2017
TORC Series
Round #6
Big House Brawl
Crandon, Wisconsin
June 25, 2017 |
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Rodney VanEperen & CJ Greaves
Sweep Crandon TORC
2017 TORC Off-Road
Championship Round 6 Pro UTV Race Report
2017
TORC Series
Crandon Big House Brawl
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Crandon, WI (6/26/2017) - Rodney
VanEperen and CJ Greaves went two for two during
the doubleheader Big House Brawl TORC Off Road Championship
presented by AMSOIL UTV races at Crandon International
Off-Road Raceway. VanEperen won his second consecutive
Pro Modified race, while Greaves finished first
again in Pro Stock. Both were driving Yamahas.
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Monster Energy
/ Yamaha's Rodney VanEperen (left) &
CJ Greaves (right) swept the wins at Rounds
5 & 6 of the TORC Series, and the
pair have earned 7 combined win this season
with Greaves still undefeated
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With heavy rain overnight and more forecasted
for the afternoon, race officials canceled qualifying
and set both events by series points. Though the
track had been muddy earlier in the day, it came
in nicely at the start of the UTV events. The
short course featured a dry-slick surface and
some blue groove was even spotted toward the end
of the Pro Modified final.
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For the second
straight day, a huge crowd of spectators
showed up at Crandon despite rain in the
forecast & several storms just missed
the track to the north over the weekend
during the day, but heavy rain did fall
overnight Saturday night into Sunday,
which cancelled qualifying
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In Pro Modified, VanEperen took the lead at the
start, holding off the Can-Ams of Chaney and Farr
in a three-car battle on the first lap and he
began pulling away as Farr and Chaney fought for
second. On the restart after the mid-race competition
caution, Chaney challenged VanEperen as Jason
Luburgh moved into fourth in his Bikeman Polaris.
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TORC Pro
Mod SxS / UTV Podium (left to right)
Kyle Chaney (2nd), Rodney VanEperen (1st),
Tim Farr (3rd)
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On the final lap, the top four-VanEperen, Chaney,
Farr and Luburgh-were nose to tail in the final
corners, but VanEperen held on for his fourth
victory in five races. Chaney finished a close
second, ahead of Farr. Drew Schultz on a Polaris
and Zac Zakowski’s Yamaha completed the top five.
Coming into the final turn, Luburgh went for it,
but flipped just before the finish line. While
he recovered to finish sixth, he inadvertently
missed tech after the race and was disqualified.
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Yamaha's
Rodney VanEperen grabbed the land rush
Pro Mod UTV Holeshot
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“I just can’t get a cushion on these guys, but
a win is a win,” said VanEperen. “These guys run
us so clean. I never have to worry about any of
these guys doing anything dirty out here. I get
a little too conservative and defend my lines.
Come Bark River, we need to work on that.”
VanEperen, Chaney and Farr have really been the
drivers to beat all season. Chaney and Farr were
well in contention until the checkered flag, something
that has happened in several races this season.
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Yamaha's
Rodney VanEperen secured his third straight
win on Sunday, which moves him to within
14 points of Kyle Chaney in the points
lead
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“I have nightmares about Kyle Chaney and Tim
Farr; It seems like every time I turn around one
of them is there,” said VanEperen of the two GNCC
veterans. “We want to separate ourselves. The
Yamaha does make the difference; they have a belt
and we have a five-speed transmission and that
sets us apart.”
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