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Championship Off-Road Racing

Championship Off-Road Racing (usually abbreviated CORR) was a sanctioning body for short course off-road racing in the United States. It formed in 1998 and went bankrupt in 2008. Its Midwest races were supplanted in 2007 by the Traxxas TORC Series and by the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series on the West Coast in 2009. Both received most of the drivers and adopted the same racing format.

For the off-road series founded in 2020, see Championship Off-Road.

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CORR

1998

2008

History[edit]

CORR was formed in 1998 by ESPN announcer Marty Reid.[1] It displaced the SODA series at the premiere short course off-road racing series when most of the drivers in SODA moved to CORR. The series was purchased by Jim Baldwin in 2005.


Baldwin canceled two of the rounds at Las Vegas in October 2008. In a press release, he stated: "Championship Off Road Racing has made the difficult decision to cancel the Primm, Nevada race on October 25th and 26th. The current credit crisis has made it very difficult to cover CORR’s costs."[2] He filed for bankruptcy and abandoned the sanctioning body's facilities in Chula Vista, California.[3]

2008

Carl Renezeder

2007 Carl Renezeder

2006

Johnny Greaves

2005 Johnny Greaves

2004

Jason Baldwin

2003 Carl Renezeder

2002 Johnny Greaves

2001

Rob MacCachren

2000 Rob MacCachren

1999

Walker Evans

1998

Jack Flannery

Jason Baldwin – late son of Jim Baldwin, was killed in a plane crash on November 19, 2005.

Jim Baldwin

Josh Baldwin – son of Jim Baldwin

Scott Douglas

Evan Evans

– the future NASCAR driver competed in the Pro-2 division in the 1997 Winter Series and 1998 season.

Brendan Gaughan

Robby Gordon

Rick Huseman

– the future seven-time Sprint Cup Series champion won the 1997 Winter Series Pro-2 championship at Glen Helen Raceway, CORR's first event after taking over from SODA.

Jimmie Johnson

Jeremy McGrath

Rod Millen

– Made history as being the first international driver to win a CORR race.

Rodrigo Ampudia

aka Prettymuddy

Evie Baldwin

Cissy Baldwin

Kelley Renezeder

Rhonda Konitzer

Travis Pastrana

Carl Renezeder

Art Schmitt

– 23 seasons, 2008 WSORR Driver of the Year, 2009 TORC Driver of the Year, 44 career wins, BorgWarner World Champion 2000, 2004,2006, 2008

Keith Steele

[4]

Bark River International Raceway

in the "Otay Ranch" neighborhood (Baldwin's construction company built a temporary circuit)[5]

Chula Vista, California

[4]

Crandon International Off-Road Raceway

[4]

Heartland Park Topeka

[4]

I-96 Speedway

[4]

Langlade County Speedway

[6]

Pomona Fairplex

[7]

Las Vegas Motor Speedway

[7]

Stafford Motor Speedway

[7]

Route 66 Raceway

[7]

Indiana State Fairgrounds

[8]

Unadilla MX

[9]

Texas Motor Speedway

[9]

Antelope Valley Fairgrounds

[10]

Trollhaugen

[11]

Milan, Michigan

[12]

Midwest Off-Road Raceway

[13]

Luxemburg Speedway

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