Championship Off-Road

Championship Off-Road, officially known as AMSOIL Championship Off-Road (as Amsoil holds the naming rights) and abbreviated to COR, is an American short course off-road racing series. Founded in 2020 and sanctioned by the International Series of Champions (ISOC), the series mainly competes in the Midwestern United States.

For the defunct off-road series, see Championship Off-Road Racing.
Championship Off-Road
CategoryShort course off-road racing
CountryUnited States
Inaugural season2020
Official websitechampoffroad.com

History

TORC: The Off-Road Championship was originally the preeminent sanctioning body for short course off-road racing in the Midwest before its folding in 2018. The Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series then took over as the main series in the region via the Lucas Oil Midwest Short Course League until its dissolution after the 2019 season as officials elected to focus on LOORRS.[1] In October 2019, ISOC partnered with Crandon International Off-Road Raceway, Bark River Raceway, and ERX Motor Park to create Championship Off-Road.[2]

Championship Off-Road's inaugural season in 2020 was marred by the COVID-19 pandemic, and resulting restrictions on attendance forced Bark River to cancel its races. The opener was held at ERX on July 10–11.[3][4]

LOORRS released its 2021 schedule in October 2020 at only three tracks.[5] On November 13, Lucas Oil Products announced that it has ended sponsoring and operating the LOORRS series.[6] This closure left COR (and the dissimilar Stadium Super Trucks) as the only short course off-road racing sanctioning bodies remaining.[7] Many of the West Coast teams raced in the Midwest for the season.[8]

Media

COR races are streamed online at Vimeo Livestream. The booth consists of Brent Smith and Cheyne Statezny while Haley Shanley serves as track reporter.[9] CBS Sports Network assumed television rights beginning in 2022.[10]

Tracks
The grandstands at Antigo
The start/finish line at Dirt City Motorplex
Track Location Seasons
Antigo Lions Roaring Raceway Antigo, Wisconsin 2021
Bark River International Raceway Bark River, Michigan 2020–2021
Crandon International Off-Road Raceway Crandon, Wisconsin 2020–2021
Dirt City Motorplex Lena, Wisconsin 2020–2021
ERX Motor Park Elk River, Minnesota 2020–2021
Source:[11]

Champions

Source:[12]

1600 Light Buggy
  • 2020: Billy Buth
  • 2021: Colin Schulz

1600 Single Buggy
  • 2020: Billy Buth
  • 2021: Dylan Parsons

Pro Buggy
  • 2020: Michael Hester

Super Buggy
  • 2021: Michael Meister

Super Stock Truck
  • 2020: Nick Visser
  • 2021: Joe Maciosek

Classix
  • 2020: Dale Chestnut

Formula 4x4
  • 2020: Danny Beauchamp

Stock Truck
  • 2020: Collin Wichman
  • 2021: Diesel Shanak

Sportsman SxS
  • 2020: Dylan Marquardt
  • 2021: Colin Kernz

Mod Kart
  • 2020: Easton Sleaper
  • 2021: Easton Sleaper

Short Course Kart
  • 2020: Andy Johnson
  • 2021: Ava Lawrence

Pro 4

Pro 2
  • 2020: Kyle Kleiman
  • 2021: Keegan Kincaid

Pro Mod SxS

Pro Lite
  • 2020: John Holtger
  • 2021: Brock Heger

Pro Stock SxS

Pro Am SxS
  • 2020: Dylan Marquardt

170 SxS
  • 2020: Ellah Holtger
  • 2021: Kody Krantz

450 Mod Karts
  • 2020: John Holtger

570 SxS
  • 2021: Chase Braun

Pro 2 vs. Pro 4
  • 2020: Zachery Kirchner

Pro Spec

References
  1. Headlee, Jake (September 13, 2019). "Lucas Oil Midwest Short Course League Dissolved". Off Road Xtreme. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  2. "ISOC Set To Lead Charge for Off-Road Short Course Racing". Championship Off-Road. October 25, 2019. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  3. "Crandon Raceway confirms September race events". Racer. August 5, 2020. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  4. Fiolka, Marty (June 9, 2020). "ERX Motor Park shares plans to host short-course off-road events with spectators". Racer. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  5. James, Richard S. (October 6, 2020). "2021 LOORRS schedule features nine races at three tracks". RACER magazine. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  6. staff (November 13, 2020). "Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series to be discontinued". RACER magazine. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  7. Chick, David (November 13, 2020). "Chick's Corner: Why Lucas Oil Closing LOORRS Won't Kill Short Course". Off Road Xtreme. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  8. "AMSOIL Championship Off Road Season Opener Brings the Heat in Antigo | AMSOIL Championship Off-Road". Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  9. Krywult, Sebastian (June 18, 2020). "Championship Off-Road Announces Broadcast Team For Inaugural Season Of Short Course Racing". Off-Road Race. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  10. "Championship Off-Road Announces 2022 Schedule". DirtSportsWorld. December 1, 2021. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  11. "Results". Championship Off-Road. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  12. "2021 Points". Championship Off-Road. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
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