Off Road

JOHNNY GREAVES WINS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BORGWARNER SHOOTOUT, PUTS TOYOTA ON MANUFACTUER'S CUP FOR SECOND TIME IN 4 YEARS

Crandon WI (September 2, 2007) - Johnny Greaves is wearing yet another short-course championship title with his 2nd BorgWarner trophy at the fabled Crandon International Raceway in northern Wisconsin. The new for 2007, Monster Energy, Potawatomi Toyota Team took center state at the biggest race in the short course world. This just gives Greaves fans more ammunition in their claim that "Johnny Greaves is the best off-road racing athlete today"
as he continues his career domination of the CORR and WSORR.

It was a typical Greaves win - he had to work for it. Greaves started the race with a second place start behind Adrian Cenni and the two veterans had a serious battle going on for about 4 laps. The two changed places three times before Greaves was able to make the pass and start his championship run towards the Pro-2x2 trucks that were given the traditional "head start"
ahead of the Pro-4x4 trucks. Pro-2x2 legend, Scott Taylor had an enormous lead on Greaves and most people in the record-breaking crowd doubted that even Greaves could run him down for the title in the 5 laps that remained.
But his BF Goodrich tires began to really "hook-up" as Greave drove almost flawless racing through the field of Pro-2x2 drivers making the pass on Taylor halfway through the 8th lap. With two laps remaining, Greaves wisely navigated through the lap traffic for the win.

"I wasn't sure if I could catch Scott," stated an excited Greaves, "but my Toyota was really putting the power to the dirt and I just held it on. I really wanted this one for the crew and my family that worked really hard over the last few races to get us here. Monster, Forest County Potawatomi and Toyota deserve this big title for all they have put into this team - this is big for us all."

This marks the 2nd time Greaves has won this famous event and it could not have come at a better time and place. Greaves was hit hard in other races this weekend and suffered from several accidents in traffic. "This was the race I wanted," stated Greaves. "This race gives my sponsors and the team a real boost going into the second half of the season."

Greaves will continue his CORR championship quest in two weeks at Antelope Valley Raceway in Lancaster, CA. Johnny won there earlier in the year and is looking forward to racing out west again. The weekend after that, Greaves will attempt to win the WSORR Pro-4x4 title in Wheatland, MO. He will be bringing a 14-point lead into the final WSORR weekend.

Hard Charging Greaves Hit Hard in Round 10 at Crandon

Crandon, WI (September 1, 2007) - Johnny Greaves' intentions for a weekend sweep at Crandon ended Saturday when Curt LeDuc slammed into the side of Greaves after Greaves had made a clean pass. The un-welcomed contact broke a rear stabilizer leaving Greaves with a lot of work to do on the truck if he wanted to run the rest of the weekend.

"It was pretty disappointing to tell the truth," said Greaves. "I had the feeling that he was going to hit me in the turn after I passed him. It has happened that way a lot and today was no different." Greaves was also give a black flag for "aggressive driving" in lap 2 when he jumped in the air with Alabama driver Ken Brasho. "I really don't know what happened, we just got together in the air and hit."

"Even with the black flag, I felt like I was getting back in the race and I was on my way until the contact with LeDuc, Greaves stated. "I have a great crew and TRD here, so we will be ready."

Greaves went on to limp in for 5th place and stay ahead in a tight points battle.

Greaves Suffers Flat Tire, Finishes 5th on Sunday at Crandon WSORR Round 11

Crandon, WI (September 2, 2007) - Johnny Greaves continued an unlucky streak on Sunday and suffered a flat tire that ended his bid to run down a quick starting Carl Renezeder, who claimed the win.

"We seem to be having our share of issues out there this weekend but we are managing to finish and stay in the chase for the title," stated a dejected Greaves. "The TRD boys have my truck running great and I know that I am going to put Monster Energy and Potawatomi out front if we can stop this bad luck streak."

The 5th place finish puts Greaves leading the series by 14 points over Kent Brasho going into the final weekend in Wheatland, MO.

NOTES FROM TRD

Crandon, WI. Rounds 10 & 11 of the World Series of Off-Road Racing (WSORR).
Two championship rounds followed by the 13th running of the Borg Warner World Championship Manufacturers Shootout.

Johnny Greaves (4x4 Toyota Tundra), came into this round with a 10 point lead in the series, but had an incident-filled two races this weekend. A pair of 5th place finishes however, leaves him still out in front, now by
14 points with 2 races remaining in Wheatland, MO.

Despite all his issues in the championship races (blown tyres, power steering failure and others), the crew got the truck straight for the Sunday afternoon Cup Shootout.

After a tough, lead-changing battle with Adrian Cenni's Chevy, Greaves finally made a pass that stuck and ran down Pro-2 driver Scott Taylor (The
Pro-2 guys join the Pro-4's for the Cup race with a timed starting advantage), to take the lead with a lap remaining. Johnny went on to capture the Win for the second time in three years, beating the best 4WD full-size trucks from Chevy, Ford and Nissan.

There were no engine issues with the TRD-powered Tundra (the smallest displacement engine in the division) and kudo's to the TRD/SRP build shop for again providing a strong and reliable motor, to capture what is widely regarded as the most prestigous race in Professional Off-Road Truck Racing.

Also racing this weekend in the 2WD Pro Light division, was Toyota Tacoma driver, Jeff Kincaid, who dominated the meeting with 2 championship round wins and a Victory in the inaugrual Potawotami Pro-Light Pickup Challenge Cup.