June 26, 2013 at 2:11 p.m.
Crandon International Off-Road Raceway preps for 2013 Brush Run
Crandon International Off-Road Raceway preps for 2013 Brush Run
This year's 20th annual June 29-30 Forest County Potawatomi Community Cup - a 12.5-second handicap start race favoring the blistering fast PRO 2WD trucks versus the corner-hugging and equally fast PRO 4x4 trucks - fields a stacked gate of trucks on the famous Land Rush starting line at Crandon. Ten laps with no competition caution, it's an all-out blitz for a big bag of cash at the finish line.
"The Forest County Potawatomi Tribe is honored to be involved with such a great event at Crandon," said Gus Frank, Forest County Potawatomi chairman. "We first got involved with off-road racing through Jeff Kincaid and Johnny Greaves. Those two supported us proudly across the nation and our relationship would grow with Crandon and, eventually, the F.C.P.C. Cup race. So it's a great honor to again be involved with such an exciting event as it enters its 20th year summer."
Akin to the steeped tradition of Indianapolis Motor Speedway, off-road racing's version of the "Brickyard" and "Indy 500" takes place at the nation's premier short course racing facility, Crandon International Off-Road Raceway. The first of two major short course off-road events at Crandon - round four of the 2013 Traxxas TORC Series, presented by AMSOIL - the annual Crandon Brush Run - takes place this weekend.
Last year Ram/Mopar's factory PRO 2WD racer Rob MacCachren reigned victorious in the F.C.P.C. Cup race - surviving a furious charge from PRO 4x4 racer Adrian Cenni (RealTree Energy), who blew out a rear tire when he left the track with four laps remaining, having been right on MacCachren's tail all the way down the 100 mph Skybox Straightaway.
"It feels great to win the F.C.P.C. Cup," said MacCachren. "Everyone at Jenkins Brothers Racing worked so hard on this truck and it really came to fruition for that race. Our Mopar-powered Ram Truck was absolutely awesome. We were just hooked up today and running strong. I've won the F.C.P.C. Cup now in both a PRO 2WD and PRO 4x4, and that is pretty cool."
With racers and trucks/buggies, crews and off-road fans converging from all points on the U.S. map, the small logging town of Crandon (population 1,961), is awash in activity. And since 1970 the off-road phenomenon has played out in Crandon, making it the nation's longest-running short course off-road competition.
For more information, please visit www.crandonoffroad.com.
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