Mandi Metzger WINS G&R Racing Trophy Truck Ride at Off Road Expo Drawing
For Immediate Release Mandi Metzger WINS G&R Racing Trophy Truck Ride at Off Road Expo Drawing Mesa, Arizona (October 10, 2006) - The #38 G&R Racing Trophy Truck was the show piece of Advanstar's Off Road Expo, as thousands of off road enthusiasts, better known as the "DIRT Nation," gathered at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds this past weekend. Prominently displayed in the huge BFGoodrich Tires booth was the Ford F-150 Trophy Truck driven by SCORE San Felipe 250 winner, Garron Cadiente. "We're honored to display our truck in the BFGoodrich Tires booth. Our BFGoodrich tires have survived the incredible punishment of the Baja Peninsula at the San Felipe 250 and the Baja 500, as well as the torturous deserts of the United States where BITD hosts many desert races. There is absolutely no better tire racing in the desert," commented Cadiente. The G&R Racing Trophy Truck Ride Give-Away was a big hit as hundreds of entries were received over the two-day event, as well as online at <http://www.gnrracing.com/> www.gnrracing.com Winning a ride-of-a-lifetime in the #38 trophy truck was Mandi Metzger. The ecstatic Mandi Metzger screamed when told she was the winner of the drawing. Mrs. Metzger later said, "I told my brother (who was with me at the show) that I was going to win and I won!" Metzger will join G&R Racing on October 15, 2006 in the Las Vegas area to perform co-driver/navigator duties for Garron Cadiente during a film production scheduled for the day after the race. G&R Racing teammates and co-owners, Garron Cadiente and Ron Whitton, are headed to Las Vegas, Nevada for the Best In The Desert "Vegas 300" on Thursday, October 12, 2006. Leading the elite BITD Trick Truck class in points, Cadiente is staged to battle with veteran off road racing champion, Curt LeDuc, who trails Garron by a mere five points and leads Ron Whitton who is situated in third position, by only seventeen points. In the race for the Best in the Desert "Rookie of the Year Award," Garron Cadiente trails the leader by five points with two races to go. Ron Whitton rounds out the top five racers in the hunt for rookie honors only 11 points back from the point's leader, Ryan Staats. The Outdoor Channel is scheduled to produce a featured segment on G&R Racing's Garron Cadiente and Ron Whitton on Friday during contingency and technical inspection. The segment will provide television viewers an inside look at one of the most exciting off road racing teams to emerge onto the desert racing scene in over a decade. Following this weekend's busy race schedule, both Ron Whitton and Garron Cadiente will embark on prerunning activities for the upcoming SCORE Tecate Baja 1000. The rugged SCORE Baja 1000 race will trek down the entire peninsula this year leaving downtown Ensenada, Baja California on Thursday, November 16, 2006. At the SCORE Tecate Baja 1000 drawing held on September 30, Garron Cadiente drew the 13th position off the line of the 37 SCORE Trophy Trucks currently entered in the field. Visit the G&R Racing team website at <http://www.gnrracing.com/> www.gnrracing.com as well as SCORE International at <http://www.score-international.com/> www.score-international.com You can find information on all Ford products at <http://www.fordvehicles.com/> www.fordvehicles.com and BFGoodrich products at <http://www.bfgoodrichtires.com/> www.bfgoodrichtires.com Team Contacts: Marketing and Public Relations: Tim Sanchez / tim@rockonmotorsports.com (714)771-6789 Office / (714)514.7450 Team Manager: Brian Godfrey / brian@gnrracing.com (602)999-6123 fax (623)215-4745