Renezeder Takes the Good with the Bad in Primm
LAKE FOREST, CA (May 20, 2008) – If nothing else, Carl Renezeder can be pointed to as a driver that can make the most of a bad situation. After a severe allergic reaction to an energy drink on CORR’s Friday qualifying day, Renezeder, barely able to talk or breathe, climbed into his Lucas Oil Pro-2 and nailed down a fifth place qualifying effort in a field of more than 22 trucks. He was under close medical care during the Pro Lite qualifying session and then strapped into his Lucas Oil Skyjacker Pro-4 and qualified fifth in that division as well. Rounds three and four of the Championship Off Road Racing season were off to a rough start, but Renezeder was determined to persevere in the Primm, Nevada heat.
Saturday morning was host to several new things in the CORR rule book: the series is now awarding qualifying points to the top three qualifiers, as well as the top three drivers at the start of the mandatory yellow, and they have reinstated the invert, where a random number between zero and eight is drawn to invert the top qualifiers in the Pro starting grids. With the changes in mind, the team readied themselves for the two days of racing ahead of them.
In the Pro-2 division, Renezeder was part of the great racing action both days, turning fifth and second place qualifying efforts into third and second place finishes, respectively.
“I had a lot of fun driving my Lucas Oil Pro-2 this weekend,” commented Renezeder, after a heat-soaked weekend. “The racing was clean, and there were some great battles on the track. Our BFGoodrich tires were flawless, and we’re consistently finishing well in that truck.”
The Pro-4 division was a different story all together. After two wins in the openingtwo rounds of the season, the team had high hopes for another great weekend. It was not to be. Less than five laps into Saturday’s race, Adrian Cenni drove straight out of the top groove of turn one and straight over the right side of Renezeder, ripping the rearend out of Renezeder’s race truck, ending his day. Not that it’s any consolation, but Renezeder wasn’t the only one that had his day ended by the bright orange truck, and, luckily, he had the opportunity to fix it and come back to the line on Sunday.
Unfortunately, on Sunday, Josh Baldwin made it three wide going into turn two on lap one, knocking Rick Huseman out of the way on the inside, and then gave Carl a right front flat while trying to exit the turn.
“I had to spend the rest of the race protecting that right front,” explained Renezeder, who held his position through the mandatory caution. “Once it started to come apart, we had to go into the pits and change it. At that point there were only three laps remaining, so we ended up finishing a lap down in ninth. We tried to do the best with what we had.” Indeed they did.
Renezeder finished the weekend with third and second place finishes in Pro-2 and thirteenth and ninth places finishes in Pro-4. Current points have yet to be released; check www.corracing.com for updates.
The events from this past weekend will be aired via the following schedule:
- SPEED–Sat, May 24, 7:00-9:00p EDT - NBC–Sun, Jun 15, 12:30-2:00p EDT
Next on Team Renezeder’s schedule is the World Series of Off-Road Racing season opener at the “Diamond of Dirt Tracks”, Lucas Oil Speedway, May 31-June 1.
For more information, photos or to schedule an interview, please contact Jennifer Bissett at American Flyer Racing: (949) 472-4461 or (707) 718-5402 (mobile)