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MacCachren ROLLS Deuces at 2010 CRANDON TORC Series Opener!

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

LAS VEGAS, Nevada – Returning to Crandon International Raceway in the north woods of Wisconsin has always been something special for the Crandon Champion, Rob MacCachren.  This year was no different.  The results speak for themselves as ROCKSTAR Energy Racing captured the second spot on the podium both Saturday and Sunday.

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Kicking off the 2010 Traxxas TORC series season at the famed race track provided the ROCKSTAR Energy Drink/BFGoodrich Tires/Mastercraft Safety sponsored racer with years of intimate knowledge of a track that he has excelled on.  “I love to race at Crandon.  The fans are amazing and we’ve always had very good results racing here.  It’s something special,” said the smiling MacCachren.

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The ROCKSTAR Energy Racing #21 race team traveled across the country to the beautiful Wisconsin countryside in defense of their 2009 TORC Pro 2 Championship.  The reigning Pro 2 champions kicked off their 2010 season racing in the Lucas Oil Off Road Series where they lead the ranks among the Unlimited Pro 2 trucks.

Racing in both of off road racing’s premier series, Rob MacCachren is focused on one thing and that’s to win championships in both series.

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From the time the ROCKSTAR Energy Racing crew unloaded the #21 Ford F150 Pro 2 from the ROCKSTAR Energy race hauler they were fast.  Rob explained, “We’ve been working and testing throughout the off season, as well as in between races and we were fast right from the beginning.  You know that I’m all about winning each and every race and although we didn’t win this a race this weekend, the results put us in a great position moving into the next TORC Series race at Bark River International Raceway in Michigan.”

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Working closely with race team sponsors, BFGoodrich Tires, Mastercraft Safety, FOX Racing Shox, Patton Racing Engines, Pro AM, Rancho Drivetrain Engineering and Motive Gear, as well as many others, allows Rob MacCachren to assist in the development of racing components that live longer and achieve maximum performance.

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MacCachren commented, “We are always working towards improving our times on the track and it is often a direct result of working very closely with our sponsors who are as passionate about racing and winning as we are.”

Thousands of fans jammed into The Big House for the annual off road racing extravaganza.  “We had a big weekend in the ROCKSTAR Energy Racing pit zone.  It’s great to have fans across the country and anytime we come to Crandon, it’s a mad house,” said Rob.

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With only a few days between the Traxxas TORC Series Round 2 and the Lucas Oil Off Road Series Round 7, the crew immediately began prepping the #21 ROCKSTAR Energy Drink/BFGoodrich Tires/Mastercraft Safety Ford 150 for this weekend’s race at Miller Motorsports Park in Toole, Utah.  Crew Chief Jim Blackmore explained, “We are in the midst of prepping the race truck tonight and tomorrow and then we will load it into the ROCKSTAR Energy race hauler and get on the road to Utah for this weekend’s race.  The truck is in great shape and we’re going to Lucas Oil in Utah to win both days.”

Dominating in the elite Unlimited Pro 2 class with victories in both Lucas Rounds 5 and 6, Rob MacCachren continues his march towards his 2010 goal of earning another Pro 2 season championship.  In 2008, Rob MacCachren earned a Pro 2 season championship in the Championship Off Road Racing series and in 2009, he was crowned Pro 2 champion in the Traxxas TORC series.  Here in 2010, Rob MacCachren continues striding towards championships in both series.

About Rockstar: Bigger. Better. Faster. Stronger. ROCKSTAR is the world’s most powerful energy drink. Enhanced with the potent herbal blends of Guarana, Ginkgo, Ginseng and Milk Thistle, ROCKSTAR is scientifically formulated to provide an incredible energy boost for those who lead active and exhausting lifestyles—from athletes to rock stars. PARTY LIKE A ROCKSTAR!

2010 Rockstar Energy Racing Sponsors: Rockstar Energy Drink, BFGoodrich Tires, FOX RACING SHOX, Mastercraft Safety, Rancho Drivetrain Engineering, Motive Gear, Pro AM, KC HiLites, Nevada Off Road Buggy, Racin’ Dirty and DIRTnewz.

Rob MacCachren Racing Quick Racing Facts:

Rob MacCachren- 28 year racing career

19 – Off Road Racing Championships (Desert and Short Course)

170 – Off Road Racing wins

5 - SCORE Baja 1000 Victories (Longest 1296-miles in 2007)

5 - SCORE Baja 500 Victories

3* - Borg Warner Cup Trophy’s

3 - Governor Cup Trophy’s

Rob MacCachren’s career accomplishments include winning three consecutive Borg-Warner Championships, as well as three Governor’s Cup Championships, all at Crandon International Raceway in Wisconsin.  The multi-disciplined championship racer has accumulated 170 victories and 19 championships between closed short course and open desert racing.

Rob has also accumulated 5 SCORE Baja 1000 victories and another 5 SCORE Baja 500 wins.  MacCachren was heralded as the premier driver after winning the longest distance (1296 miles point-to-point) SCORE Baja 1000 ever held in 2007.

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MasterCraft Racing / Rockstar Energy Drink Overcomes Adversity At 2010 Tecate SCORE Baja 500

Monday, June 7th, 2010

By all accounts, the MasterCraft Racing / Rockstar Energy Drink team was going to be a force to be reckoned with at the 2010 Tecate SCORE Baja 500. With three SCORE Trophy Trucks starting in the top ten and incredibly strong finishes at the MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250, expectations were justifiably high. Unfortunately, things did not go as planned. “That is why we race,” explained a sage Robbie Pierce, CEO of MasterCraft Safety. “If we already knew who was going to take home the victory, it wouldn’t be very exciting. The unforgiving and challenging Baja peninsula always has a way of keeping things interesting, and that is one of the biggest appeals of desert racing.”

MasterCraft Safety / Rockstar Energy Drink No. 30 – Robbie Pierce

Pierce started the race in the third position and was running second in his Jimco SCORE Trophy Truck until he lost a power steering belt at Race Mile 22. “This is the second race in a row where this same issue has surfaced,” Pierce noted. “We need to go back to the drawing board and ensure this does not happen again.” With a new belt on the truck, Pierce fought his way forward and back into the eighth position with the help of “Turbo Tom” Geviss. Unfortunately an encounter with a cholla cactus forced Geviss to exit the truck at Race Mile 187, requiring Pierce to finish the second half of the race sans co-driver. Even after losing Geviss in the right seat, Robbie successfully worked his way up through the field and into the fifth position when the No. 30 pitted at race mile 290, taking on nearly 70 gallons of fuel during the stop. “Unfortunately a throttle position sensor failure caused the race truck to run excessively rich and our fuel economy went straight to Hell,” commented Robbie. “We had more than enough fuel to complete the last 150 miles of the race but I ran out just 8 miles from the finish while I was running in the fifth position,” added Pierce. Robbie eventually finished 16th, impressive considering the challenges he had to overcome during the race. While it was not funny at the time, Geviss was able to joke about the cholla incident after the race. “I am going to have to get MasterCraft Safety to make me another racesuit… one that is cactus proof!”

Rockstar Energy Drink / MasterCraft Safety No. 20 – Rob MacCachren

Starting the race in the second position it was not long before multiple series champion and off-road powerhouse, Rob MacCachren, was leading the crowded field in his Rockstar Energy Drink / MasterCraft Racing Jimco SCORE Trophy Truck. Sitting fourth in season points and a contender for the prestigious Milestone Award, Rob MacCachren and MasterCraft Racing was well positioned for a excellent race and season. Unfortunately, disaster struck at Race Mile 185 requiring a transmission change in MacCachren’s No. 20 truck. “I was sitting in the middle of the tremendously hot desert, waiting for the chase truck to bring us a transmission when Robbie’s co-driver, Tom Geviss, just popped up out of nowhere! He was pouring sweat, looked like Hell, and was in excessive pain when he got to us. I didn’t know Robbie had kicked him out of the truck two miles after passing us. Tom was in too much pain from the cholla to continue on in the truck so he walked back two miles to help us with the transmission,” remarked MacCachren. By the time the transmission was replaced all hopes of victory had been dashed, but MacCachren was able to finish the race, under his own power, just after midnight with an elapsed time of 14 hours, 5 minutes and 3 seconds.

MasterCraft Safety / Rockstar Energy Drink No. 42 – Will J. Staats

Will J. Staats started the race in the ninth position in the No. 42 MasterCraft Safety SCORE Trophy Truck and battled a tough field to earn a hard-fought sixth place position by the time he had reached the pit at race mile 290. Staats was running a phenomenal and nearly flawless race in his Jimco-built SCORE Trophy Truck until race mile 378 where he lost the brakes in a fairly technical section of the race course. The loss of stopping power caused Staats to hit a boulder on the course, destroying the driver side lower A arm in the process. “It was incredibly disappointing to be taken out of the race, that close to the finish and running in the sixth position but sometimes your luck just runs out,” remarked Will J. Staats. My co-driver, Greg Shapiro, was able to get the A-arm rigged back together with a ratchet strap and a chisel and we were able to limp the truck 12 miles out to the road crossing at Uruapan where our crew was waiting for us to put the truck on a trailer,” added Staats.

Look for the MasterCraft Racing Team to return to their winning ways at the 15th annual SCORE Terrible’s Primm 300 on September 10-12, 2010.

MasterCraft Racing is Sponsored by:
Rockstar Energy Drink • BFGoodrich • Gargoyles Eyewear • Jimco • Fox Shox • Walker Evans • Rancho Drivetrain • MSD Ignition • Palomar Communications • Canidae • KC HiLites

MASTERCRAFT RACING MEDIA CONTACT: Kelli Willmore, 619.449.9455

Photography by Jason Zindroski
High Rev Photo – www.highrevphoto.com
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Tom Geviss Joins MasterCraft Racing As Co-Driver For SCORE Desert Races

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

As the 2010 SCORE International desert racing series unfolds, MasterCraft Racing continues to solidify their position at the front of the premier SCORE Trophy Truck class. First, MasterCraft Racing put desert and short-course off-road racing legend, Rob MacCachren, in a Rockstar Energy-sponsored Jimco truck for the entire 2010 season. Then, for the second and notoriously roughest desert competition of the SCORE series, MasterCraft Racing managed to put all three of their Jimco trucks in the top ten of the crowded SCORE Trophy Truck class during the San Felipe 250. Now, MasterCraft Racing has once again “uped the ante” by securing “Turbo Tom” Geviss as the co-driver of the No. 30 SCORE Trophy Truck campaigned by driver of record and MasterCraft Safety CEO, Robbie Pierce.

“I don’t think I could find a more experienced co-driver on Earth,” Pierce commented. “Tom has done it all. Whether it is desert racing, rock-crawling or navigating through Dakar, Tom epitomizes the ideal co-driver I want sitting in my right seat. His level of experience undoubtedly elevates our sport and my team,” added Pierce. During his 30 years of racing in both the driver’s and passenger’s seats, Geviss has accumulated five Baja 1000 victories and numerous class and series championships as well. Tom was also named the driver of record for the Man race support vehicle for Robby Gordon’s 2009 Dakar program in the H3 Hummer. Navigating the treacherous and diverse South American terrain in the Man race support vehicle has added an incredible level of experience to Geviss’ already impressive resume. “I am confident that Robbie and I can add a few more trophies to the mantle,” said a smiling Geviss. Pierce joins a who’s-who list of talent that has teamed with “Turbo Tom”, including off-road royalty such as Larry Ragland, Jon Nelson, Robbie Gordon, NASCAR’s Jimmie Johnson, John Marking, and most recently, Jesse James.

Geviss’s new home will be in the No. 30 Jimco-built SCORE Trophy Truck outfitted with MasterCraft Safety 3G suspension seats and complimented by MasterCraft Safety five-point restraints and SFI-approved 3.2A/5 MasterCraft Safety race suit. MasterCraft Safety’s full-line of performance seating offers both comfort and protection in high “G” load situations and provides an 84% reduction of energy in a 50 G load impact. More information on the company’s high-quality products can be found by visiting www.mastercraftsafety.com.

MasterCraft Racing is Sponsored by:

Rockstar Energy Drink • BFGoodrich • Gargoyles Eyewear • Jimco • Fox Shox • Walker Evans • Rancho Drivetrain • MSD Ignition • Palomar Communications • Canidae • KC HiLites

MASTERCRAFT SAFETY MEDIA CONTACT: Kelli Willmore, 619.449.9455

Photography by Vincent Knakal of Mad Media
madmedia.com

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Rockstar’s Rob MacCachren DOUBLES UP at Lucas Oil Off Road in Las Vegas with WINS in Rounds 5 & 6

Sunday, May 23rd, 2010

LAS VEGAS, Nevada – Mother Nature clashed down on the Southern Nevada desert Sunday as cool temperatures, high wind gusts and threatening rain forced racers to consider changing up setups at the last minute for Round 6 of the 2010 Lucas Oil Off Road Series at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.  An unseasonably weather front locked in on the Las Vegas Metropolitan area and threatened to change the track from blue groove to a mud pit, but just as fast as the rain began to fall it stopped.

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Rockstar Energy Racing’s Rob MacCachren took to the track during the Sunday morning qualifying session and qualified in the second position behind 4 Wheel Parts sponsored – Greg Adler.

The #21 Rockstar/BFGoodrich/Mastercraft Pro 2 churned up the dirt in the corners of the 1.1-mile undulating racecourse and MacCachren and his Rockstar Energy backed crew did not have to make a single adjustment from Saturday’s round 5 where he was victorious.

With the Lucas Oil Pro 2 inversion, MacCachren started Sunday’s race on the outside of third row side-by-side with Adler.  As the entire field of racers immediately began to charge forward, MacCachren had already moved into the third spot.

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Setting his sights on the two trucks in front of him it was only the third lap of the race before he made the pass to the front.  MacCachren pushed the envelope of the #21 Rockstar/BFGoodrich/Mastercraft Pro 2 and pulled away from the entire field.

MacCachren put his Rockstar/BFGoodrich/Mastercraft Pro 2 through the turns like no one else.  With his ability to turn his truck on a dime, MacCachren raced alone out in front of the entire field.

MacCachren commented, “We waited until the last minute we could before we decided what tire and groove to put on our BFGoodrich Tires.  With the weather and track changing every thirty minutes it was really important to get everything just right before we headed into the dirt for round 6.  Our BFGoodrich Tires performed outstanding once again today and I couldn’t ask for anything more.  They really provided incredible forward traction and of course they continue to be the workhorse in the dirt for us.”

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Dominating in the elite Unlimited Pro 2 class in both rounds 5 and 6, MacCachren continues his march towards his 2010 goal of earning another Pro 2 season championship.  Rob earned season championships in two different series in 2008, 2009 and continues striding towards the points championship in 2010.

Rob explained, “We love to win, but our ultimate goal is to win the season championship.  There is a lot of hard work that goes into a season championship and the Rockstar Energy Racing crew continues to work and perform at championship levels.  Another important aspect of our team is the continued support from our sponsors.  We could not be racing at this level without the partnerships we have in place with our sponsors.   Rockstar Energy Drink, BFGoodrich Tires and Mastercraft Safety continue to be the great sponsors with our team.”

With 2010 Lucas Oil Off Road Series Rounds 5 & 6 in the books, Rob MacCachren continues to lead the Unlimited Pro 2 division in the race for the season point’s championship.

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Rob MacCachren switches gears this week as he turns his focus to the 2010 SCORE Baja 500 race where he will be racing the #20 Rockstar/BFGoodrich/Mastercraft Safety Trophy Truck.  Rob starts this year’s SCORE Baja 500 from the second position off the line and will solo the 438-mile race.  Rob MacCachren has a rich Baja legacy that he’s developed over the past 28 years winning 5 SCORE Baja 500 and 5 SCORE Baja 1000 races.

About Rockstar: Bigger. Better. Faster. Stronger. ROCKSTAR is the world’s most powerful energy drink. Enhanced with the potent herbal blends of Guarana, Ginkgo, Ginseng and Milk Thistle, ROCKSTAR is scientifically formulated to provide an incredible energy boost for those who lead active and exhausting lifestyles—from athletes to rock stars. PARTY LIKE A ROCKSTAR!

2010 Rockstar Energy Racing Sponsors: Rockstar Energy Drink, BFGoodrich Tires, Mastercraft Safety, FOX RACING SHOX, Rancho Drivetrain Engineering, Motive Gear, Pro AM, KC HiLites, Nevada Off Road Buggy, Racin’ Dirty and DIRTnewz.com

Rob MacCachren Racing: Rob MacCachren’s career accomplishments include winning three consecutive Borg-Warner Championships, as well as three Governor’s Cup Championships, all at Crandon International Raceway in Wisconsin.  The multi-disciplined championship racer has accumulated 168 victories and 19 championships between closed short course and open desert racing.

Rob has also accumulated 5 SCORE Baja 1000 victories and another 5 SCORE Baja 500 wins.  MacCachren was heralded as the premier driver after winning the longest distance (1296 miles point-to-point) SCORE Baja 1000 ever held in 2007.  Rob MacCachren earned consecutive short course Pro 2 Championships in 2008 and 2009.

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Sal Fish and Oscar Ramos handing a check for $12,600.00 USD to the Baja California State Government, Juan Tintos PR Director receives the donation.

Friday, May 14th, 2010

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Sal Fish, President of SCORE International and Oscar Ramos, Esq. handing a check for $12,600.00 in US Funds to the Baja California State Government. Juan Tintos, Public Relations Director of the Government of the Baja California graciously accepts the donation on the behalf of Baja California.

Through the efforts of SCORE International, Sal Fish, and Oscar Ramos, the off-road racing community was able to raise an incredible amount of money to assist with the Easter Day Earthquake relief efforts. In addition to the $12,600 in funds, the generous community of desert racers also gathered four pallets full of water, canned goods, sleeping bags and other essential relief items.

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