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Currie Battles a Rough weekend but comes out with great progress

June 06th, 2011 | News | casey

Lucas oil glen Helen
Glen Helen was going to be a tough event for the team because not only did we have to prep the 4 cylinder truck but we also had to prep the v8 truck for torc the following weekend and load both haulers.

When we arrived to the track on Thursday both trucks were basically ready to go and we set up the awning and had everything ready for fridays practice and qualifying. We went to a Lucas party with the truck at a local pub for some publicity in the San Bernardino area at night and then hit the bed for an early morning.

7 am Friday morning we were at the track and making sure all final details were done to the truck for practice. We practiced at 11am and when we went out everything was good. We put a new shifter in the truck and made small small changes to the suspension so first 2 laps of practice were a quick shake down then right as we were going to put the hammer down the engine started sputtering really bad. Not knowing the problem I shut it off ASAP. When I pulled into the pits my motor builder came over right away and told us that the rocker broke and that we couldn’t have it fixed for qualifying. So we quickly decided to run the v8 truck, throwing all the safety and Lucas rules onto the truck. When we went out for qualifying I hadn’t even been in the truck since last year, hoping that everything was good I went out and drove the wheels off it. Coming off the track in the. 3rd spot the truck was awesome!

Saturday
Saturday we woke up at 6am to be at the drivers meeting nice and early. We went out for practice and it went ok, track was a little slippery but truck was doing ok. When it came time for the race I started on the 2nd row and was ready to race. On the drop off the green flag everything felt wrong. I wasn’t pulling like I was in qualifying. Every lap I was having to do everything I could not to get passed. By the 5th lap I was having to shift into 1st gear and I was going very slow, then all of sudden it made a big clunk and shut off.. Smoking and small flames came from under the hood. The fire crew quickly put it out and then I was drug off the track.
When we arrived to the pits we pulled panels off to realize that we lost a brand new engine. Since we have to go to Michigan on Monday I wanted to run the truck on Sunday. We made some quick calls loaded up the truck and headed for home. When we got home we put a new tranny and engine in, also flushing all the lines and replacing the oil cooler. I went to bed around 3am and the team around 5 am.

Sunday
I woke the guys up at 7am to drive back to the track. When we arrived we did some final touches to the truck and got it fired up just minutes before the start of qualifying. I went out for qualifying and qualified 11th which was horrible but considering the no changes to the truck and the major rush we were ready for the race.
When the green flag dropped I put my head down and was ready race. We started on the 6th row and started moving forward. At the midway caution we climbed up to 5th place and the truck was working better and better. On the straight away before retaking the green flag I closed the gap on 4 and as soon as I did the truck started making crazy noises and feeling really weird. My uncle couldn’t see anything from the spotters tower and I basically couldn’t move forward. So I did everything I could to get it around the track and then it all of sudden came back. I pulled into the hot pit to make sure a heim or suspension wasn’t broken. I got back on the track and raced around to get a top 10 finish.
When I pulled into the pits my team looked over the truck and 2 rocks had wedged between the steering arm on the upright and the wheel, bending the steering arm down and hurting a brake line. We also found out that the wheel was just skidding on the track for a couple hundred feet.

We came away from this race 7th in points and we have a lot more confidence now then we had all year. We are getting the Kinks worked out and I can’t wait for next Lucas round. I am on a mission to be the v8 guy. I want to do what everyone says isn’t possible. We also sent the hauler straight from Glen Helen to Michigan, loaded for the TORC series

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Nissan Motorsports in 2011

March 14th, 2011 | News | casey

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 8, 2011) – Nissan Motorsports has announced it will be expanding its motorsports involvement in 2011 by supporting teams in several professional racing series and enhancing their contingency program for grassroots racing teams. ¬†The racing series are diverse and include World Challenge with the Nissan GT-R, TORC off-road racing with the Nissan Titan and numerous grassroots series throughout the country.¬† ‚ÄúNissan has always believed in creating a partnership between the company and the dedicated teams who compete in our vehicles‚Äù said Ron Stukenberg, Senior Manager, Nissan Motorsports. ‚ÄúWe will be expanding our support with several professional teams as well as increasing our contingency program for grassroots teams.‚Äù

Here are some of the series Nissan will support this season:

  • TRAXAS TORC Series (The Off-Road Championship)

-         PRO 2WD Truck Class – Driver/Owner Chad Hord will pilot the Boss Snowplow/AMSOIL Nissan Titan after placing 4th in points last year.

-         PRO LIGHT 2WD Truck Class – Driver/Owner Casey Currie will defend his 2010 PRO LIGHT 2WD Championship in the Monster Energy Nissan Frontier.

  • World Challenge

-         GT Class – Brass Monkey Racing will return with a 2-car Nissan GT-R team.  Tony Rivera and Steve Ott will be driving these iconic race cars in the emerging World Challenge Championship Series.

  • American Le Mans Series

-         LMP2 Class – Signature Racing (based in France) intends to campaign a Nissan powered LMP2 entry in the ILMC (International Le Mans Championship) and the Le Mans 24 Hour race.  The ILMC includes 2 races in the U.S. – The 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta.

  • Grassroots Amateur Racing

-         Nissan is in the process of finalizing and expanding its support of grassroots racing including: SCCA Club Racing, NASA, Formula Drift, Grand-Am Continental Tire Series and the Lucas Oil Off-Road Series.

 “We look forward to competitive success in all Motorsports venues where Nissan products are involved.” said Stukenberg.  “From the Trans Am 510s in the 1970s to the fire-breathing IMSA GTP and GTS cars in the 1980’s and 90s and off-road racing trucks 2000s, Nissan has a long history of winning professional championships in the U.S.  In grassroots racing Nissan has a record total of 89 SCCA Runoffs National Championships, well ahead of every other manufacturer, and we’re looking to add more championships all the time.”

In North America, Nissan’s operations include automotive styling, design, engineering, consumer and corporate financing, sales and marketing, distribution and manufacturing. More information about Nissan in North America and the complete line of Nissan and Infiniti vehicles can be found online at www.NissanUSA.com and www.infiniti.com.

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615 725 6928

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2011 King Of Hammers

March 14th, 2011 | News | casey

King of the Hammers is a one week one shot race. Casey races both in the UTV and the Main race on Thursday and Friday.

Monday – We arrived to the Hammers for a day of Rock crawling with my Uncle John. This was the first time for me to crawl on the 37‚Äù General Tires and on the King coil over suspension that we installed onto the Campbell rig. The day went almost perfect. We did a bunch of trails and I was really getting comfortable with the new set up. As we were finishing up for the day we raced across the desert and as soon as we got back to camp we had a fuel line inside the gas tank crack and it made the fuel pressure drop and loose power. We got the line fixed right away in camp and everything was good.¬†

I made a call into my guys at the shop to check on my UTV and they said the Teryx was done but when they started it up the water drained from the radiator into the oil so they got it loaded up for the engine builder and Kawasaki to look at it at the Hammers. 

Tuesday – We woke up early for a full day of Testing with King Shock. I knew the rig worked good in the rocks but it was time to get it dialed in for the desert. We must of pulled the shocks of 5 or 6 times and it kept getting faster and faster. We were running Kings new internal bypass shock that had never been raced on before. By the end of the day we felt that we were pretty close to a final set up and ready to qualify on Wednesday morning.

My dad showed up late Monday night with my Teryx and first thing Tuesday morning we dropped my Teryx off with Kawasaki to see if they could get it fixed and they worked hard on getting it up and running.

Wednesday – 5 am wake up call for qualifying. We were the 6th person off the line for qualifying. We had to go up Back Door and down Trap Door, two very difficult trails with another couple miles of whooped out desert, and we had a strategic plan to make it happen. Only 20 qualifiers would make it into the main event on Friday and there was over 70 qualifiers competing for every spot. We decided to have Nick Campbell go with me on Qualifying because he is a very good spotter and good at running the winch. When the Green Flag dropped we got after it, driving at a good pace we got to Back Door and without even trying we pulled out the winch got right up the waterfall and away I went, leaving Nick there to save time. I raced through the desert and came to Trap Door, taking my time I crept down the waterfall and around the big rock then took off again through the desert. Finishing in 13 minutes and 54 seconds we were definitely in the main event. After the 70 competitors went off we finished 13th overall for qualifying putting me in the 69th starting position for the Main Race.

When we finished with qualifying my guys got the word that the Teryx was not fixable and we were going to have to do a motor swap. They worked on the motor all day and at midnight we had the Teryx ready to race. We ran out to the desert and did some little adjustments to it and put it away for the night. There was nothing else we could do since we were racing it at 5am Thursday Morning.

Thursday – ¬†5am Wake up call for UTV ¬†line up. We started last since we didnt know if we were going to be racing. When the Green flag dropped we were planning on going as fast as a stock motor would go through the desert then really pushing it through the rocks. About 3 miles into the race we had caught the vehicles in front of us and on the first steep climb the Teryx died. We sat there for over an hour working on everything we could test. We ended up pushing down the hill when we noticed that the fuel cell breather filled with Gas making the tank collapse and the fuel pump stop. We have had this Teryx out many times and have never seen this issue so it was nothing new that we tried, just bad luck. ¬†After we got it running we charged through the course getting valuable pre run notes for The big race on Friday and having a great time. When we got to Elvis there were UTVs stuck everywhere, and since we were so far down we tried and helped everyone we could. When we got near the middle of Elvis I must of hit a rock with the lower a arm breaking the lower circlip off that holds the lower ball joint on. ¬†We got a ratchet strap and wrapped it around the 2 arms holding the suspension together. We made it through Elvis no problem then down Aftershock no problem and still finished 7th with over an hour of down time. ¬†We had a purpose built Kawasaki Teryx that was very capable of winning, we just didnt have luck on our side. Now that we have a solid package we will go out for lots of testing and come back next year to battle up front.¬†

After the UTV race we tested the Crawler two more times making some slight suspension adjustments and then got it in line for Tech. My guys got the Crawler through tech and I went to the Drivers meeting. By the time everything was finished up and ready to race it was midnight again. 

Friday – 430 am wake up call. Crawler had to be in line early. I had my Uncle ride with me this year in the Hammers so he could experinece the race and I could have a co driver that is very knowledgeable in the rocks. When the green flag took off we were 69th and everything was going good. We made it though the first couple of rock sections no problem and when we arrived at Outer Limits I nailed a rock so hard and flattened the driverside front tire. I drove a 1/4 way up Outer Limits before the chaos begun. A vehicle had rolled over and stopped the whole field. We had worked our way to the top 30. ¬†Once the vehicle was moved we made it up Outer Limits no problem then fixed the tire and charged on. Passing 20 more vehicles we had made it into the top 10 at mile marker 52, 6 miles before Main pit. Then the day went south. We had a fuel problem, we worked for 25 minutes trying to get it fired up and once it did we charged to the main pit where they tried everything to get it fixed. For the first 20 miles of the course we had no issues, moving forward and getting in the groove everything was going good again, then half way up Outer Limits the gas problem came back. at around 1pm was the first time we got out to work on the crawler and wasnt the last. We worked on the car every 2 minutes for the rest of the day and night. When I pulled into the halfway pit the sun just went down, I had no lights and the crawler wasnt running. In my mind I thought the day was over since we had no lights but my guys were way ahead of me. As I pulled in they didnt say anything about quitting, they just put there heads down and tried everything they could to get the crawler to run. We worked over an hour and tried everything we could to make it have fuel pressure. They also borrowed some small lights from other teams and we mounted them up to give me lights. When we thought we had it fixed we threw some jackets on and took off. Going down Sunbonnet Pass we had no issues and we started across the desert to After Shock when it came back. It started dying again. My Uncle started noticing that it was getting air in the injectors so all we had to do is wait 30 seconds refire and take off. We drove really slow and it would die only every 2 minutes or so. We had 1 hour to make it to the finish and we werent even to the top of Aftershock. When we got to the top of Aftershock the crawler was running for only 30 seconds before shutting down and having to be restarted. I sat at the top of Aftershock walking around debating what to do, My Uncle didnt want to sleep in the desert and either did I, but I wanted to finish so bad. I called my Dad and David on the phone and asked for there opinion, they said it was up to me and as soon as I hung up I knew they would come get me if I was stuck so we went for it. I buckled back in and got down Aftershock only restarting the crawler every 200 yards. When we got to mile marker 50 we had 20 minutes and my Uncle told me that at our rate we would never finish. So we started fixing the issue before it would happen. I would drive as fast as I could bouncing off the bumpstops and rev limiter for 1 mile then at speed, not even slowing down I would shut the crawler off for 20 seconds then refire and keep going. We did that for the last 10 miles and made it to the finish line at 9:59 and 40 seconds. Finishing the King of The Hammers as the 47th Finisher. It was a tough day for us, we had a great vehicle and everything was going awesome, we had an issue that we still dont understand and it really showed how strong our team is. My team worked very hard all day and My Uncle put up with me all day for a finish at the ‚ÄúKing of the Hammers‚Äù. I will be back next year ready to do it all over again.¬†

This event brought a lot of my Sponsors, Family and Friends out. I cant thank everyone enough. 

Special Thanks to : Dad, Mom, Cody, Uncle John, Uncle Charlie, David, Louis, Oren, Jason, Tony, Gerald(Saavy Off Road), Doug, Ramses, Reid, Grandpa, and Grandma, and everyone I forgot as I am writing this.

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Casey Currie Claims 2010 TORC Pro Light Championship in Season Finale at the ‘Big House’ in Crandon!

September 12th, 2010 | News | casey

Casey Currie Claims 2010 TORC Pro Light Championship in Season Finale at the ‘Big House’ in Crandon!

Casey Currie on the podium at Crandon after clinching the 2010 Pro Light Championship!Crandon, WI (September 6, 2010)‚ÄîCasey Currie went to the season finale race at the fabled “Big House” Crandon International Raceway in Crandon, WI, with one thing in mind: win the championship. And win he did, earning his first Pro Light class championship by sweeping the weekend for Monster Energy, BFGoodrich, Magnaflow and Motive. A huge crowd of more than 15,000 of some of the most dedicated off-road racing fans in the country enjoyed some of the most exciting and nail biting races of the entire year.

Casey entered the weekend with a narrow five point margin over Andrew Caddell for the class championship. Casey and Andrew have had some very exciting dogfights this year but none like the one on Saturday. The Pro Lights started from the familiar “land rush” start that has all the drivers lined up side-by-side in a motocrossish sprint for the turn one holeshot. Crandon crowds have witnessed some incredible crashes in Potowatomi Turn One over the years. Casey’s Ford with BFGoodrich tires won the holeshot cleanly and proceeded to lead every lap on the winding 1.5 mile track until the final lap.

Casey's BFG's dig in tight in one of the turns at Crandon Intl Raceway.On the last lap, with the checkered flag and the finish line in sight, Caddell got his bumper into Casey’s rear tire, and rolled him while making the pass. Miraculously, Casey was able to gather himself and cross the finish line ahead of the oncoming machine of Ross Hoek for an apparent second place finish. It appeared that Casey would have to settle for the runner-up spot, but USAC officials determined that Caddell had been overly aggressive in the contact and awarded the victory to Casey.

“(Caddell and I) had some great side-by-side battles and in the last turn, I went to the inside because I thought he was going to try to bonsai me on the inside, I had been running on the outside of every turn,” Currie said after the race. “He wants to win as bad as I do. It’s all good between us, but you know, it’s racing. We’ve got a championship we hopefully wrap up tomorrow and game on!”

Casey would head into the Sunday showdown still clinging to a narrow points lead. The race turned anticlimactic as Caddell lifted early on the back straight and was taken out by a hard charging Marty Hart, effectively propelling Casey to the class title.

Casey Currie talks about his victory on Sunday.Currie started the race clean by winning the “land rush” and never looked back. He pulled away to a comfortable margin. With no competition caution in play, he was able to maintain the lead and crossed the finish line with nearly a 3 second lead over the next competitor. He would also earn the Traxxas Maxx Cash Award for the fastest Pro Light lap.

“It was great to come to Crandon to finish the year,” he said, tears of joy in his eyes. “The crowd’s incredible, everyone’s incredible! We had a flawless weekend. We won the championship! My first ever! I would like to thank all of my great sponsors‚Äîespecially Monster (Energy) for taking me on this year; these great BFGoodrich tires; King shocks; Magnaflow; Motive gear, Oakley; MasterCraft and all my other sponsors and of course my entire crew and family that have worked so hard to improve the truck every race.”

Casey plans to continue in the Pro Light class in the 2011 season. Be sure to watch the season on Discovery Channel’s HD Theatre, every Thursday evening at 8pm. Also, follow Casey during the off season on his website: CaseyCurrie.com and Twitter.

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Currie Takes Route 66 to Victory Lane and Points Lead, Sets Up Exciting Season Finale for Championship Weekend in Crandon, WI

September 12th, 2010 | News | casey

Currie Takes Route 66 to Victory Lane and Points Lead, Sets Up Exciting Season Finale for Championship Weekend in Crandon, WI

Casey Currie heads down the front stretch at Route 66 Raceway for the victory on Thursday evening.Anaheim, CA (August 26, 2010)‚ÄîThe Traxxas TORC Series took its high powered, high stakes off-road racing to a mid-week visit at Chicagoland’s Route 66 Raceway this past Wednesday and Thursday. Casey Currie and his Monster Energy Pro Light team entered rounds 9 and 10 carrying a 13 point deficit in the standings, but would leave sitting in the number one spot by a narrow 5 point margin. Casey took a second place on Wednesday but captured his second win of the season on Thursday to edge out Andrew Caddell for the points lead. The tight points race will set the stage for a nail biter season finale coming up next weekend at Crandon International Raceway. Championships in each of the pro classes will be determined in the Labor Day weekend races.

The converted oval track was very gnarly and rough with numerous small jumps, rhythm sections and a huge tabletop jump. Casey made the crowd grimace several times with his huge tail first landings—one time knocking the bumper off of the rear of the truck.

Wednesday, Casey started his BFG clad Ford in the 5th spot with Marty Hart sitting on the pole. Marty has won more races than any other driver this year, but suffered setbacks in both races at Bark River allowing Currie’s team to stay close in the points. Hart’s heartaches would not end in Chicago as he flipped violently on lap one, taking him out of the race. A few seconds after Marty flipped, Brad Lovell also flipped bringing out the red flag. Officials decided to do some track work and halted the race for a while. After a lengthy pause in the action, the field was reset and Casey moved up to restart on the second row. Almost as quickly as the green flag fell, Currie was able to maneuver his number 2 V8 into the second spot behind Caddell. Currie and Caddell pulled away from the field to claim the one and two spots on the podium followed by Chad Rayford, who got his first podium of the year.

Thursday’s Pro Light race was a wild and exciting affair with rolls, flips and intense battles. Casey started on row 3 with Wednesday’s winner, Andrew Caddell, sitting beside him. Casey edged forward, moving through the lap 1 traffic jam. On lap 2, front runner Caddell and the number 29 machine of Chad Rayford got together, spinning them both sideways at the exit of the final turn going into the front stretch. Casey Shot to the lead while Luke Johnson took a wild tumble at the start/finish line behind him. Currie pulled away from the field by 15 car links leading up to the competition caution.

Currie talks about his round 10 victory in Chicago.On the restart, Ross Hoek tried everything he could to pass Casey but couldn’t get it done. Hoek battled to the end of the race with Caddell for the second spot and eventually lost the battle. With Hoek/Caddell mixing it up behind him, Casey was able to pull away to a comfortable lead. He took the win and the points lead followed by Caddell and Hoek to round out the podium.

“We have been making small changes all year to the truck to make it more competitive,” said Currie following his Thursday evening victory. “The team put a solid truck on the track tonight; we just about have it where we want it. Lots of pressure going into Crandon‚Äîit’s going to be exciting and we are looking forward to next weekend.”

The season finale will take place at Crandon International Raceway on Labor Day weekend, September 4-6th. You can watch the season climax unfold live via webcast on USAC’s USTREAM portal at TORCseries.com.

Be sure to watch the TORC Series’ premiere on the Discovery Channel’s HD Theatre in high definition coming next month in prime time. The 26 hours of exciting off-road drama, captured on multiple high-performance RED digital cine cameras, will air every Thursday at 8pm and 11pm EST, meaning primetime series coverage on both the East and West coasts.

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Casey Currie Puts Monster Energy on the Podium for Sixth Time in Eight Rounds of Traxxas TORC Series Racing

August 19th, 2010 | News | casey
Anaheim, CA¬†(August 17, 2010)‚ÄîCaseyCurrie¬†Motorsports loaded up the V8/Pro Light¬†Monster Energy/ Ford and took the long journey from Anaheim, CA, to the upper peninsula of Michigan for rounds 7 and 8 of the Traxxas¬†TORC¬†Series this past weekend in¬†Bark River, MI. Casey was hoping to improve on the two second place finishes in Oshkosh a few weeks ago. A good performance would be important in order to hang tight in the points with leader Marty Hart. Casey would walk away from the weekend’s action with yet another podium, a second place finish¬†on Sunday, but a miscue¬†on Saturday¬†cost him a good finish.

The Bark River track is a “drivers’ track” and arguable one of the fastest tracks in the series. It snakes its way around hills, gravel pits, a cemetery, and features a huge jump called Monster Energy Leap. The¬†Bark River¬†Lions Club has been putting on this race for 35 years and has offered some very exciting off-road racing in its fabled history.

Saturday: Slip, Sliding Away

Currie starting from the number 3 position on row 2 and got off to a great start. He hit the inside line of the horseshoe shaped holeshot to land in 2nd as the field rounded the corner into the front stretch in front of a huge crowd of more than 10,000 screaming fans. Marty Hart was in the lead and began to stretch his lead going into Cemetery Corner with Currie in¬†hot pursuit. Currie knew there was something wrong though as the track felt slipperier than normal. He was struggling to keep his Ford pointed in the right direction and just before the AMSOIL sweeper on the back stretch; Casey’s Monster Energy Pro Light took a 180 degree spin. The entire field went by before he could get going again.

Casey would battle back to as high as fourth, only to spin again. He ended the race in the sixth position.

Currie said following the race: “The BFG’s were fine. I just think we made a huge mistake by not resetting the tire pressure in the rear. That made the truck really hard to drive. We will regroup and do better tomorrow.”

Sunday: Redemption

Casey hangs it out on Monster Energy Leap, the longest jump on the TORC series circuit.With another opportunity to set things aright on Sunday, Casey Currie lined up his number 2 machine in the pole position. When the green flag flew, Casey got a great jump, winning the holeshot and into the lead through turn one. Behind him, a hard charging Marty Hart was picking off competitors one-by-one, eventually catching Currie to take the lead before the start/finish line on the first lap.

Casey was sitting in the second spot and began to feel pressure from Andrew Caddell. Caddell tried several times to pass but Casey was able to hold him off until the competition caution. Caddell took second as the yellow flag flew at the midway point.

On the restart, Marty Hart had the front position and was able to win the race to turn one. Casey got a great run down the hill and moved to the inside of Caddell to try to make the pass. Caddell blocked the line causing Casey to have to check up to avoid a collision. As the top three went nose-to-tail through Cemetery Corner, Marty Hart suddenly lost power, sending Caddell and Currie scrambling to avoid the broken Hart machine. Caddell advanced to the lead as the front runners sailed over Monster Energy Leap. Caddell and Currie would finish the race 1 and 2 with Luke Johnson rounding out the podium.

Casey Currie talks about his podium on Sunday at Bark River.“The BFG’s were working great today!” said a happy Currie from the podium. “The guys worked really hard to get the truck ready so that we would have a chance to rebound from yesterday. We’re going to be testing this week to get the truck dialed in for Chicago. We definitely need to step our game up if we are going to make a run for the championship in these final races.”

Casey will try to narrow his 13 points standings deficit at the next race which will be at Chicagoland’s¬†Route 66 Raceway¬†on¬†Wednesday, August 25th-26th. The season finale will be at Crandon International Raceway on Labor Day weekend. Reruns of the Bark River race can be seen on the TORC Series’ website:¬†TORCseries.com or on USAC’s USTREAM portal.

Be sure to watch the TORC Series’ premiere on theDiscovery Channel’s HD Theatre in high definition coming next month in prime time. The 26 hours of exciting off-road drama, captured on multiple high-performance RED digital cine cameras, will air¬†every Thursday at 8pm¬†and¬†11pm EST¬†beginning¬†Sept 2nd, meaning primetime series coverage on both the East and West coasts.

Casey Currie Motorsports would like to thank all their Partners:
Monster Energy, BFGoodrich Tires, Currie Enterprises, Magnaflow Exhaust, Motive Gear,American Wire Harness, GoPro Cameras, Goodridge, K&N Filters, Kawasaki, Kicker Audio, King Shocks, Leatt Brace, HJC, MasterCraft Safety, Oakley, CBR Radiators, Sign Pros,Simple Green, Torco Oil, Pro Am.
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Casey Currie Takes Back-to-Back Runner-up Finishes at the Oshkosh Speedzone for Monster Energy in Traxxas TORC Series Rounds 5 and 6

August 19th, 2010 | News | casey
Anaheim, CA¬†(August 4, 2010)–Casey Currie took his¬†Monster Energy¬†PRO LIGHT team to the Traxxas TORC Series rounds 5 and 6 at the Oshkosh Speedzone Raceway tied for the top spot in the points standings. When the dust settled, he had two second place podium finishes. However, Marty Hart’s two wins left Casey second in the points but separated by only 9 points.

The Oshkosh track, a reconfigured stockcar oval, would offer up tight and technical turns that played havoc on many of the drivers during the weekend racing action. While many of the trucks were flipping and rolling over behind him, Casey’s BFG’s would fit the track like a glove, providing superior traction as he maneuvered through the 180 degree turns into the infield portion of the track without any problems.

Friday night, Currie’s black Monster Energy number 2 machine rolled off in the 5th position on the third row. When the¬†green flag¬†flew, Casey, Marty Hart and Randy Eller made it through the hole shot, cleanly dicing through the field. With Marty Hart out front, Eller and Currie went side-by-side through the infield tabletop and rhythm section. By the end of lap one, Casey had powered his V8 out to the second spot.

On the restart following the competition caution, Casey charged hard to challenge for the lead but Marty was able to hold him off through the infield turns. Meanwhile behind the two leaders, Andrew Caddell flipped and landed on his side bringing out a full course caution and race stoppage.

Seeing the restart as possibly the only opportunity he would have to make the pass on Hart, Casey wound it up and jumped out quick for a great restart-shooting ahead and even going ahead of Hart briefly. But Hart had the inside line and was able to go back to the lead when the competitors reached the tight left-hand turn at the exit of the back stretch. The two leaders pulled away from the field and ended up with Hart getting the win followed by Currie in second and Cunningham rounding out the podium.

Saturday night under the lights racing featured even more flips and rolls. In fact, on lap one, Shawn Morris rolled hard bringing out the red flag and a complete restart once the track was cleared. The restart was furious. Several trucks got together in turn three and Casey took advantage of the mayhem and picked up several spots, landing in third behind Andrew Caddell and Todd Cunningham. Marty Hart was also in the mix and was able take a clean line inside of the bunched-up trucks to grab the lead.

From the competition caution to the end of the race, Casey and Cunningham would engage in a classic seesaw battle that saw them exchange the second place position back and forth with Cunningham eventually holding the spot at the checkered flag—but not without controversy. USAC officials would ultimately award the second place spot to Casey due to a penalty Cunningham would receive for jumping the restart at the midway caution.

Casey had this to say about his weekend: “I’m a little bummed about not winning but very excited that we’re still close and in the hunt for the championship. I’m looking forward to getting up to¬†Bark River¬†and hopefully being successful there. My BFG’s were really hooking up great tonight. I was able to get into the tight corners well and keep the pressure on Marty.”

Casey Currie Motorsports will head back to Bark River, MI on August 14-15th for the next rounds of the Traxxas TORC Series. Replays of live web streaming of the races can be seen onTORCseries.com. Look for the broadcast of TORC series season on HD Theatre in high definition to premier on September 2nd.

Casey Currie Motorsports would like to thank all their Partners:
Monster Energy, BFGoodrich Tires, Currie Enterprises, Magnaflow Exhaust, Motive Gear, American Wire Harness, GoPro Cameras, Goodridge, K&N Filters, Kawasaki, Kicker Audio, King Shocks, Leatt Brace, HJC, MasterCraft Safety, Oakley, CBR Radiators, Sign Pros,Simple Green, Torco Oil, Pro Am.
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Casey Currie comes away from Bark River with 2 podium finishes and a tie for the points lead.

August 02nd, 2010 | News | casey

Anaheim, CA (July 14th, 2010) – Casey Currie Motorsports headed to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, for the TORC series round 3 & 4. This track is one of the fastest tracks in the series with technical S turns, the Cemetery Corner and the biggest jump of the year, the Monster Energy Leap. The track is known to be a drivers track.

  Casey Currie started Saturday off by qualifying in the 3rd position giving him the outside pole after the inversion. When the green flag flew he raced to second place, behind Marty Hart. After racing behind Marty for a couple of laps Currie was passed by Andrew Caddell leading into the competition yellow. When the green flag dropped for the final 4 laps Currie drove to a solid 3rd place finish. “I am very impressed with this V8 truck, we are still learning everyday and we will be making lots of changes tonight to come out tomorrow stronger, our truck set up is still not 100% but its getting closer every time we get on the track. The racing was great today and we had no damage to the truck”

  Sundays race line up is the top 6 finishers from Saturday inverted, so Casey started outside of the 2nd row. When the green flag dropped there was contact everywhere and Currie ended up 5th coming out of the first corner, after a couple of laps of following Eller, Currie finally made the pass stick putting him 4th for the competition yellow. When the green flag dropped Currie made a quick move around LJ (Luke Johnson) to start chasing down the leaders. After running behind Caddell for 2 laps he pulled off with a problem, moving Currie up to 2nd behind Hart. When the white flag waved Hart was in sight but not close enough to catch, putting Casey 2nd for the day.

 The 2nd place finish moves Currie into a tie for the points lead. “We had a rough race in the beginning, I couldn’t find lines to pass and the slippery track didn’t help, but after the competition yellow we started finding the groove and moving forward. We ran out of laps but the truck felt good today, and I am happy with my 2nd place finish.”

Casey Currie Motorsports would like to thank all their  Partners:
Monster Energy, BFGoodrich Tires, Currie Enterprises, Magnaflow  Exhaust, Motive Gear, American Wire Harness, GoPro Cameras, Goodridge, , K&N Filters, Kawasaki, Kicker Audio, King Shocks, Leatt Brace, HJC,  MasterCraft Safety, Oakley, CBR Radiators, Sign Pros, Simple Green, Torco Oil, Pro Am.

Casey Currie Motorsports will head to the Oshkosh Speedzone in Oshkosh, WI, on July 23-24 for the next rounds of the Traxxas TORC Series. Replays of live web streaming of the races can be seen on TORCseries.com.

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Casey Currie starts TORC season off with a dominant first place finish

June 24th, 2010 | News | casey
The Season opener for the TORC off-road series went down with some heated battles on the legendary Crandon off-road track. Under partially cloudy blue skies the massive crowds gathered in spite of the promise of rain to watch the classic west vs. mid west rivalry. The weather would stay moderate but the racing would get heated as the newly modified Crandon track allowed for more passing and alternate lines. Some of the top names in short course racing showed up with not only the intention of podiums but also gunning for the large purses put up by series sponsors Traxxis, Amsoil, and BOSCH making it the largest payout for short course in recent history.
 
For Casey Currie it was not only the first race of the series but also the debut of his new custom built V-8 Pro-lite. “We put a lot of effort into the new truck design. We built it all in house and did a lot of testing in California before we came out.” Stated Casey. With no test time on the superfast mid-west style track Casey begin to have issues with the truck set up right away. Starting 5th from the inside on the now infamous Crandon land rush start. Casey managed to shoot his way to 3rd by the end of the first corner. “I knew right away that our gearing was off, then we started to have issues with the brakes and our carburetor. The return piston stuck, so my brakes were stuck on the entire race. You could see my rotors glowing the entire race!” stated Casey. Falling back to 4th prior to the mandatory caution, Casey managed to stay put finished in a respectable 4th place, just off the podium.
 
On Sunday the start was inverted based on finish position from the prior days racing. This put Casey third from the inside on the start. Casey and his crew made several key changes to the truck and with renewed confidence managed to pull the hole-shot on turn one. Once out front Casey managed to keep turning faster lap times, keeping him ahead of the pack for the entire race. Casey ultimately finished first, dominating the entire race. “Even though we had problems on Saturday we were only a few seconds off the pace. I knew if we got the truck dialed in we could dominate. I still think this truck can be faster. This year is going to be great!” Commented Casey confidently.
 
Casey had this to say about the weekend of racing: “I love Crandon. The track and the fans are great. I am really stoked to be racing here again. I can’t wait until fall Crandon I want to thank all the fans, sponsors and especially my family and crew. I couldn’t do this without them.”
 
Casey’s next race will be TORC Round 3-4 at Bark River, MI July 10th-11th
 
Come by the pit area to check out Casey’s V-8 Pro-lite truck and pick up some free posters
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Casey Currie battles for top five finish at Lucas Oil Off-road season opener

March 16th, 2010 | News | casey

Casey Currie battles for top five finish at Lucas Oil Off-road season opener

The Season opener for Lucas Oil Off-Road Racing Series started in spectacular fashion with a stacked field of racers and magnificently constructed, technical track. The facility located at Las Vegas Motor speedway offered exciting racing and great spectating a like. After being notified two days before the race that he was to be there, Casey Currie scrambled and rented a Pro-lite from Garrit Wallace. The truck had been sitting in a trailer for 18 months with no prep or maintenance. Casey, his family, and his crew thrashed for 24 hours non-stop to get the truck ready.
Even though Casey had no time to test or set up the truck, he managed to qualify 9th, which set him up for a 4th row start. Near the beginning of the race the number #92 truck actually flipped into the hood of Casey’s #2 Monster Energy Pro-lite stopping him and send him to the last position. Casey turned on the heat and fought his way back up to 5th place pushing the rented truck to its limit. Casey crossed the finish line in a respectable 5th place.
After having some time in the truck, Casey made a lot of changes to improve the performance of the truck. Sunday’s qualifying was canceled due to rain and the divers were only given one lap to shake down their vehicles, making the slippery wet conditions even more of an obstacle. On Sunday Casey started on the poll and led the first few laps until Rodrigo Ampudia got around him. Casey stayed in the 2nd position until the restart. Two laps after the restart Casy’s truck began to lose power eventually stopping due to a mechanical failure with the carburetor.
Casey had this to say about the race: “We really had to scramble to make it here. On Tuesday I had no idea what I was going to drive! My team pulled together with support form our sponsors and we made is out to the race. On Saturday I had a hard time adaption to the rented truck, but by Sunday I felt it was working much better. I would have liked to finish on the podium, but making it to the race was a victory in itself. I had a great time battling some of the top racers in the Pro-lite class.”
Come by the pit area to check out Casey’s Pro-lite truck and pick up some free posters.
Check out Casey’s website for race results, photos and video at: http://www.caseycurrie.com/

Casey Currie is sponsored by:
Monster Energy, BFGoodrich Tires, Currie Enterprises, Magnaflow Exhaust, American Wire Harness, GoPro Cameras, Goodridge, Howe Performance, K&N Filters, Kawasaki, Kicker Audio, King Shocks, Leatt Brace, HJC,  MasterCraft Safety, Motive Gear, Oakley, PWR Radiators, Race Line Wheels, Ringers Gloves, Sign Pros, Simple Green, Torco Oil

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