CORR (CHULA VISTA) - Renezeder Celebrates his 52nd win in Chula Vista

For the second time in 2007, Championship Off Road Racing had a sold out crowd today. With over 13,000 fans in attendance at the Chula Vista International Off Road Raceway, defending Pro 2 Champ Carl Renezeder celebrated his 52nd CORR win. Renezeder added five wins this weekend to his racing resume, three of them came in his number 17 Lucas Oil Pro 4. Race fans were on their feet to watch the fender-to-fender action of CORR all weekend long.

Travis Coyne is his Pro Comp truck led the field at the start of the Jason Baldwin Memorial Cup Qualifier with Josh Baldwin in second and Carl Renezeder in third. Renezeder passed Baldwin on lap two coming out of turn three. Scott Douglas driver of the Amsoil number seven crashed coming out of the first turn on lap four. His truck caught on fire taking him out of the race. As a result the caution came out and when the field restarted on lap five Renezeder tapped the back end of Coyne trying to get around him in turn two. Renezeder was blocked by Coyne in turn three securing his lead over Renezeder. The two were nose to nose coming across the line to start lap six when Renezeder jumped out in first leaving Coyne, Johnny Greaves and Adrian Cenni to go three wide in turn one. Cenni was pushed off the track and Greaves spun around in turn two taking him out of the race. When the caution came out Coyne went to the hot pits to work on his Pro Comp Truck and was unable to return to the race due to engine failure. The field took off again with Renezeder in first , Troy Herbst in second and Ed Herbst in third. Steve Barlow driver of the number twenty nine Red Bull truck who was in the fourth position raced fender-to-fender with Ed Herbst in turn one. Barlow persevered securing the third position. Herbst suffered damages preventing him from returning to the race. Renezeder secured his 50th win after leading the last eight laps, Troy Herbst finished in second and Barlow placed third.

Rick Johnson led the first twelve laps in round six of the CORR Lucas Oil series. Todd Leduc driver of the number three Rockstar Energy Drink Truck held onto second position for seven laps until guest star Jeremy McGrath took over second on lap eight. LeDuc got around McGrath on lap ten putting him in position to chase down Johnson. At the mandatory caution, Johnson continued to lead the field. On lap eleven Renezeder who slowly worked his way up through the field from the sixth position passed LeDuc to charge after Johnson. Renezeder passed Johnson on the outside of turn five on lap thirteen. The two Champs battled with Johnson jumping in front of Renezeder on turn one of lap fourteen. But, the racing wasn’t finished as Renezeder passed Johnson on turn one of the final lap. The two battled it out through each turn but in the end it was Renezeder with his 51st win, Johnson in second and LeDuc rounding out the podium.

Garit Wallace led the start of the CORR Lucas Oil Pro Lite series. Wallace was turned around on turn two of lap three allowing for Robert Naughton to lead the pack. When the mandatory caution came out Naughton continued to lead the field with Casey Currie driver of the number fourteen Suspension Unlimited truck in second. A battle emerged for the third position between Wallace driver of the number fifty one and Jeff Huseman driver of the number fifty five. Huseman looked to the inside of turn one of lap eleven but, was denied from Wallace, he looked again on the outside of turn two but failed to make the pass around Wallace. On lap twelve Huseman and Wallace raced fender-to-fender across the line to start lap thirteen. The two continued to bang fenders until turn three of the final lap when Huseman worked his way pass Wallace to secure himself a podium position. In the end Naughton who led the final twelve laps took the win. Currie came in second and Huseman placed third.

When the flag dropped in the CORR Lucas Oil Pro 4 race on Sunday Travis Coyne led the field after pole sitter Josh Baldwin got turned going into turn one of the first lap. Before the race was restarted Rick Huseman went to the hot pits unable to return until lap two. The race was restarted, placing Baldwin back on the pole position with Coyne on the outside. Baldwin took the led at the restart with Coyne quickly falling back to the fourth position. Carl Renezeder ran in second and Scott Douglas in third. Douglas looked of the inside of Renezeder going into turn three but was denied. Douglas continued to push forward, finding a hole between Renezeder and Baldwin crossing the line on lap three taking first position. Tim Herbst wrecked on lap seven bringing the caution out. Adrian Cenni also suffered from mechanical failure sending him out of the race. The race went green on lap nine only to have a caution come out again on lap ten. With over half of the field out of the race, Douglas led the field once the race went green. On lap fourteen going into turn two Baldwin flipped and managed to land on four tires to keep him in the race. The battle continued between Douglas and Renezeder for the win with Coyne in third and Baldwin hanging onto fourth. Douglas got a flat tire that eventually slowed him down enough allowing Renezeder to take first with two laps to go. On the final lap Douglas lost one more spot to Coyne in turn seven. It was a clean sweep for Renezeder winning all three races. Coyne placed second and Douglas held on for third.

CORR returns to the Chula Vista International Raceway on September 29th and 30th.