Crandon International Off-Road Raceway

P.O. Box 101, Crandon, WI 54520 www.crandonoffroad.com 715.478.2222
NEWS from Crandon International Off-Road Raceway

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, September 2, 2008 Contact: Crandon Raceway @ (715) 478-2222

Taylor and Hoek, Ford and Skyjacker Rule Crandon World Championships

CRANDON, Wisc. - A capacity crowd at the 2008 BorgWarner World Championship Off-Road Races witnessed the biggest off-road racing spectacle in the history of the sport, some surprising upsets, dominating wins and more over Labor Day weekend at legendary Crandon International Off-Road Raceway.

Skyjacker sponsored Ford race trucks of PRO racers Scott Taylor, Belvidere, Ill., and Ross Hoek, Holland, Mich., ruled the roost at Crandon, while Jeff Kincaid's Traxxas Forest County Potawatomi Toyota also excelled throughout the final weekend on the Lucas Oil World Series of Off-Road Racing Tour 2008.

Taylor laid claim to the off-road racing's most cherished prize by winning the 2008 BorgWarner Shootout. Taylor, a previous winner of the notable silver and gold BorgWarner Cup in 2002, repeated with a dominating performance in the final race of the World Championship weekend. Already the sole racer to have competed in all 14 BorgWarner Shootouts, Taylor sped to victory in his 900 HP PRO 2WD pickup besting a field of 20 other competitors winning the 10-lap romp over Crandon's 1.5 mile track in 15:06.

Taylor reigns as the mythical "King of Off-Road Racing" until the 15th race next year during Crandon Raceway's gala 40th anniversary celebration. Taylor outdistanced nine PRO 4x4 race machines that have dominated previous Shootout races. Taylor is the only driver to have won the race in a 2-wheel drive pickup and now he has accomplished the feat twice.

In a race conceived for PRO 4x4 race trucks, for the first time in history no single 4x4 reached the podium. Runner-up in the event was Hoek's PRO 2WD Skyjacker Ford while Dan Vanden Heuvel, Appleton, Wisc., who sewed up the Lucas Oil World Series of Off-Road Racing PRO 2WD class championship over the weekend, placed third. The first WSORR Super Truck to take the checkers was Ben Wandahsega in his Forest County Potawatomi Toyo Tires Chevy 2-wheel drive truck.

Not to be overshadowed was a stellar performance by Jeff Kincaid - the country's most well-known PRO Light Pickup racer. Kincaid outgunned 10 other competitors to win the 2nd annual Forest County Potawatomi "Decision at Sundown" PRO Light Pickup Challenge Cup race that kicked off the '08 World Championship weekend. He came back to win the final round of WSORR racing on Sunday, capping his season in the Midwest with a 2008 WSORR Series class Championship for his sponsors Traxxas, Forest County Potawatomi and BF Goodrich.

It was an emotional moment for Kincaid of nearby Argonne, Wisc., as after competing in the PRO Light Pickup class for 15 years, he is expected to move to a higher horsepower class next season and he succeeded in going out with a final win in front of his hometown fans.

The Forest County Potawatomi and BorgWarner serve as major title sponsors at Crandon.

The BorgWarner World Championship Off-Road Races concluded the 2008 season for both WSORR and Crandon Raceway. Off-road racing returns to Crandon next year with a special anniversary celebration. The 2009 season kicks off with the annual Forest County Potawatomi Brush Run Races June 20-21. That will be followed by a commemorative 40th anniversary BorgWarner Off-Road World Championships again over Labor Day Weekend, September 4-6, 2009.

Ed. Note: Attached are final results for both the BorgWarner Shootout and the FCP PRO Light Challenge Cup Race.