. Louis. The thousands of fans that lined the lake saw a perfect start for the AMSOIL/Rinker Racing veteran who came off the dock in pole position and held of local favorite Tim Seebold of the Bud Light Seebold Race Team and Torrente on the outside, making it a spectacular three boat run to the first commitment buoy with Rinker holding the inside and the lead that he would not lose for the next 43 laps.Torrente boat worked his way around the defending race champion Seebold in the first 1/3 of the race and took up the charge to catch Rinker, finally passing him briefly on the 44th lap. The cat and mouse game between the two drivers ended when Rinker finally used traffic to his advantage and took home his first victory of the season and his third in St. Louis in the last 5 years. “We did a great job on the setup since the moment we rolled into the paddock,” said Rinker. “We set fast lap in qualifying, won our heat race and then today's Grand Prix. So we went three for three and the sweep you can’t do anything better than that.” Randy Rinker, the older brother of Terry, was fifth in the other AMSOIL/Rinker Racing Lee Craft. The fifth round of the 2008 F1-ChampBoat Series is next weekend at Algonac, Michigan and the battle for the top two positions will only get hotter as the series moves into it’s second half of the season on the St. Clair River on August 9-10. Until then, we'll see you at the races.
One weekend after attending AMSOIL’s 35th Anniversary celebration, the AMSOIL Offshore team traveled to St. Clair, Mich. to compete in the annual OPA St. Clair River Classic offshore race held on the St. Clair River. Tens of thousands of fans packed the town and the shores to watch the big boats compete up close. During the first test session on Saturday, Team AMSOIL apparently struck a submerged object in the river and destroyed a propeller. Because the propeller that was destroyed was one that would have likely been used in Sunday’s race, the rest of the day was spent trying alternative set ups and timing the boat around the race course. Bob Teague and Paul Whittier logged over 160 miles testing to perfect the set up, speed and handling of the AMSOIL Offshore Race Boat. Practice on the race course was timed to achieve quick and consistent lap times around the 6.3 mile course.The extensive testing definitely paid off when the green flag dropped on Sunday. This would be another highly competitive battle in the Super Cat Lite class between the Motley Crew Team and Team AMSOIL. AMSOIL took the lead on the first straightaway and continued to extend the lead on the fleet throughout the entire race. ![]() The win in Saint Clair extended Team AMSOIL’s OPA points lead. Currently, Team AMSOIL is in first place in the points chase in OSS, OPA, and tied for first in POPRA. The AMSOIL Offshore Race Team continues to have great results with the new AMSOIL 15W50 Dominator Racing Oil and the array of AMSOIL lubricants used in every component and system in the race boat. Next stop for Teague and Whittier is the OSS Race in Kenner, La this weekend. Until then, we'll see you at the races. The AMSOIL Offshore Racing Team traveled to Sarasota, Fla. to compete in the annual Suncoast Offshore Grand Prix race held on the 4th of July weekend. This is one of the largest summer events in the region and drew huge crowds. The AMSOIL Offshore Race Boat and support rigs participated in the annual parade through the city of Sarasota. By race time on Sunday, the conditions had become very rough. Because the race course was located several miles by water from the pits in the Gulf of Mexico, there was not an option of going down in prop pitch or gears which would have been better for the rougher conditions. The team had to settle for moving weight forward in the boat as the best solution. Once the green flag dropped, Team AMSOIL, driven by Paul Whittier and throttled by Bob Teague, battled the conditions on the 80-mile race course, finishing strong in second place. Currently, Team AMSOIL is the high points leader in Offshore Super Series, OPA, and Pacific Offshore Racing Association. The second place finish in Sarasota marks the seventh consecutive podium finish for Team AMSOIL this year. Until then, we'll see you at the races. AMSOIL/Kumho Tires Super Team driver Scott Douglas picked an opportune time to pick up his first win of the 2008 season. The El Cajon, Calif. native picked his home track (Chula Vista) and made a historical run in becoming the first Pro 4 driver to win a Championship Off Road Racing event on live network television (NBC). The inverted starting grid put Douglas on the outside of row two. Just moments after the green flag was waved, the red flag came out as fellow AMSOIL/Red Bull driver Steve Barlow had a hard crash, flying end over end in the air, as his truck attempted to fly over the front straightaway table top. Fortunately, Steve was okay, but the truck was in need of serious repair. Sunday morning qualifying saw the grey and black AMSOIL Ford stop the clocks at 53.425 seconds, the second fastest qualifying time in PRO-4. Quickly, Douglas moved in behind the leader, Johnny Greaves, as Huseman was right on the Douglas' rear bumper. The top three stayed in this order th "I couldn't be prouder of my crew," said Douglas. "It's the biggest reason we've been on the podium in seven of the eight races, and always qualifying up front all year long. The Round 8 win is the result of my crew. This truck has been solid all year. Saturday night the guys worked until 10:00pm checking and rechecking everything and it shows in our results. The track in Chula Vista is really hard on equipment. It's really fast, yet it has many of the abusive characteristics of a desert race. It was great to win when NBC Sports was broadcasting live, in front of my hometown fans, with AMSOIL supporting us at the track. Having everyone here made the victory that much sweeter." Other AMSOIL drivers had solid weekends with Chad Hord taking a fourth in Pro Lite on Sunday after getting caught up in two wrecks on Saturday. Mike Oberg pushed his Pro Lite up at least four spots on both Saturday and Sunday, finishing ninth on Sunday despite a bad crash during qualifying. The Oberg crew had less than two hours to get the AMSOIL Chevy back on track for the top ten run. The next race for CORR is the third and final race in Pomona, Calif, August 16-17. Until then, we'll see you at the races. Douglas, the AMSOIL Pro04 Super Team driver picked up three championship points with his second fastest qualifying time on Friday. That puts him just six points out from the overall lead heading into this weekends racing. This marks a double live weekend for Championship Off Road "This weekend marks an important milestone for CORR. For the first time, both days of racing will be broadcast live on network television," said Deanne Vernengo, CORR's Broadcast Director. "We are thrilled to bring CORR fans high-definition racing in real time from the home of off road racing, San Diego, CA." Gates open at 9:00 a.m. on both Saturday and Sunday. Racing action begins at 11:55 a.m. on Saturday and 11:00 a.m. on Sunday. Tickets are available online at www.corracing.com as well as onsite, at the event. The Chula Vista International Raceway is a purpose-built facility, located in southeast Chula AMSOIL Dealers, don't forget about the AMSOIL/CORR parties and your chance to win a free trip to the final CORR races in December. Until then, we'll see you at the races. A staple on the AMA Motocross circuit, Unadilla is both known for its history and its slick, rocky racing surface. The GEICO Powersports/AMSOIL/ Honda team went into Unadilla down one rider, as Aussie Dan Reardon missed the event with the shoulder injury he suffered in practice at the previous round. His return is considered week-to-week. In the first Lites moto, Josh Grant started at the tail end of the top five, and over the next few laps, worked his way past Martin Davalos and into third. After battling it out with a couple of other riders for the rest of the race, he fought them off to finish a strong third in the moto.Unfortunately for Grant, and a lot of other riders, the second moto was red-flagged for lightning at just short of 10 minutes into the moto as a storm rolled in, which meant the entire race would have to start over. On the restart, Grant found himself well back around midpack and had a hard time going forward, as the track had become one-lined and he lost his goggles early on in the muddy conditions. "After they red-flagged it, I went back to the truck and we changed the tire thinking that if it rained or if it was muddy that it would clear out the mud a little better, but it didn't help that much," Grant said. "Also, it didn't help losing my goggles on the second lap, either. With how gnarly and rocky Unadilla is, you can't get behind someone and get roosted. You ruin your eyes. I couldn't really move forward or backward because it was one-lined and I'd get roosted and couldn't see. I'd just follow the guy in front of me from a distance, basically." Still, Grant's 3-12 score was good for fifth overall on the day and he moved up to 15th in the points standings with four rounds left to run after missing most of the first half of the championship with a concussion. Trey Canard had never been to Unadilla before, but he didn't think it was as bad as what he had heard. ![]() "I heard quite a few negative things about Unadilla, like that it's rocky and things like that, but I thought the place was sweet," Canard said. "It had a really cool layout and the dirt wasn't actually too bad." Canard started near the tail end of the top 20 in the first moto and fought throughout the moto, eventually landing in a very worthy fifth place by the finish. In the second moto, Canard started even more poorly than the first moto, and with the track in the condition it was in with the mud and rain, he was unable to move up very far, eventually finishing just behind teammate Grant in 13th. Canard's 5-13 was good enough for eighth on the day. Jake Weimer had a tough day at Unadilla. In the first moto, he started near the tail end of the top 15 and then fought his way up to ninth, and things could've been even better than that if not for a few key mistakes. However, in moto two, Weimer fell victim to the conditions and rounded the first lap in 34th place due in part to a goggle malfunction, then had to stop for goggles, falling even further back. He eventually got up to 25th in the moto, but that wasn't far enough to get any points for the effort. Weimer still sits fourth in the points standings with four rounds left to run.The AMSOIL team is now headed for Washougal MX Park, all the way across the continent in Washington state, this weekend for round nine of the 12-round AMA National Motocross Championship. Until then, we'll see you at the races. Heading to the home of off road racing, San Diego County, Calif. for the first time this season, Championship Off Road Racing is gearing up for a weekend of live television action on July 26 and 27 at the Chula Vista International Raceway. For the first time in CORR history, the weekend’s action will be broadcast live and in high-definition Saturday on SPEED and Sunday on NBC. Viewers at the track and at home will feel like they are in the center of the fight as they watch the fiercely competitive Pro 2 class. After capturing two first place wins in Pomona, Rockstar/Makita’s Todd LeDuc is tied for third in the standings with former Supercross Champion and Monster Energy/AMSOIL's Jeremy McGrath. LeDuc, one of the youngest drivers in the Pro 2 class, will try to duplicate his winning weekend in Pomona in order AMSOIL Super Team Pro 4 driver Scott Douglas is hoping that being in his hometown will give him the extra bit he needs to stand high on the podium. Finishing in the top-three five times in his last six starts, the El Cajon, Calif. native has never won a CORR championship and knows that this is his year. Currently sitting second in the standings, can Douglas overcome Rick Huseman to sit on the top of the leader board? In the Pro Lite class, five-time CORR Champion Jeff Kincaid is leading the standings, fighting off the 2007 Driver of the Year, Robert Naughton and AMSOIL Super Team member Chad Hord, the 2006 class champion. “This weekend marks an important milestone for CORR. For the first time, both days of racing will be broadcast live on network television,” said Deanne Vernengo, CORR’s Broadcast Director. “We are thrilled to bring CORR fans high-definition racing in real time from the home of off road racing, San Diego, Calif.” Gates open at 9:00 a.m. on both Saturday and Sunday. Racing action begins at 11:55 a.m. on Saturday and 11:00 a.m. on Sunday. Tickets are available online at http://www.corracing.com/ as well as onsite, at the event. Until then, we'll see you at the races. Last weekend, AMSOIL celebrated its 35th Anniversary with an unrivaled convention featuring Dealers, new product, a new plant and more than 30 race teams and series. The trackside voices of AMSOIL, Robi Powers and Faron Meeks also lent their incredible talents "The AMSOIL 35th Anniversary Convention was a great success," said Jeremy Meyer, AMSOIL Race Program Manager. "We believe everyone from the race teams to the Dealers to the AMSOIL employees has been energized by the entire convention. We had great speakers throughout the show and our Dealers walked away with a great amount of knowledge and enthusiasm that we feel will translate to their AMSOIL business."Also being unveiled was the introduction of the new AMSOIL Dominator Racing Oils. These three new oils (RD50, RD30 and RD20) were designed to expand the Dominator line and will offer three new viscosity's that race teams have been asking for. Read more about the AMSOIL Dominator Racing Oils at http://www.amsoil.com/. Until then, we'll see you at the races. AMSOIL, the First in Synthetics, will be celebrating it's 35th Anniversary this week in Superior, Wis. and Duluth, Minn. The Twin Ports will play host to all of the festivities and more than 1,000 AMSOIL Dealers, family and friends.
Hot on the list of activities will be the Winning Formula Expo on Thursday afternoon at the DECC in Duluth. About 30 race teams will be in attendance, including: Brady Smith, Scott Douglas, Mike Oberg, Scheuring Speedsports, PJ Wanderscheid, Sudden Impact Racing, Chad Hord, Judnick Motorsports, Darrell Nelson, AJ Diemel, Bob Richardson, Bob Teague, and Terry Rinker. The Expo runs Thursday afternoon. The AMSOIL Late Model Series will also be part of the event with the third race of the year scheduled for Friday night at Superior Speedway. Darrell Nelson will try take over the points lead from Pat Doar, while Richardson and Diemel will be looking for their first ALS win of the year. Until then, we'll see you at the races. Brady Smith is on a mid-summer hot streak. The AMSOIL late model driver is taking part in the World of Outlaws Late Model Series "Wild West Tour" and won two straight events over the weekend. One was by just inches, the other in dominating fashion. Friday Night Smith came out on top of a classic 50-lap A-Main on Friday night at River Cities Speedway, holding off a frenetic last-lap bid by Shannon Babb that had the quarter-mile oval’s big crowd holding their collective breath. The 31-year-old Smith held off a hard charging Babb coming out of turn four. Smith pushed his AMSOIL late model across the stripe a scant 0.121 of a second before Babb – while rubbing doors with the lapped car driven by Joey Pederson of East Grand Forks, Minn."That race had to be exciting for the fans,” said Smith. “I know it was an exciting race for me. I worked hard for it.” Saturday Night Smith quickly proved to sceptics that his win in North Dakota was no fluke. Twenty-four hours after capturing his first-ever WoO victory, Smith made it two straight with a dominant performance in Saturday night’s ‘Energy City 50’ at Estevan Motor Speedway in Saskatchewan. Smith drove forward from the 14th starting spot to take the lead from Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., on lap 27 and then sailed away from the field, beating Lanigan by commanding 5.792 seconds, one of the largest victory margins of this season’s WoO LMS. ![]() “To win two World of Outlaws features is an accomplishment,” said Smith. “But winning two in-a-row is just awesome. Doing this against the competition on this series, I couldn’t be more proud for our AMSOIL team.” Smith's next scheduled race is in Zanesville, Ohio on July 24 at the Muskingum County Speedway. The GEICO Powersports/AMSOIL/Honda team has reached the halfway point of the 2008 AMA National Motocross Championship and continues to consistently occupy the front of the Lites pack. At Red Bud Track 'n' Trail in Buchanan, Mich. for round six, the AMSOIL team held down half of the top-four spots, while another two team riders ran near the front of the pack most of the day. After scoring his first-ever podium moto finish at the last round in Colorado, Trey Canard did one better at Red Bud. Canard started at the tail end of the top five and quickly fought his way up into second place by the end of the third lap. By that point leader Ryan Villopoto had a comfortable gap on him and the rest of the field, but Canard kept the lead at a consistent distance throughout the rest of the moto to finish out in second place. Moto two was quite similar, as Canard started about fourth, then quickly found his way into second. This time, however, Canard was much closer to Villopoto and pressured him for a few laps, only to fall. He got up still running second, but then had to contend with Ryan Dungey behind him. He held Dungey off until the final lap, when Dungey's bike broke, and Canard finished the day with a strong 2-2 for his first-ever AMA National overall podium finish at second overall."I wasn't just trying my best like I was in Supercross," Canard said. "That's what I did in Supercross, was just give it 200%, and I know that saying's kind of old, but that's my style, that's what I do. I think I just put too much emphasis on winning and kind of left out some of the other aspects." ![]() Team AMSOIL teammate Josh Grant took a bet before the first practice of the weekend that he would jump LaRocco's Leap on the first lap. LaRocco's Leap is the track's infamous huge uphill triple, made famous by retired Team AMSOIL rider Mike LaRocco years ago. Not normally a jump that's easily cleared on a Lites machine, Grant not only figured he could do it, but did so on the first lap of practice. "I said, 'I bet I can do it the first lap,' and he said, 'I bet you that you can't,' so it was on," Grant said. "On the first lap, I came around the corner slow and did it, and that was that. But during the race, it was hard to do from the inside, because it was dug so deep, and to do it from the outside, it wasn't really faster." Grant also said that even though he finished second in his return race at Colorado, his goal to finish inside the top five at Red Bud wouldn't change. So, for the second week in a row, he met that goal, going 5-4 for fourth overall with two top-10 starts and two top-five finishes. Jake Weimer continued to make up ground in the points standings, even though his weekend wasn't ideal. He went down early in the first moto and got back going a lap down, eventually finishing 28th. In the second moto, he started outside the top 10 and fought his way up to sixth place at the finish despite a shoulder injury suffered during Saturday practice. He says his shoulder should be fine for Budds Creek this weekend. Weimer is now solidly third in points at the halfway point in the championship. Dan Reardon fell in love with the Red Bud track right away. Reardon had a strong first moto, fighting his way through the field for ninth. Then, in the second moto, he passed his way up into sixth and was actually gaining slowly on Grant when he had an encounter with a lapper and went down, ending his raceThe GEICO Powersports/AMSOIL/Honda team is now headed for Budds Creek Raceway in Maryland this weekend for round seven of the 12-round AMA National Motocross Championship. AMSOIL is the Official Oil of the Outdoor Nationals. Until then, we'll see you at the races. NBC Sports will broadcast Championship Off Road Racing’s round 6 from the Fairplex in Pomona on July 19th at 10 am – 11:30 am Pacific (1 pm – 2:30 pm Eastern). Originally scheduled last Sunday,. the episode was preempted due to the Wimbledon Finals which lasted for more than four and a half hours. Tune in at the new date and time to witness the heated battles in the Pro 2 and Pro 4 classes. You won’t want to miss the fender-to-fender racing action and see which Pro 2 driver will prevail as the weekend’s big winner. Plus see the highlights from the Pro Lite class as things heat up. In even more racing action, fans will now get a chance to see CORR on back to back weekends. Broadcasting from the Quarry in Chula Vista, just south of San Diego, SPEED and NBC will bring you racing LIVE and in high-definition on July 26 and 27. Sunday, July 27 will mark an important milestone for CORR. For the first time the races will be nationally broadcast LIVE on network television. You won’t want to miss this thrilling first step into the future of CORR’s programming. The action begins Saturday, July 26 on SPEED at 3 pm PT and Sunday, July 27 on NBC at 12 pm PT. Championship Off Road Racing™ brings high action, four wheel motorsports including two wheel drive and four wheel drive trucks to the closed course off road arena. The 2008 Championship Off Road Racing’s race season includes eight events at tracks located in Los Angeles, CA, San Diego, CA and Las Vegas, NV. AMSOIL is the exclusive Official Oil of Championship Off Road Racing.
Terry Rinker celebrated the Fourth of July in Pittsburgh for the 27th Annual Three Rivers Regatta. The Tampa, Fla. ChampBoat driver also celebrated his second straight podium finish in front of tens of thousands of fans along the Alleghany River in downtown Pittsburgh. Shaun Torrente earned the pole and never trailed by surviving a final two lap shootout and winning Regatta. The driver from Miami, Florida earned pole position after finishing 3rd and 1st in his two heat races and led from the drop of the flag around the 4-pin 1.25 mile (2 kilometer) course. Torrente had his hands full after Lynn Simburger and Billy Joule came to a stop on lap 48 (out of 50). The entire field was forced back to the start dock for a final two lap “dash for cash” to determine the winner of the Grand Prix. Team AMSOIL driver Terry Rinker used the restart to his advantage, putting immense pressure on Torrente and Tim Seebold. But with only 2.5 miles, Rinker's efforts came up just short as he finished in third with Torrente taking his third straight win.Rinker’s podium has him now 90 points back of series leader Torrente, who leads the drivers championship with 1711 points. Randy Rinker was sixth in his AMSOIL sponsored boat. The F1-ChampBoat Series heads off to another historic race event for the Bud Light St. Louis Grand Prix on August 2-3. AMSOIL is the Official Oil of the F1 ChampBoat series. Unofficial Results Until then, we'll see you at the races. The Lovell Racing team just finished their third race in as many weeks, two of which were a two truck effort. With some luck and plenty of hours in the shop, both Rangers were in top order for the ROC Race at the RAM Off-Road Park in Colorado Springs, but unfortunately a faulty seal would take out one of the trucks. This was the first race of its kind – a roughly two mile course of sandstone climbs, rocks, gap jumps, and short course style dirt track. Each driver ran three timed laps starting in one minute intervals. The fastest combined time won.Brad’Lovell's day would start well. After having an opportunity to pre-run the course twice with his co-driver (wife Natalie), most turns and challenges were committed to memory. The FABTECH/AMSOIL Ranger was lighting fast off the start line and up the jumps to the climbs and into the dirt. The rehearsed run through the dirt went error free and the pair zoomed back into the rocks. Up the boulders, down the drops, over the jumps and back to the XRRA course from only two weeks ago; the Dirtlogic Shocks easily ate up all the destructive boulders and #232 flew across the finish line. The couple posted a 7:29 run which was one second faster than rival Shannon Campbell and would stand as the fastest official lap time of the day. On the second run, however, luck ran out. While on pace to best their previous fast time, a transmission gasket blew and Brad was forced to throw in the towel. “Its disappointing for sure,” commented Brad, “Natalie and I could still smile though because we had a great time practicing for the race and competing together. She did a great job and is already on board as co-driver if this race is held again in September.” While Brad had a win or break type day, Roger did his best to test the limits of the #32 DIRTLOGIC/AMSOIL Ranger while remaining in control. Fellow wheeler and friend Chris Richardson served as Roger’s co-driver and helped keep an eye on the vehicle while Roger focused on the course. The team suffered from rutted out dirt climb near the start of the first run but was clean otherwise and posted a 10:11 lap time. On the second run, they ran into (quite literally) lap traffic. #81 Brian Shirley was experiencing engine trouble and stalled at the bottom of a 15’ ditch. While a flagman was able to prevent catastrophic damage, Roger came over the top of the hill and tattooed Shirley’s radiator. Lovell was forced to maneuver a more difficult line around the stricken vehicle but even with the foul luck, he bested his previous time by 30 seconds.Roger was now poised for a podium finish with a few more runs. His third lap was clear of broken vehicles and clean. He had been fighting overheating issues all day but the crew had tweaked the trucked and he was able to push it faster. This effort was good enough for a fast time of 9:06, more than a minute faster than his first time. Bearing confidence and a speedy car, the team worked fast to cool everything down for the final round. Unfortunately, and for unknown reasons, the promoter decided not to have a final round and Roger ended the race in 6th place.“I just wish I had another run to make up time,” commented Roger, “Everything felt better and faster as the day progressed. Getting bugs worked out of the truck and more seat time is really paying off.” The next stop for Lovell Racing is Donner, Calif. on July 18–20 for the final round of 2008 WE-Rock season were the team has a lead in Series points and hopes to once again claim the title of series champions. Until then, we'll see you at the races. For the first time during the outdoor season, the GEICO Powersports/AMSOIL/Honda team had a full roster at the Lakewood, Colorado round of the AMA National Motocross Championships (round five of the 12-round series). with the return of Trey Canard after he took a week off with a mild concussion and Josh Grant, who has been out since the Las Vegas Supercross in early May. The result was impressive, as the GEICO Powersports/AMSOIL/Honda team filled four of the top eight positions on the day in the highly competitive Lites class. The top team rider was Grant, who had the fastest qualifying time during Friday practice, and then turned good starts into good finishes in both motos. In the first moto, he finished fourth, and then in moto two, he grabbed the holeshot and led the first 12 laps of the race before losing the lead to Ryan Villopoto and finishing second. But the 4-2 score was good enough for second overall in his first race back in nearly two months. "I got in about four or five days of riding in the last week, and I felt good enough to come out and ride, so I'm just pumped to be here," Grant said. "These last five days, I've really worked on being smooth and not riding too crazy, and I think the way the track was set up tonight, it kind of suited that. So, it was just easy for me to get in my groove and stay with the lines that I chose, and it worked out. I was just really excited to come back and get a good result for our team, and I just want to do it again next weekend." Eastern Regional SX champ Canard also looked really good in his return from injury, scoring a 5-3 for fourth overall, and he was all over Grant at the finish of the second moto for second place. "I don't think anything has changed too much in the last few weeks, I just got a little bit of rest," Canard said of recovering from the injury he suffered at round three. "I felt like I was riding really good this weekend, and I was happy with what I was doing on the bike, but all the speed in the world doesn't matter much if you're not up front." Lakewood also marked a best for Dan Reardon, as the Aussie pilot finished inside the top five overall for the first time outdoors. Reardon has been improving every week. Round-four runner-up Jake Weimer had a tough go of it in Colorado but still pulled of eighth overall. Unlike the past two years, Weimer did finish both motos in Colorado, which resulted in a significant jump up in the points, as he's now tied for third with Austin Stroupe and is within striking distance of second in the championship. ![]() The GEICO Powersports/AMSOIL/Honda team sets off for Red Bud, the halfway point in the AMA National Motocross Championship, this Sunday, July 6th in Buchanan, Michigan, where all four riders are again expected to mix it up at the front of the Lites pack. AMSOIL is the Official Oil of the AMA Outdoor Nationals. Until then, we'll see you at the races.
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