April 24, 2007
BFGoodrich^® Tires-Shod CORR Series Drivers Come Up Big Winners at Season Opener

GREENVILLE, S.C. – BFGoodrich Tires continued its off-road supremacy this past weekend as the 2007 Championship Off-Road Racing (CORR) series kicked-off in Lancaster, Calif. While several entrants left the season opener with their hopes dashed, drivers on BFGoodrich Tires were clearly the exception. BFGoodrich Tires-shod drivers won every race in the Pro-4 and Pro-2 classes, capturing six victories overall and scoring two runner-up finishes in the Pro-Lite class.

In the first Pro-4 race on Saturday, Johnny Greaves (Toyota/BFGoodrich Tires) started from the pole position and powered through an exceptionally tough field of drivers to dominate the season opener race. Troy Herbst (Ford/BFGoodrich Tires) finished runner-up and Adrian Cenni (Chevy/BFGoodrich Tires) earned third. Greaves continued his momentum into the Pro-4 Jason Baldwin Memorial Cup qualifier, where he started again from the pole-position. Greaves unfortunately stalled his truck shortly after the green flag but fought his way up front to pass Carl Renezeder (Nissan/BFGoodrich Tires) for the win. On Sunday, Renezeder sliced through the traffic during the final Pro-4 race to capture the podium while Herbst finished third.

The first round of the Pro-2 class on Saturday proved to be a nail-biter as Rob MacCachren (Ford/BFGoodrich Tires) battled it out with defending Pro-2 class champion Renezeder for the first half of the race until Renezeder broke a drive line and had to retire early. Jerry Whelchel (Ford/BFGoodrich Tires) marched his way up to the front after a few bobbles early in the race to earn second. On Sunday, Whelchel proved to be the man to beat by winning the Pro-2 class race over MacCachren and the Pro-2 Jason Baldwin Memorial Cup qualifier. Whelchel battled with Renezeder for most of the second race until Renezder was edged out by Ricky Johnson with two laps remaining and was forced to accept third in the special event.

Casey Currie (Nissan/BFGoodrich Tires) had his work cut out for him in the opening Pro Lite class race on Saturday after spinning sideways on the first lap. Despite the setback, Currie utilized the serious off-road traction of his BFGoodrich Mud-Terrain T/A®KM tires to eat-up the deeply rutted track before entering into a thrilling battle with Kyle LeDuc on the final lap to earn second. Currie continued his momentum into the final Pro Lite class race on Sunday and battled intently with LeDuc to capture a second runner-up finish for the weekend while Rodrigo Ampudia (Ford/BFGoodrich Tires) finished third.

“The CORR series is tailor-made for BFGoodrich Tires and the perfect proving ground to showcase our performance,” said Todd Steen, motorsports marketing manager for BFGoodrich Tires. “We’re very pleased about the results from the first event and we congratulate all the drivers for their tremendous efforts.”

The CORR series continues next month from the Los Angeles County Fairplex in Pomona, Calif., May 19-20.

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