SCORE Class Trophy Truck Main Event - COYNE WINS at Terrble's CUP!

The Trophy Truck Main Event race was marred by two big wrecks that ended in taking AZ Land's Todd Wylie out of the race. With two different RED flag incidents, the final run for the gold after the second RED flag was started with a single-file start. Jesse Jones and Marty Coyne battled head-to-head before Coyne came out on top after several laps of battling in the dirt. Rob MacCachren, driving the Vildosola Trophy Truck suffered a steering pump problem that took him off the pace. This big battle in the desert is just the beginning of something big here in Las Vegas and SCORE racing. With 7,549 off-road desert racing fans watching the action from the grandstands SCORE hit a huge home run here at LVMS. Congratulations to all the winners at the inaugural Terrible's Cup.

1. Marty Coyne/Pro Comp & BFGoodrich Tires

2. Jesse Jones/FabTech & Toyo Tires

3. Pistol Pete Sohren/Speedway & BFGoodrich

4. Scott Steinberger/FabTech & Toyo Tires

5. Cam Steele

6. Todd Wylie

7. Rob MacCachren

8. BJ Baldwin

9. Jason Baldwin

10. Bobby Baldwin

11. Chet Huffman

12. Brian Collins

13. Troy Herbst

Lap 6 - Coyne coming into the infield looking for the checkered flag...followed by Jones in the # 76 Trophy Truck and Pistol Pete in third position, Scott Steinberger in fourth spot followed by Cameron Steele in the last running trophy truck.

Lap 5 - Coyne leads followed by Jesse Jones. Only six trucks running after the carnage of the first two RED Flag incidents. Coyne has a 300 yard lead over Jesse Jones.

Lap 4 - Restart - Cam Steele leading ahead of Coyne and Jones. In the hairpin, Coyne pushes Steele against the concrete K-rail passing him while Jesse Jones chases him in the FABTECH/TOYO tires Trophy Truck. Pistol Pete in third position followed by Scott Steinberger and last after this restart is Cam Steele.

Lap 3 - Cam Steele is hauling the mail and Rob MacCachren is off the pace very slow in the 180 hairpin turn. Now the race is Coyne and Steele with some big bad bruisers banging off each other. Todd Wylie, racing the Class 8 wanna be Trophy Truck in this class turned upside down at the north 180 hairpin forcing the second RED FLAG of the race. The leader is Cam Steele driving the Cabo Wabo Trophy Truck over Marty Coyne, however even after being advised of the RED FLAG the four racers, Steele, Coyne, Jones and Steinberger was full speed ahead. Out of the race here in the infield is BJ Baldwin, Bobby Baldwin, Chet Huffman and Tim Herbst.

Lap 2 - BJ Baldwin in the infield stalled at the finish jump. Cam Steele and Rob Mac fighting tough bouncing off each other rubbing fiberglass. Mac on the inside of trying to pass Cam Steele but no luck through the infield. Lap 1 RESTART - Clean restart, Cam Steele clean through the 180 hairpin, Marty Coyne pushing MacCachren sideways. Chet Huffman running in third with Jones in fourth, Steinberger in fifth.

Lap 1 - Cameron Steele and Jesse Jones fight for the lead on the first lap. Mac is five cars back and Coyne is chasing the lead group of three Trophy Trucks. Cam Steele put the Cabo Wabo Trophy Truck onto the side blowing the concrete K-rail into the Budweiser sign. With problems on the first lap with Cam Steele crashing, SCORE Officials have RED FLAGGED the first lap and we will have a restart here with the Unlimited Production Trophy Trucks. The backstretch was wild with 13 trophy trucks fighting for position into the first turn. Jesse Jones is holding his own here in Las Vegas with his Geiser Bros. built trophy truck. The restart is about to begin.

SCORE Class 1 Main Event - Rich RONCO WINS Class 1 in the Terrible's Cup

Ronco took his first ever Class 1 SCORE win here in Las Vegas.

1. Rich Ronco

2. Pat Dean

3. Martin Christensen

4. John Marking

5. Troy Herbst

Lap 5 - Ronco leads but the excitement is between Marking and Dean fighting for third spot behind Christensen. Herbst is running clean now, but he was off the mark in the first couple laps.

Lap 4 - Troy Herbst giving the crowd a show in the infield although he's over a half of lap behind.

Lap 3 - Ronco increasing the lead over Christensen, Dean and Marking all very close to each other. Herbst is last car running.

Lap 2 - Herbst still having problems and off the pace. Boyle is sidelined in the straight way and off to the side with track crews. Boyle is out of the race. Ronco leads chased by Christensen in the BMW powered Class 1.

Lap 1 - Rich Ronco in his Tatum car blazes the trail being chased by Martin Christensen, Pat Dean and John Marking. Herbst is way off the pace.

SCORE Class SCORE Lites - Main Event BRUCKMAN WINS SCORE Lites.

Vic Bruckman and his wife, Michelle, came from the back of the pack to take the SCORE lite win on BFGoodrich tires powered by a MAJOR PERFORMANCE motor. Bruckman was elated on the podium as he accepted the Terrible's Cup champions trophy for Class SCORE Lite.

Robert Naughton and his wife raced to second place behind Vic and Michelle Bruckman. Naughton said, "My wife finances our race program so for her to have some seat time is special here in Las Vegas.

SCORE Class 10 - Main Event MacCACHREN WINS Class 10

Lap 4 - Mac wins over Hardesty in Class 10.

Lap 3 - Mac ran fast throughout the race and heading into the white flag lap he continues to lead.

Lap 2 - Rob Mac continues to lead over Hardesty, but not by much as they blaze down the backstretch and through the Terrible's Bumps.

Lap 1 - Darren Hardesty lead the entire first lap until he entered the infield 180 hairpin where he just opened the door for Rob Mac to squeeze by. The battle for the Main Event is all between Hardesty and Rob Mac. Hardesty's Class 10 is powered by a Kenny Major Performance air-cooled motor and Major Performance has been here all weekend long providing support to there sponsored drivers.

SCORE Officials announced the crowd at 7,549 paid attendance here on a Saturday night at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Class 7, 7s, 7sx - Main Event - Larry Roeseler WINS at the Terrible's Cup!

Lap 4 - Roeseler heads over the infield wall jump for the checkered flag winning here at Terrible's Cup for a big win.

Lap 3 - Larry Roeseler, a 10-time Baja winner, 48 years old continues to lead at Las Vegas heading to the white flag lap.

Lap 2 - Roeseler through the finish line jump flying on his BFGoodrich tires chased by Karakas. McNeil is off the pace falling to the rear.

Lap 1 Restart - Larry Roeseler takes the lead being chased by Karakas for the lead chased by Perry McNeil. On the backstretch we have Roseler taking a big move to the front being chased by Karakas.

Lap 1 - Billy Bunch rolled hard after starting and heading into the 180 hair pin turn drawing a RED flag here at the speedway. All racing has ceased while they try to get all the trucks off the track for a full restart. Bunch, driving his JeepSpeed rolled over in the hairpin turn forcing the race to stop. And although this is SCORE's Chunk of Baja, in Baja we'd never have a restart like this where SCORE officials had to get the attention of the driver's at the finish line. Even though the course was RED FLAGGED, many drivers continued to rub bumpers while racing. The race will restart in ten minutes.

Class 1/2 1600 - Main Event, Dennington WINS at Terrible's Cup!

1. Arden Dennington

2. Cody Freeman

3. Bryan Freeman

Lap 3 - Arden Dennington leads over Cody Freeman followed very closely by Bryan Freeman driving MacCachren's car. The third spot is Ruben Wilson being pressured by Bryan Freeman. The local Freeman brothers raging here in the home town.

Lap 2 - Brian Jeffrey leading over Cody Freeman on the back stretch and Freeman passes Jeffrey who ended up spinning on the back stretch. Jeffrey is back running fourth from the rear after his big spin on the back stretch. Arden Dennington is running in second position as they head towards the finish line.

Lap 1 - Cody Freeman is running in second position behind Brian Jeffrey leading in the first lap. Bryan Freeman is racing the MacCachren 1/2 1600 car.  

  Class 1 - Heat 2

Lap 4 - Christensen wins here at LVMS Heat 2 easily.

Lap 3 - Martin Christensen has a big lead towards the finish line.

Lap 2 Christensen is through the infield first still leading Boyle as he catapults through the finish line jump. Christensen and Boyle are out in front of the two closest competitors here in Heat 2.

Lap 1 - Martin Christensen driving his Jimco All-German Auto Class 1 is off the line fast with a significant lead over Richard Boyle in second position.

  Class Trophy Trucks - Heat 2

1. Marty Coyne

2. BJ Baldwin

3. Chet Huffman

Lap 5 - Coyne is being chased down by BJ Baldwin, but there might not be enough time/laps left for Baldwin to put his moves on Coyne. Coyne has just lapped Steinberger heading for the white flag.

Lap 4 - Coyne continues running hot and leading here in Heat 2 followed by BJ Baldwin in second position and Chet Huffman in third position.

Lap 3 - Steinberger had problems early in the first lap and is trying not to be lapped here at LVMS by Marty Coyne. Steinberger has lost much of his fiberglass as he powers down the back stretch to stay in front of Marty Coyne.

Lap 2 - Herbst is still leading into the infield turn but he slammed the concrete K-rail stopping him in his tracks allowing Marty Coyne to make the easy pass heading to the finish line for the completion of the second lap.

Lap 1 - Tim Herbst is flying in the #19 Trophy Truck being chased by Marty Coyne with BJ Baldwin close in third position. In fourth spot is Chet Huffman all chasing the Herbst Trophy Truck.

  Class 10 - Heat 1

1. Rob MacCachren

2. Darren Hardesty

3. Tom Ridings

Lap 3- This Class 10 is all about MacCachren and Hardesty for the front position with no pressure from the others in class.

Lap 2 - Mac continues to lead Darren Hardesty, but Hardesty's Major Performance built motor is blasting down the backstretch in search of Mac's bumper. Hardesty running the orange Class 10 is pushing his car to the limits here in Las Vegas.

Lap 1 - Rob Mac is leading Class 10 in his Jimco built car. Mac is through the 180 hairpin on the north section of the race course and is gaining on his lead. Class SCORE Lite

1. Vic and Michelle Bruckman

Class 7, 7s, 7sx - Heat 1

1. Larry Roeseler

2. Barry Karakas

3. Perry McNeil

Lap 3 - Roeseler is passing Karakas on the back stretch using pure horsepower and pulling out in front. McNeil chases down the two front runners Karakas and Roeseler. It appears Roeseler is now heading towards a victory as he continues towards the white flag.

Lap 2 - Coming hard is Larry Roeseler chasing down Barry Karakas who continues to lead. They are neck and neck heading towards the completion of the second lap.

Lap 1 - Perry McNeil leads the group of 8 trucks through the first lap, however passing the finish line, Barry Karakas flew the entire jump at full speed passing McNeil over the big jump.

  Class 1/2 1600 - Heat 1

1. Cody Freeman

2. Aaron Dennington

3. Rick Boyer

Lap 3 - Cody Freeman is running clean and has the lead over the field heading towards the fourth lap.

Lap 2 - Freeman continues to lead over Boyer and then Cam Steele. Cody Freeman (19 years old) continues to keep the lead over Boyer.

Lap 1 - Cody Freeman is fast off the line in the back stretch. Cam Steele is running in third position after 14 cars arrived to the 180 hair pin fighting for position.

  Class 1 - Heat 1

1. Pat Dean

2. Troy Herbst

3. Rich Ronco

Lap 6 - Dean leads the running order and heads to the winner's podium just adjacent to the finish line. Herbst crosses second, Ronco third and Marking finishes in fourth position heading into the Main Event. On the winner's podium Dean commented, "The new nitrous system we're running in this race was just great." Of course, Dean was joking, but the LVMS stadium announcer immediately picked up on Dean's joke and announced the SCORE Tech Officials wanted to see him in the race hauler.

Lap 5 - The running order is the same between these four racers although Rich Ronco has taken a big lead over Marking for the third position. Pat Dean running clean is approaching the finish line.

Lap 4 - Las Vegas Dissemination continues their lead here in Class 1 Heat 1. Marking is roaring on the bumper of the Tatum car driven by Rich Ronco. But Pat Dean #111 continues his lead over Troy Herbst driving the Truggy. Pat Dean's motor is smoking, looks like oil as Dean heads into Lap 5 crossing the finish line.

Lap 3 - Las Vegas' own Pat Dean is very smooth through the course and into the infield fending off Terrible's Herbst Troy Herbst. With the absence of Jeff Quinn there are only four Class 1's racing in this heat. The order has not changed.

Lap 2 - Herbst is chasing down Pat Dean who is hauling the mail. Dean continues to spread out his lead over Herbst while Rich Ronco is running a solid third trying to keep Marking from passing him. Jeff Quinn is not racing in Saturday night's festivities after suffering massive front end damage to this Class 1 race car.

Lap 1 - Troy Herbst is the first Class 1 off the line racing down the backstretch towards the three first bumps before heading into the long sweeping left turn at top speeds. The Truggy is leading heading into the sweeper. Pat Dean is on the inside of the sweeper and already passed Herbst. Herbst roaring down the back stretch chasing down Pat Dean. John Marking is fourth chasing the leader, Pat Dean.  

  Class Trophy Truck - Heat 1

1. Rob MacCachren

2. Jesse Jones

3. Cameron Steele

4. Jason Baldwin

5. Brian Collins

6. Todd Wylie

7. Pete Sohren

Lap 5 - Mac's lead is growing here in the last laps of the first heat but slammed the concrete K-rail slowing him and shortening his lead heading to the checkered flag. Mac has a right front flat tire and is limping it in towards a heat win. In the final turn into the infield Pistol Pete rolled his Trophy Truck hard allowing Jesse Jones to pass and take the official second spot in Heat 1.

Lap 4 - Mac is running smooth here in Heat 1. He's approaching the white flag for one last lap. Pistol Pete is going hard into the infield turn passing Jesse Jones with a great inside power move forcing Jones to the outside of the turn.

Lap 3 - Mac is through the third lap and across the finish line jump cautiously. Jones is catching Rob Mac and the field is starting to spread out. Mac is through the north 180 hairpin turn and through the bumps on the back stretch. Jones is up to speed on the backstretch running hard. This race is all for second between Jones and Pistol Pete.

Lap 2 - Rob Mac continues to lead but not by the lead he previously had. He's through the infield and over the finish line jump. Jones is holding second position fighting Pistol Pete off the back. Running order after two laps is Mac, Jones, Pistol Pete, Cam Steele, Brian Collins, Baldwin and Wylie.

Lap 1 - Green Flag....six laps to go....Jesse Jones driving the Fabtech #76 Trophy Truck is first off the line raging down the back stretch as Rob Mac, driving the # 4 Vildosola TT is hot on his bumper. In third is Pistol Pete Sohren followed by Todd Wylie at speed. Rob Mac made his first pass over Jesse Jones before the first entry into the infield. Rob Mac blasted through the infield turn and through the first turn losing lots of time. Pistol Pete flew over the concrete K-Rail at the entry into the infield.

Las Vegas, Nevada ~ SCORE's top drivers and teams mingled with the growing crowd on the track for almost two hours as the LVMS grandstands continue to fill up with desert racing's greatest fans. With the temperature hovering around 93 degrees with a heavy afternoon thunderstorm cloud cover, the summer conditions appear to be just perfect for tonights racing.

Friday night's top dog - Rob MacCachren just finished his last perusal of the track on his Yamaha Zuma little moto checking the latest track conditions before be enters one of his three race vehicles.

Rob Mac can captalize on his grand performance from yesterday evening with three possible wins here in Las Vegas. On hand here at the LVMS are special guests SCORE Trophy Truck Winner - Mark Post, as well as Dale Dondel, CORR Pro-4 Winner & SCORE Trophy Truck Winner Curt LeDuc and 2004 CORR Pro-Lite Champion Kyle LeDuc. All these champions are on hand here to watch the spectacular off-road racing action.

The stands here at the race way are near capacity as spectators continue to roll looking for the best seat in the house. The Trophy Trucks will be raging hard in just a few minutes. Stay tuned for lap-by-lap commentary.  

Las Vegas, Nevada ~ The Friday night action at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway was outstanding as SCORE International returned to the Las Vegas Metropolitan area once again for desert racing. However, this time the action was confined to the 1.5 mile "Chunk of Baja," built by SCORE at the LVMS Dirt Track.

Thousands of desert racing fans filled the grandstands and watched the world's best off-road desert racers take to the track and bump fiberglass and trash chromoly tube as top racers were in search of heat wins heading towards Saturday's Main Event.

Of course, the evening's festivities were not without drama, both on the track and off the track. Off the track in the grandstands, two bouts of over excited fans cheering on their favorite race team turned ugly as emotions and fists flew wildly. Las Vegas Metro Police arrived taking control of the overzealous fans escorting them out of the grandstands, but not before a few haymakers found their mark.

Focusing back on racing, the class of the evening was all about Las Vegas local, Rob MacCachren.

MacCachren scored four heat wins and a third place win. He beat out the class of Trophy Truck racers in Heat 2 and then again topped them all in the Semi-Main event for two of his four wins. Rob Mac also scored wins in Heats 1 & 2 of the Class 10 competition giving him his fourth win of the evening. In the 1/2 1600 class, Mac finished in third postion behind ESPN Commentator - Cameron Steele and Rick Boyer. After Cam Steele's 1/2 1600 win he commented to the crowd that he was here to win big referring to beating MacCachren in the 1/2 1600 Heat 2.

However, after MacCachren won the Trophy Truck Semi-Main he commented, "Was Cameron Steele in that race?"

In other drama, on track mishaps drove up the temperatures of some driver's tempers in what could only be expected when you place off-road desert racers into a confined 1.5 mile race course.

In the Class 1 field, FOX Shox John Marking had everyone beat, but made a slight mistake after launching over the finish line jump spun him out in front of the grandstand. McKenzie's Jeff Quinn passed Marking, but then spun out before heading into the single track where racers leave the DIRT track and enter the asphalt. Marking, blasting ahead on the race course was struck by Quinn who re-entered the race course at a 45 degree angle and heavily damaged the right front A-Arm on the Fox Shox Class 1. Marking continued and finished Heat 1 in fourth position behind Pat Dean in third position, Troy Herbst in second position and Quinn who won the first heat.

Marking arrived back to the pits where his crew began a near entire rebuild of the right front A-Arm. Fox Racing crew member Todd Tenbrok commented, "We had a lot of damage on John's car and Brady got to welding it all back together in order to get John ready for the Semi's. He was using a 110 welder like it was a 3-phase and he's the man!"

Marking made his way down to Quinn's pits where the two racers discussed the racing incident. However, while Marking was making his way back to the pits, Troy Herbst had a few words for Marking. Let's just say he mentioned a racing challenge for the two during Saturday's racing events.

In the Friday night Semi-Main, Pat Dean - Las Vegas Dissemination ran fast throughout the evening's Class 1 finale taking the lead away from Troy Herbst who had taken the lead from the start after dualing with Quinn at the start. But FOX Shox KingPin - John Marking came on strong and was moving quickly through the field before he and Jeff Quinn tangled up once again.

Marking had been running tight on Quinn's bumper through the semi-main race trying to get around the slower Quinn, but had difficulty on the tight course. They both entered the asphalt portion and headed into the bottom turn where many other driver's had banged the concrete K-rail. Quinn headed into the turn and this is where story gets a bit cloudy. Perhaps Quinn spun out and Marking made his pass, or perhaps Marking tapped Quinn and spun him out making his pass, but nonetheless it was a racing incident that is part of racing on a short course.

In the pits after the race, video recounts of the incident were being reviewed by team members. Welcome to short course off-road racing!

	Terrible's Herbst pit zone is equal to a NASCAR race operation. Whether they need to rebuild a motor, tranny or host their friends and family, they have it all covered.

	The LVMS is about to rage off the hook here in the desert...we'll provide you the most up-to-date action right here on Off-Road.com

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