Casey Currie headed to Monster Energy AMA Supercross San Francisco
January 30th, 2010 | News | adminEvent: Supercross San Francisco
Date: January 30th, 2010
Location: San Francisco, CA
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Casey Currie headed to Monster Energy AMA Supercross San Francisco
Rising off-road talent Casey Currie is headed to Monster Energy AMA Supercross. Not on a bike, but in his number 2 Monster Energy Pro-lite truck. Casey will be at several of rounds of the Monster Energy Supercross events to spread the word on the new and exciting TORC Series.
Here is what Casey had to say about the event: ‚Äö√Ñ√∫I grew up riding bikes and watching supercoss. Racing short course off-road in TORC is basically supercross with a cage around you! We are looking forward to seeing Ryan Villopoto on top of the podium”
Come by the pit area to check out Casey’s Pro-lite truck and pick up some free posters, stickers, and signature cards.
Check out Casey’s website for race results, photos and video at: http://www.caseycurrie.com/
Casey’s next race will be the King of the Hammers February 12th
Casey Curry is sponsored by:
Monster Energy
Bfgoodrich Tires, Currie Enterprises, Motive Gear, Magnaflow Exhaust, American Wire Harness, GoPro Cameras, Goodridge, K&N Filters, Kawasaki, Kicker Audio, King Shocks, Leatt Brace, MasterCraft Safety, Oakley, PWR Radiators, Race Line Wheels, Ringers Gloves, Sign Pros, Simple Green, Torco Oil
Continue readingPurse Announced Leduc, Deegan, Currie Set To Battle!
January 21st, 2010 | News | adminThe latest news to come out concerning the upcoming Stadium Kart World Championship is the talent pool. Top racers including Kyle Leduc, Brian Deegan, Cassie Currie, Rick Huseman, Ryan Beat, and even Billy Laninovich will all be racing in the featured Elite Trophy Kart Division.
What is on the line are bragging rights and a fat cash purse of $5000 to be issued to the top 3 finishers. Thanks to Trophy Kart
Race Organizer, Ken Johnson was featured on a recorded episode of Totally Off Road Radio that took place at Pole Position’s recent 2nd Annual Monster Energy Celebrity Kart Race. Ken exclaimed his thoughts on the upcoming event taking place on January 30-31. “I am really stoked from the industry response. Everything has come together with all the elements in place. You know this event has been created with careful organization, proper promotion, and setup with strong appeal to attract participants. I am proud to publicize the event will feature live event coverage on Race-Dezert.com and commentating by Totally Off Road Radio Host Dave Arnold and Jim Holtus.
One more important fact is a $50 discount if you Pre-Enter. Pre-Entry will end Friday Jan 22nd.
Here is the schedule:
Saturday
- Trophy Kart Presents: Stadium Kart World Championship Day 1
- Triumph Motorsports Stadium Quad Race
- Joey Christensen’s R/C Truck Short Course Championship Sponsored by Team Associated
Sunday
- Trophy Kart Presents : Stadium Kart World Championship day 2
- Weller Racing’s: SR1 Demo (Yamaha R1 powered SxS)
On a final note, we want everyone to keep Parker Porter in your thoughts and prayers. A young and talented enthusiast who was really excited for the event pre-registering for Stadium Kart World Championship and even attended the Kyle Leduc Driving School. He showed great promise during the learning session. The following day he was seriously injured during a local Milestone MX event. We are pulling the industry together to show our support.
Continue readingCasey Currie Teryx Ride day at KOH
January 21st, 2010 | News | adminFor those who may be interested, Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Casey Currie is planning a Teryx ride day in conjunction with the King of the Hammers event. the ride day will be on February 7 in the Johnson Valley OHV area
. The ride will consist of some of the famous Hammer trails although none of the super difficult trails will be used. He is laying it out so a stock Teryx will not have any issues making it on the run. There will also be plenty of open desert running so if you always wondered what the KOH was all about, this is your opportunity to check it out first hand.
Casey will also be providing a BBQ lunch and I hear that there will be plenty of prizes available from those who support Casey and the event. Casey will even have his KOH rock buggy on display and if we ask nicely, I’m sure he’ll give us a first hand display of what that car can do in action. I expect it to be a first class event so if your interested please send and email to Info@currieracing.com
Continue readingCasey Currie Testing King of Hammers 2009
January 14th, 2010 | News | admin Continue readingCasey Currie headed to Monster Energy AMA Supercross
January 12th, 2010 | News | adminEvent: Supercross Anaheim
Date: January 9th, 2010
Location: Anaheim, CA
Casey Currie At Fall Crandon
January 05th, 2010 | News | admin Continue readingCasey Will be at PRI Thursday and Friday
December 02nd, 2009 | News | adminEmail Casey at casey@currieracing.com if you will be attending PRI in Orlando Florida.
Continue readingTORC / USAC to Display at Annual Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Tradeshow this Thursday-Saturday
December 01st, 2009 | News | adminCorona, CA (December 7, 2009)-The Traxxas TORC Series is on display at the 2009 Performance Racing Industry Tradeshow, this weekend at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. The annual tradeshow will run from Thursday December 10th through Saturday December 12th.
“The PRI tradeshow weekend brings the best in the motorsports business together every year,” stated Ricky Johnson, owner of TORC. “TORC wants to take this opportunity to reach out to sponsors, face to face, and get them involved in this exciting form of racing!”
TORC will be located in USAC booth number 2411. The booth is located next to both Oakley and NASCAR. Click here for tradeshow floorplan – search United Sates Auto Club for the booth location
The Traxxas TORC Series- The Off Road Championship, presented by AMSOIL is the world’s premier off road series, bringing together the best of Midwest short course off-road racing with exciting new Western State venues. TORC drivers push the limits with action-packed fender pounding on challenging natural terrain racetracks.
Continue readingCasey on Speed Scene Racing Tuesday Night!!
November 16th, 2009 | News | adminI will be¬†in studio, on the Speed Scene show this coming Tuesday night at 6:00 to 7:00 Pacific time at www.SpeedSceneRacing.com Also, have racers calling in from Mexico to give us pre race info on the Baja race!Call in and talk¬†to me¬†at 1 800 809 Р0802
Continue readingRacerXonline.com 5 Minutes with… Casey Currie
November 09th, 2009 | News | adminOn a hot, sunny Saturday afternoon at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track, the organizers of the TORC Series finale Рdubbed ‚ÄúThe Final Showdown‚Äù Рwere having a hell of a time figuring out how to get water into the concrete-like Vegas adobe. Not having much luck, the crew workers soaked the track all day.
Come race time later that evening, the track ended up so rough and gnarly – replete with huge ruts, braking bumps, whoops and pot holes – that it took on the appearance of a full-on AMA Motocross circuit. And that was fine by 25-year-old Casey Currie. A former professional motocross and Supermoto racer-turned-Pro Lites truck driver, Currie (whose brother Brandon currently competes as a national caliber AMA Supermoto rider) made the best of his motocross experience, applying the many things he learned on two wheels to lead all 14 laps of the Pro Light main event.
A few minutes after the races, we slogged our way through the mud and tripped through the ruts to get a word with him.
Racer X: Casey, before I jump into this, you came from motocross. How did you end up in closed-course off-road truck racing?
Casey Currie: I grew up watching and wanting to race motorcycles. And then my dad’s business was in the high-performance rear-end business, so with being around NASCAR and other forms of racing, it all kind of worked out to get me here. Also, my mom didn’t really want me racing motorcycles. With the off-road, when they used to come to Glenn Helen [Raceway] it was the coolest thing to watch because you’d get the motocross version with the trucks and they also brought in the cage, so it was a little safer. It definitely fit my description of what I wanted to do in life.
You held first-place throughout the entire race tonight. Why did things go so well?
We did some crazy stuff today.
Really? I heard something about the gearing you used in the truck…
We decided we were going to do some crazy gearing. My dad went and found an older gear down at a nearby shop. We knew the gear was in a NASCAR facility down the street. So we made some NASCAR connections, got a gear, drove it over here and my dad mounted it. He did it himself. We went out there for the race with not testing and the gear was absolutely perfect. We also did a crazy, crazy cut on the tires. We had something no one does and I actually won on it in Texas. The thing I did today was exactly what I did in Texas when I won it.
So did your dad sense the track was going to be in this sort of condition tonight?
It was a full-on guess. It was one of those things where I wasn’t faster than the other guys yesterday [Note: Currie was third in Friday night’s main], so how I look at it is that if I’m not faster than the other guys, I’m going to change everything to be faster or way slower. It worked today.
You guys didn’t practice today. During the warm-up laps, how did the track seem to you? Were the conditions what you were hoping for?
The track was brutal from lap one. It was like Glen Helen, last moto of the day. It was just brutal. I did my line choosing before the race started and I stuck with it from the green flag.
The track did look extremely torn up and it looked like you were taking motocross lines out there…
I mean, with this track, I don’t care who you are, if you ride motocross, you’d be up front. It was one of those deals where you knew it was coming. Growing up around tracks like Glen Helen, this proves that moto definitely makes us better truck drivers!
From the first lap on it looked you certainly had everyone covered. Inside the truck, did you feel the same way?
You know, I was nervous. Marty [Hart] has been fast all weekend. Jeff Kincaid has been flying. Marty told me earlier today that when he was riding factory motorcycles, Ricky Johnson was his mentor for a long time. He said, “When you get on the track, no matter if your equipment is bad or good, you’re the only person that can make it win.” In the race, I figured, Hey, right now is the time. I have to do it now. So that’s what I did. And I felt at home. I had a couple of close calls, but was just because the track was brutal. I just did what was totally natural. I didn’t push it, ever.
About halfway through the race, Hart started applying pretty serious pressure on you. Did you feel that?
You know it was one of those things where if you start focusing who’s behind you, you’re going to race who’s behind you. So I just kept my eyes ahead of me and raced to the front.
You certainly seem elated to have won here tonight!
Yeah, it would be totally different if we had a better year, but we had our ups and downs this year, for sure. To come out of here with this, man, it just brings so much momentum into 2010.
Congratulations, Casey.
Thanks!
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