CORR is Back in San Diego
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Dan “The flying Dutchman" Vanden Heuvel started on the pole in the Jason Baldwin Memorial Cup Qualifier. Scott Taylor driver of the number eight Skyjacker truck quickly took the lead when Vanden Heuvel fell back to fourth. Taylor continued to lead the field with Rob MacCachren in second and Carl Renezeder lurking in third. With an impressive move to the inside MacCachren passed Taylor going into turn seven. MacCachren in his Red Bull number twenty nine held onto first place leaving Taylor and Renezeder to battle for second.

Renezeder eventually passed Taylor, and started working on MacCahren. After an intense battle Renezeder passed MacCahren on lap seven. The field bunched back up and when the flag dropped, MacCahren took off with an impressive restart. Looking to the inside of turn two MacCahren attempted to pass, but Renezeder blocked him maintaining his first position. Ricky Johnson meanwhile worked his way up into the third position. Rob MacCachren’s Red Bull Energy Drink number twenty nine truck went off the track on lap thirteen do to mechanical failure, giving Johnson the second position and an opportunity to battle Renezeder for the win. In the end it was defending Pro 2 Champ Renezeder with the win, Johnson in second and Taylor placing third.

Scott Douglas driving the number seven Amsoil Ford was out front at the start of the CORR Lucas Oil Pro 4 series race. Adrian Cenni and Rick Huseman battled for the second position; Huseman turned himself and Johnny Greaves around trying to pass Cenni on the inside. Meanwhile Josh Baldwin and Travis Coyne had a wild battle for the fourth position. After running the inside line Cenni eventually took the lead from Douglas. Greaves had luck on his side when the mandatory caution came out when his front right tire went down. After the caution Cenni led the field with Douglas in second and Renezeder in third. Renezeder made a move on turn three but, was denied from Douglas. Josh Baldwin crashed coming out of turn five landing on the top of his roof. Baldwin quickly got back into the race. On the final lap Cenni held onto the lead with Renezeder eagerly trying to take the first position. With lap traffic blocking Cenni, Renezeder was able to pass using the outside line to win the race. Cenni came in second and Douglas finished third.

As the drivers battled it out on lap one of the CORR Lucas Oil Pro Lite series, Robert Naughton claimed the first position while Rodrigo Ampudia Jr driving the number thirty six Papas and Beer Truck followed behind in second. Patiently working his way up to the leader, Ampudia continued working the inside line. Numerous battles emerged in the middle of the pack one between the number fourteen of Casey Currie and the number ninety nine of Kyle Leduc. Ampudia continued to stretch his commanding lead out front.

The field spread out with Ampudia taking a commanding lead. Currie aggressively worked through lap traffic to catch up with LeDuc and contend for the fifth position. When the mandatory caution came out, LeDuc had passed Leon Noel for the third position. Ampudia remained in first position with Jeff Huseman in second. With an excellent restart by Ampudia, it allowed him to quickly regain his impressive lead over the field. Currie was pushed off the track in turn five, forcing him towards the back of the pack. On lap twelve LeDuc was taken out of the race, taking pressure off of Jeff Huseman. Ampudia finished in first position clutching his first Pro Lite win since Crandon last season. Huseman placed second and Josh Hintz rounded out the podium.

Dan “The Flying Dutchman” Vanden Heuvel led the field at the start of the CORR Lucas Oil Pro 2 race. Ricky Johnson was battling for first when MacCahren snuck in on the inside of both Vanden Heuvel and Johnson going three wide to take off with the lead. Johnson who was in second never gave up with on his Vanden Heuvel back bumper he continued to pull forward to battle MacCahren. As MacCahren took off with the lead another battle broke out mid pack between Jerry Whelchel, Alan Pflueger and Greg Adler. The field was spread out approaching the mandatory caution on lap eight. Renezeder who won both the Pro 2 and Pro 4 races earlier in the day was struggling back in seventh with restricted visibility do to his left front fender being partially off.

During the mandatory caution Larry Noel ran into the back of Pflueger, preventing Pflueger from returning to the race. Following the caution MacCahren led the field regaining his impressive lead over the rest of the field. The field quickly began to struggle with Adler, Vanden Heuvel, Coyne and Jeremy McGrath all running into problems. In the end it was MacCahren with the win Johnson in second and Todd Leduc placing third.

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