Carl Wins FCP 14th Chairman's Cup in Brand New Lucas Oil Titan 4x4

Carl Wins FCP 14th Chairman's Cup in Brand New Lucas Oil Titan 4x4



LAKE FOREST, CA (June 26, 2007) – How sweet it is. Carl Renezeder was excited and aprehensive about the debut of the team’s brand new Lucas Oil Nissan Titan Pro4x4 this past weekend in Crandon, Wisconsin for rounds three and four of the World Series of Off Road Racing season. What started out as a respectable debut for the truck with two third place finishes and no catastophic issues during the two points races, turned into a dream weekend when Carl claimed the famous Forest County Potawatomi Chairman’s Cup in just ten short laps around the natural terrain Crandon course.

“This is a dream come true,” stated an elated Renezeder from victory lane. “This is such a testament to the amazing team I have, from the guys that built this solid truck, to the sponsors like Lucas Oil, Nissan and BFGoodrich that believe in our program as much as I ***

After a disappointing black flag in the Pro2WD class just a few hours earlier, the team approached the Chairman’s Cup race as another chance to put some quality time on the Pro4x4, which to that point had only seen 20 laps of racing in its short career. The race gives the Pro2WD trucks a several second head start, while lining up the Pro4x4s in the traditional land rush style. Carl lined up 3rd, but got to turn one in the sixth place position. Over the next several laps, Carl went to work passing truck after truck until he had worked himself into second place, approximately nine seconds behind race leader, Mike Oberg, with four laps to go. Carl shortened that gap to six seconds with two and a half laps remaining and then it was game on.

“It was like Top Gun,” explained Carl. “Once I got radar lock on Oberg, I went for it.” Went for it indeed. In just a lap and a half, Carl closed the remaining gap, and then made a great pass in the Argonne turn on the final lap to seal the deal.

It was a classic “Crandon Carl” Renezeder victory, but more importantly, it was a fitting tribute to the team that invested the better part of a year’s worth of sweat equity to put that truck underneath him. Carl says all the time that it’s the entire team that makes wins like this possible, but you can also hear the guys say time and again that there’s no way they’d put in the insane hours they do for any other driver. And that makes a winning combination.

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