Ruppel Sweeps Crandon - Wins WSORR Stock Truck Championship

Ruppel Motorsports
Chetek, WI (September 4, 2008

The win on Saturday makes "Rupe" Off-Road World Champion

Eric Ruppel and his #837 PHILSINC.com Art Carr Transmissions AMSOIL BFGoodrich Tires Ford F-150 completed the season with back to back wins to capture the 2008 WSORR SRT Stock Truck Championship. Eric graduated from the Grassroots Formula 4x4 division four years ago, and has gradually improved his race program every year. Thanks to his long time supporters like BFGoodrich Tires, Art Carr Transmission, Halama Synthetics-AMSOIL, and Phil's Inc., Eric and his crew are now champions.

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Dan Vanden Heuvel Wins PRO-2WD Championship

Dan Vanden Heuvel
Appleton, WI (September 4, 2008)

Maxxis Tires First PRO Full-Size Truck Championship

Dan Vanden Heuvel Sr. and his #77 Flying Dutchman Auto Trans Design AMSOIL Maxxis Tire Chevy Silverado entered the final weekend of the World Series of Off-Road Racing with a thirty-two point lead over second place. The Flying Dutchman could claim the championship on Saturday, if the team finished in sixth place or better, in Round XI. The veteran off-road racer did exactly that, and came home with his first championship since 1994.

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September 3, 2008 6:47 AM

Scott Taylor Wins BorgWarner Cup for the Second Time

Scott Taylor Racing
Belvidere, IL (September 2, 2008)

Only 2WD Winner Does It Again!

Scott Taylor and his #8 Skyjacker Suspensions Russ Wernimont Designs BFGoodrich Ford F-150 made its second trip of the year, to Crandon International Off-Road Raceway. The team was looking for some good ?home cooking? to get their race program back on track. The 39th annual Borg Warner Off-Road World Championships at the "Big House" was just what Scott Taylor needed, as he continued to rewrite the Crandon history books.

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September 2, 2008 10:17 PM

Taylor and Hoek, Ford and Skyjacker Rule Crandon World Championships

Crandon International Off-Road Raceway
CRANDON, Wisc.

A capacity crowd at the 2008 BorgWarner World Championship Off-Road Races witnessed the biggest off-road racing spectacle in the history of the sport, some surprising upsets, dominating wins and more over Labor Day weekend at legendary Crandon International Off-Road Raceway.

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Ross Hoek Dominates Round 11 & Second Overall in BorgWarner Shootout

Ross Hoek Motorsports
Holland, MI (September 2, 2008)

Ross Hoek brought his #21 Skyjacker Suspension Herculiner Raybestos Brakes Goodyear Tire Ford to Crandon looking to close out the 2008 WSORR season on a high note. By the time the first full day of racing had finished, in the 39th annual BorgWarner Off-Road World Championships, Ross reached the pinnacle of the sport.

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Keith Steele Brings Monster First Off-Road Championship in 2008!

Keith Steele
Madison, WI (September 2, 2008)

The Monster Energy Super Truck of Keith Steele set up shop at Crandon International Raceway with their eye on the prize, the WSORR SRT Super Truck championship. All the team needed was a solid finish in Round XI and the championship would be theirs. To no surprise, Keith Steele, took to the track with same intensity he always has, and brought home the championship to Madison, Wisconsin.

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August 30, 2008 11:53 PM

Ross Hoek Dominates & Gets the World Championship Ring ? PRO-2WD

Crandon, WI (August 30, 2008) - Ross Hoek brought his #21 Skyjacker Suspension Herculiner Raybestos Brakes Goodyear Tire Ford to Crandon looking to close out the 2008 WSORR season on a high note. By the time the first full day of racing had finished, in the 39th annual BorgWarner Off-Road World Championships, Ross reached the pinnacle of the sport.

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August 26, 2008 7:41 AM

BIGGEST OFF-ROAD EVENT OF ALL TIME LOOMS AT THE “BIG HOUSE”

World Series of Off-Road Racing (WSORR)
CRANDON, Wisc., (August 26, 2008)

A “perfect storm” of racing is zeroing in on the world capital of off-road, Crandon International Off-Road Raceway, as the little Wisconsin town with the big track prepares for what will certainly be the biggest weekend in off-road racing this season. The non-stop Labor Day race weekend, August 29-31, includes a total purse of $175,000, two “shootout-style” cup races, World Championship rings handed out in 11 different classes, and season championships still to be determined in all classes of the Lucas Oil World Series of Off-Road Racing (WSORR). The 39th Anniversary BorgWarner World Championship RacesÒ and the final two rounds of the WSORR season provide the perfect setting for another thrilling chapter in the off-road racing record books.

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August 25, 2008 8:34 PM

HUMMER Sweeps Production Classes at Vegas to Reno

HUMMER
DETROIT

H3 Alpha first production vehicle to finish the race
Team extends series championship points lead in all production classes
Team driver Emily Miller becomes first Vegas to Reno “Iron Woman”

Rod Hall Racing’s Team HUMMER demonstrated its stock class desert racing dominance as the team swept the production classes at Friday’s 2008 Best in the Desert “TSCO Vegas to Reno.”

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August 20, 2008 8:28 PM

Taylor Lands on Podium in Round 9 at Pomona

Taylor Racing
Belvidere, IL (August 20, 2008)

Scott Taylor, the six time PRO-2 champion, looked to the second half of the 2008 CORR season as a time to show the fans and the competition that the #8 Skyjacker Suspensions RWD Roush-Yates Engine BFGoodrich Tires Ford F-150, should not be counted out.

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Daugherty, Kincaid First to Register for $175,000 Off-Road Weekend at Crandon

Crandon International Off-Road Raceway
CRANDON, Wisc.

Daugherty yellow race truck.
Kincaid -- white black red race truck.
Photos courtesy WSORR

Two of the top names in off-road racing circles are the first to register for the most important big money off-road Cup races of the year to be held at Crandon International Off-Road Raceway this coming Labor Day weekend, August 29-31.

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HUMMER Racing Attempts New Record at Vegas to Reno

Team HUMMER
DETROIT

Team driver Emily Miller vies to become first Vegas to Reno "Ironwoman"

Rod Hall Racing's Team HUMMER, recognized as the most successful stock class desert racing program, attempts to enter the record books again this weekend as team driver Emily Miller, embarks on a quest to become the first woman to drive the entire 457-mile Best in the Desert (BITD) "TSCO Vegas to Reno" race. Racers take the green flag on Friday, August 22, 2008.

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August 19, 2008 9:18 PM

Douglas Motorsports Takes the PRO-4 Point Lead with a Win @ Pomona III

Douglas Motorsports
El Cajon, CA (August 19, 2008)

Douglas Motorsports came to The Fairplex in Pomona, California with its eye on the prize, the 2008 CORR PRO-4 Championship. With two-thirds of the season complete, the team has grabbed the championship lead. Douglas Motorsports has combined qualifying, near or at the top of the charts all season, and consistent podium finishes, to take the lead, over second place, Carl Renezeder.

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